Arun Pokharna

Senior Software Engineer

New York City, New York, United States13 yrs 11 mos experience

Key Highlights

  • 8+ years of experience in software engineering
  • Expertise in scalable microservices and cloud solutions
  • Award-winning projects in machine learning and authentication
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS-focused Senior Software Engineer with expertise in microservices and cloud technologies.

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Skills

Core Skills

JavaPython

Other Skills

MongoDBElasticsearchSpringPostgresAgile MethodologiesCore JavaSpring BootNoSQLPostgreSQLVersion ControlGoogle Cloud Platform (GCP)Software Development MethodologiesA/B TestingJenkinsBuild Strong Relationships

About

Senior Software Engineer with 8+ years of experience specializing in scalable microservices and cloud-based solutions. At Sift, I've led the development of cutting-edge authentication offerings and implemented ML features to combat fraud, earning recognition through hackathon awards for innovative projects like Sift's Product Health Dashboard. My expertise spans Java, Kotlin, and Python, with a strong focus on machine learning optimization and data-driven decision-making. Prior to Sift, I contributed to high-impact projects at eBay, Flexport, and WeWork, where I honed my skills in full-stack development, microservices architecture, and cloud technologies (GCP, AWS). Throughout my career, I've consistently championed code quality and mentored junior engineers. With a Master's in Computer Science from UT Arlington, I bring a blend of theoretical knowledge and practical experience to tackle complex software challenges. I'm passionate about leveraging technology to create robust, scalable solutions that drive business value.

Experience

13 yrs 11 mos
Total Experience
1 yr 5 mos
Average Tenure
7 mos
Current Experience

Us mobile

Senior Software Engineer

Oct 2025Present · 7 mos · New York, New York, United States · Hybrid

Infosys

Technology Lead

Mar 2025Sep 2025 · 6 mos · Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Career break

Full-time parenting

Aug 2024Mar 2025 · 7 mos

Sift

Senior Software Engineer

Mar 2021Aug 2024 · 3 yrs 5 mos · Remote

  • Senior engineer on the Account Defense team solving Account Takeover (ATO) problems for Sift’s customers.
  • Built Sift’s Authentication offering which can be integrated with Sift’s workflows as well as used standalone as a REST API.
  • Developed Session based Search functionality on Explore Page of Sift Console using Elastic Search Query and REST API.
  • Implemented simple search functionality find users with the typed session.
  • Designed and delivered similar functionality for all sessions across the users in any given time frame.
  • One of the handful API Security code reviewers at Sift (learning and reviewing API endpoints from Security perspective).
  • Developed ML features to combat SMS Toll Fraud for ATO customers.
  • Mentored new team members and enabled them to start contributing in product development quickly.
  • Implemented Adaptive Sampling for ML models to achieve a balanced distribution between fraud and non-fraud labels, enhancing accuracy for ATO customers.
  • Won Judges choice award for Hackathon 2022 for building Sift’s Product Health Dashboard.
  • Won People’s choice award for Hackathon 2021 for IP Reputation Analysis Project.
MongoDBElasticsearchPythonSpringPostgresJava+8

Ebay

Software Engineer

Jun 2020Mar 2021 · 9 mos · Remote

  • Worked as a Software Engineer for Delivery Estimation team for eBay.
  • Upgraded deployment infrastructure for Shipping Delivery Estimation Service Debug Tool.
  • Introduced a new module to existing workflow module to cap both Seller and Buyer Facing Cross Border Trade Delivery Estimations.
  • Refactored Delivery Estimation Project to de-duplicate Data classes by combining client code itself.
  • Championed quality efforts by bench marking test coverage to 80%.
  • Provided periodic support to accommodate Delivery Estimations on demand due to COVID related delays.
PythonA/B TestingJenkinsJavaCore JavaSpring Boot+3

Flexport

Software Engineer

Jan 2020May 2020 · 4 mos

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Wework

Software Engineer

Jan 2019Jan 2020 · 1 yr · Greater Seattle Area

  • Software Engineer for construction financials team.
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Rubicon project

Software Development Engineer

Nov 2017Oct 2018 · 11 mos · Seattle, Washington

Core JavaVersion ControlBuild Strong RelationshipsCommunicationSoftware Development MethodologiesJava

The university of texas at arlington

3 roles

Graduate Research Assistant

Aug 2016Dec 2016 · 4 mos · 500 UTA Blvd. Arlington, TX. 76013

  • Predicting Human Behavior Based on Survey Response Patterns Using Markov and Hidden Markov Model
  • Designed and developed a prediction model using K-means clustering followed by Markov Hidden Markov Models.
  • Developed customized Distance function and Simulated annealing for weights optimization for K-means clustering.
Core JavaVersion ControlBuild Strong RelationshipsCommunicationSoftware Development MethodologiesJava

Graduate Research Assistant

Aug 2015Jul 2016 · 11 mos · 500 UTA Blvd. Arlington, TX. 76013

  • ARIBO (Android based Ride Scheduling application through autonomous vehicles) (June 2015 – On going).
  • Technologies Used: C++, JSON, Rapid JSON, Socket Programming, CURL, PHP, HTML, Git.
  • o Developed C++ and PHP backend services to schedule rides for App users.
  • o Developed a PHP Socket client that takes ride request in JSON format and sends this request to C++ Socket server.
  • o Developed C++ Socket server that reads JSON ride request data using Rapid JSON and reserves available vehicle and sends confirmation response in JSON format.
  • o Developed C++ service that sends JSON request to PHP Server using CURL for vehicle reservation list for a given time window.
  • o Developed a PHP script that returns a list of reserved vehicles for given time window.
  • o Developed a PHP Socket client that sends vehicle status request to C++ Socket server.
  • o Developed a C++ Socket Server that sends current vehicle status and possible route options back to Socket clients in JSON format.
Core JavaVersion ControlBuild Strong RelationshipsSoftware Development MethodologiesJava

Graduate Research Assistant

Jun 2014Jul 2015 · 1 yr 1 mo · 500 UTA Blvd. Arlington, TX. 76013

  • Teleherence SVP (Web-Phone-Computer based survey application) (June 2014 – May 2015)
  • Technologies Used: LAMP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JQuery, XML, JSON, Python, C++, Git.
  • o Developing survey data analysis modules for the project.
  • o Developed web services for the android interface of this survey application.
  • o Developed and tested SMS survey scheduling functionality for Teleherence.
  • o Built new server machines and migrated the database and source codes onto the new servers.
  • o Providing training to the social work graduate research assistants.
Core JavaVersion ControlBuild Strong RelationshipsSoftware Development MethodologiesJava

Accenture

Software Engineer

Jan 2010Jul 2013 · 3 yrs 6 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

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Education

The University of Texas at Arlington

Master's degree — Computer Science

Jan 2013Dec 2016

University of Rajasthan

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) — Information Technology

Jan 2005Jan 2009

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