Gurneet Singh Bhamra

Backend Engineer

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates6 yrs 7 mos experience

AI EnabledAI ML Practitioner

Key Highlights

Expert in building secure, scalable financial systems.
Proven track record in real-time payments and wallet integrations.
Skilled in developing event-driven, fault-tolerant systems.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech Backend Engineer with expertise in scalable payment systems and microservices architecture.

Contact

gurneet.bhamra@mycomera.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Backend DevelopmentMicroservicesData ArchitecturePayment SystemsSecurity ComplianceConversational AiSystem Scalability

Other Skills

AWSAWS EC2AWS LambdaAgile MethodologiesAlgorithmsAmazon Simple Notification Service (SNS)Amazon Web Services (AWS)Application Programming Interfaces (API)Artificial Intelligence (AI)BERTChatbotsCloud InfrastructureCloud-Native ArchitectureCommunicationComputer Science

About

Fintech-focused Backend Engineer with over 6 years of experience designing and developing secure, scalable, and high-performance financial systems using NestJS, Node.js, GoLang, and AWS. Proven expertise in real-time payments, wallet integrations, and microservice architectures aligned with PCI-DSS compliance, AML regulations, and KYC verification standards. Skilled in building event-driven, fault-tolerant systems leveraging Kafka, Redis, and message queues for high-volume transaction processing, ensuring data integrity, regulatory compliance, and operational reliability at scale.

Experience

Comera

Back End Developer

Mar 2025 – Present · 1 yr · Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates · On-site

Backend Developer at Comera Pay, building scalable financial products that process high-volume transactions. I design and optimize microservices using Node.js, NestJS, and gRPC, and develop event-driven systems powered by Kafka and RabbitMQ. Skilled in AWS cloud services and SQL RDS, I deliver secure, resilient, and high-performance backend solutions for fintech at scale.

Node.jsNestJSgRPCKafkaRabbitMQAWS+3

Bankiq

Senior Software Engineer

Apr 2024 – Mar 2025 · 11 mos · Remote

Developed a Node.js Reporting Engine based on CQRS Architecture, achieving a 30% reduction in data retrieval times for enhanced efficiency.
Engineered Node.js microservices on Kubernetes, enabling auto-scaling that efficiently managed traffic surges during peak hours.
Engineered a high-performance Node.js microservice for PostgreSQL, incorporating partitioning/vacuuming techniques, enhancing efficiency by 20%.
Designed a Change Data Capture (CDC) pipeline and microservice architecture in Node.js with KAFKA, leveraging key architectural patterns such as Transactional Outbox and Event Sourcing to capture and process real-time event streams at scale."
Streamlined AWS EC2 microservices deployment with Kubernetes, achieving 99.9% uptime.

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Aquapay payment technologies

Software Developer

Mar 2022 – Mar 2024 · 2 yrs · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · On-site

Led the design and oversaw the development of the Mastercard Virtual Card platform, ensuring its successful implementation and alignment with industry standards.
Redesigned tax module in Node.JS, resulting in robust interfacing with multiple payment gateways, significantly broadening payment options.
Engineered a Node.js-based card tokenization system, boosting security and compliance across all payment modules.
Developed a Golang-based reverse proxy to distribute traffic among microservices, enhancing system reliability by 25%.

Node.jsGolangMastercard Virtual CardPayment GatewaysPayment SystemsSecurity Compliance

Slashrtc

Software Engineer

Jul 2019 – Feb 2022 · 2 yrs 7 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · On-site

Supervised and led a team of 4 developers in the development of a multi-tenant, omnichannel contact centre solution.
Implemented BERT for intent classification in Conversational Bots, improving response accuracy by 40%.
Implemented real-time audio-to-text conversion in Node.js, enhancing media server efficiency by 25% and reducing latency by 15%.
Implemented RabbitMQ and Logstash to manage CDR data from multiple services, enhancing efficiency and enabling the processing of 10K+ records per minute.
Engineered scalable REST microservices using Node.js, improving real-time IPC and system scalability by 20% through advanced clustering and gRPC.
Gained knowledge of working with application gateways/web servers like NGINX and Apache
Implemented AWS S3 and RDS for secure data storage, reducing retrieval times by 40% and Developed serverless applications with AWS Lambda, increasing process efficiency by 25%

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