Sep 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 8 mos · Hybrid

• I am currently a Software Engineer in LBG's Next Generation Core, developing modern payment microservices that power the bank’s critical payment flows. I'm focused on building and maintaining Java Spring Boot services integrated with Kafka and Thought Machine Vault, following ISO 20022 standards. I contribute to delivering scalable, event-driven systems and support continuous delivery through our Kubernetes-based CI/CD environments.
• Delivered reliable faster payments microservices by engineering request & response listeners using Java, Spring Boot, Kafka and Kubernetes, improving throughput and reducing message failures across various GCP clusters.
• Improved funds transfer automation for personal banking loans by implementing CAMT-based request/response listeners for IFT (internal funds transfer) services leveraging thought machine vault as core banking platform for orchestration/ensuring alignment with ISO20022 standards.
• Implemented a scalable move funds capability enabling secure transfers between internal accounts through event-driven microservice architecture using Kafka, helm-managed deployments and GCP services, improving latency and transfer reliability.
• Strengthened overall system resilience by creating retry workflows for many of the aforementioned services which automatically identify, classify and recover failed payments or transfers using idempotent processing, improving success rate in noisy upstream conditions.
• Standardised error handling across the platform by contributing to a custom-built error-handling library, consumed by multiple payment services applying structured and informative error messages through logging, correlation IDs, and consistent exception semantics, aiding in significantly reducing debugging time across teams.
• Improved deployment reliability by refactoring Helm charts and GCP deployment pipelines using both Harness and Jenkins to streamline RTL environment promotion from BLD → INT → PRE → PRD, reducing deployment friction.

Sep 2023 – Jul 2025 · 1 yr 10 mos · Hybrid

• As part of Lloyds Banking Group’s Technology Engineering Graduate Programme, I gained hands-on experience across three key domains: security, data, and software engineering. My placements included:
• Security Engineer – Supported application and infrastructure security initiatives, improving internal tooling and compliance processes.
• Machine Learning Engineer – Developed and deployed predictive models, working with data pipelines and cloud-based analytics tools.
• Software Engineer – Contributed to the development of core payments microservices using Java Spring Boot and Kafka.
• I completed the programme in July 2025 and transitioned into a permanent engineering role within the Next Generation Core platform, continuing to work on critical payments infrastructure and event-driven systems.