Nikhil Pandita

Software Engineer

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India11 yrs 3 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in Security and Identity Management solutions.
Proven experience in developing scalable cloud applications.
Strong background in backend development with Java technologies.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Backend-focused Software Engineer specializing in Security and Identity Management in SaaS environments.

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Skills

Core Skills

SecurityCloud ComputingIdentity & Access ManagementSoftware DevelopmentBackend Development

Other Skills

Serverless FrameworkAWS LambdaSAML 2.0FIDO2ElasticsearchMicroservicesRabbitMQSpring FrameworkJPAModel Context Protocol (MCP)Amazon SQSAmazon KinesisJava 17Amazon DynamodbAmazon ECS

About

Current Role: Principal Software Engineer at Mimecast, specializing in designing, building, and scaling secure software products. Domain Expertise: Security and Identity & Access Management (IAM) Technical Skills: Languages & Frameworks: Java , Python Architectural Patterns: Microservices, CQRS, Event Sourcing Protocols & Standards: REST API, SAML, SCIM Messaging & Integration: RabbitMQ , Kafka , Kinesis , SQS etc Focus Areas: Security (Email and Collaboration Security) Passwordless Authentication (FIDO2) Single Sign-On (SSO) Identity Federation and Lifecycle Management

Experience

11 yrs 3 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 10 mos

Average Tenure

2 yrs 8 mos

Current Experience

Mimecast

2 roles

Principal Software Engineer

Promoted

Jul 2025 – Present · 11 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

Senior Software Engineer 2

Sep 2023 – Jun 2025 · 1 yr 9 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

Currently working as an SDE-3, focused on developing and scaling products that enhances security for customers utilising platforms such as Microsoft Teams, Microsoft SharePoint, and Slack.
Product : https://www.mimecast.com/products/collaboration-security/

Serverless FrameworkAWS LambdaSecurityCloud Computing

Ivanti

2 roles

Staff Software Engineer

Jul 2023 – Sep 2023 · 2 mos

Worked as Staff Engineer at MobileIron(Ivanti) for providing a platform for single sign experience to service providers using SAML 2.0 and also a password less experience using FIDO 2 using security keys and Platform authenticators like Mac touchId and Windows Hello.

Senior Software Engineer

Jul 2021 – Jun 2023 · 1 yr 11 mos

Product : https://help.ivanti.com/mi/help/en_us/ACC/5x/gd/AccessGuide/Intro.htm

FIDO2ElasticsearchSecurityIdentity & Access Management

Opentext

2 roles

Senior Software Engineer

Promoted

Jan 2020 – Jul 2021 · 1 yr 6 mos

Product : https://www.opentext.com/en-gb/products/core-secure-access

Software Engineer

Oct 2017 – Dec 2019 · 2 yrs 2 mos

Previously worked as a backend engineer with a focus on Identity and Access Management (IAM). Key responsibilities included:
Implementing identity provider (IDP) and service provider (SP) federation using SAML 2.0.
Configuring private and public keys through JSON Web Key Sets (JWKs).
Synchronizing users and groups using the SCIM 2.0 protocol.
Signing and validating JWTs with HS256 and RS256 algorithms.
Managing user provisioning for both IDP and SP via RESTful APIs.
Securing APIs by implementing OAuth 2.0 standards.

MicroservicesRabbitMQIdentity & Access ManagementSecurity

Cognizant

Software Engineer

May 2014 – May 2017 · 3 yrs

Worked as a backend developer on diverse projects within the healthcare domain, utilising expertise in Java, Spring, and Hibernate to deliver robust solutions.

Spring FrameworkJPASoftware DevelopmentBackend Development