Balajiganapathi S

Software Engineer

London, England, United Kingdom10 yrs 6 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Represented IIT Bombay at ICPC World Finals 2014.
  • Chief judge at ICPC Amritapuri, the largest programming contest.
  • Self-taught programmer creating educational coding content.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Software Engineer with expertise in SaaS and Fintech, focusing on scalable architectures and optimization.

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Skills

Core Skills

Software Engineering

Other Skills

API DevelopmentAlgorithm DesignAlgorithmsAmazon Web Services (AWS)AndroidApache KafkaBackend ManagementCC++C/C++Computer ScienceCore ServicesData StructuresData UsageDjango

About

I am a self-taught programmer. I like to create educational content related to coding and algorithms. I also occasionally give lectures on algorithmic topics. I have represented IIT Bombay at the ICPC World Finals 2014 @ Yekaterinburg, Russia. I have also been the chief judge at ICPC Amritapuri - world's largest regional programming contest.

Experience

10 yrs 6 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 7 mos
Average Tenure
4 yrs 8 mos
Current Experience

Meta

Software Engineer

Oct 2021Present · 4 yrs 8 mos · Greater London, England, United Kingdom

  • Part of WhatsApp Testing Infra - working on handling flaky tests, Erlang test client etc.
ErlangTesting InfraSoftware Engineering

Codedrills

Co-Founder

Jul 2020Sep 2021 · 1 yr 2 mos

  • Use CodeDrills hiring platform to save developer hours by quickly screening and shortlisting candidates using our assessments created by industry experts! More details at https://codedrills.io/.

Google

Software Engineer

Oct 2019Jul 2021 · 1 yr 9 mos · Greater Bengaluru Area

  • Was part of groups team.
  • Worked on Dynamic Groups which was a highly anticipated feature by enterprise customers of Google Workspace. Worked on adding support, scaling, load testing and launching of various features related to Dynamic Groups e.g. custom attributes support.
Dynamic GroupsGoogle WorkspaceLoad TestingSoftware Engineering

Uber india systems private limited

SDE 2

Feb 2019Sep 2019 · 7 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • I worked in the UberLite team. Uberlite is the lite version of uber and is useful in areas with slow network. I lead the charge on optimizing network calls and data usage so that Uberlite uses the least amount of data possible and still retain all features of the main Uber app.
Network OptimizationData UsageSoftware Engineering

Directi

2 roles

Senior Platform Engineer

Promoted

Jul 2018Feb 2019 · 7 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • I helped manage the backend team to implement a highly scalable product architecture for FlockMail (now TitanMail) and was responsible for interfacing with stake holders to prioritise features and manage their implementation.
Scalable Product ArchitectureBackend ManagementSoftware Engineering

Platform Engineer

Jul 2015Jun 2018 · 2 yrs 11 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Zeta (A digital wallet)
  • Worked on core services (wallet and payment).
  • Flock (A chat application)
  • Wrote and maintained API platform used by all apps and integrations on flock
API DevelopmentCore ServicesSoftware Engineering

Iit bombay

Teaching Assistant

Jul 2013Jun 2015 · 1 yr 11 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

  • Handled lab assignment, teaching and grading.

Directi

Software Engineering Intern

Jun 2011Aug 2011 · 2 mos · Andheri, Mumbai

  • Implemented part of a new Q & A system (OSQA) to replace the old forums Codechef.

Education

Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

Master of Technology (MTech) — Computer Science and Engineering

Jan 2013Jan 2015

Pillai's Institute of Information Technology, Engineering and Media Studies

Bachelor of Engineering — Electronics and Telecommunication

Jan 2009Jan 2012

Pillais Polytechnic

Diploma — Electronics

Jan 2006Jan 2009

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