Shikhar Tyagi

Senior Software Engineer

Delhi, India5 yrs 8 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in building secure payment systems.
Proven track record in fraud detection and risk management.
Strong foundation in machine learning applications.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech Backend Engineer with expertise in payment systems and fraud management.

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Skills

Core Skills

Backend DevelopmentFraud And Risk ManagementApp SecurityUser EngagementKycUser Experience DesignPaymentsMachine Learning

Other Skills

AJAXAPIsAlgorithmsAmazon Web Services (AWS)AndroidAndroid DevelopmentAndroid StudioArtificial Intelligence (AI)Artificial Neural NetworksBootstrapCC++Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)Cashback ArchitectureClickHouse

About

As a Software Engineer at FamPay, I work with the engineering team to build innovative products for the GenZ audience. I use my skills in Backend development to create features and solutions that enhance the user experience and satisfaction. Few of the top areas where I have worked are Fraud and risk management, Payments, KYC, User engagement. I graduated from Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Engineering degree in 2020, where I gained a strong foundation in algorithms, data structures, and programming languages. I have also published two research papers on multimodal biometric systems and finger vein recognition, demonstrating my interest and aptitude in applying machine learning to real-world problems. I received merit scholarships for being a top performer for 2 consecutive academic years during my undergrad. I am passionate about learning new technologies and solving challenging problems. I enjoy collaborating with teams to deliver high-quality products that meet the needs and expectations of the customers. I am always eager to explore new opportunities and grow as a professional. My website: https://shikhart98.github.io/

Experience

5 yrs 8 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 10 mos

Average Tenure

4 yrs 10 mos

Current Experience

Fampay

Engineering Team

Aug 2021 – Present · 4 yrs 10 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India · On-site

Roles and Responsibilty:
Leading Fraud & Risk engineering and Card Payments
Work done:
Architected and developed Fraud and Risk engine service from scratch, by understanding current frauds on the system. Tech here is capable to define and detect fraud journeys, activities on the system. Handling 9M+ requests on daily basis. Monitoring 4M+ transactions daily.
Leading Fraud & Risk engineering.
Architected and built authentication and authorisation service, handling 100M+ requests daily.
Contributed towards building and enhancing APIs and app security.
Owning and improved the reliability of card payment services, significantly reducing stuck payments.
Worked on building an in-house closed wallet.
Gained in-depth knowledge of technical and product perspectives of banking and payments infrastructure.
Worked on the migration of the user base to a new PPI (Prepaid Payment Instrument) partner, ensuring smooth transitions.
Developed Video KYC flows to streamline and enhance the user onboarding process.
Contributed to the Engagement and Churn Pod, focusing on quality user growth initiatives.
Managing and owning the Rewards Service, ensuring user engagement through smart incentivization.
Designed and implemented the Autoload feature, enabling automatic wallet top-ups when balances fall below a threshold.
Mentored and managed team members, overseeing their tasks and professional development.

Fraud and risk managementPaymentsKYCUser engagementBackend developmentAPIs+1

Undostres

2 roles

Senior Software Engineer

Promoted

Jun 2021 – Aug 2021 · 2 mos

Designed Cashback Architecture and flows for UnDosTres Cards.
Designed Flows to manage user experience between Native app and webview, for conducting wallet payments, keeping performance and security as priority.
Managed team of developers, their tasks, directly interacting with Marketing/BI for requirements. Collecting and managing software requirements, consolidating technical requirements for developers.

Cashback ArchitectureUser experience designWallet paymentsPayments

Software Developer

Aug 2020 – Jun 2021 · 10 mos

Part of core technical team for company's major project, Superapp. Allowing users to shop for Gadgets on different websites ie. Doto, Xiaomi, etc. and make payments within UnDostres App.
Writing cron scripts for scheduling payment jobs.
Implemented multiple card feature to the platform, allows users to use and save multiple credit/debit cards to conduct payments and manage fast forward recharges using cards.
Designed and Implemented Delayed Cashback Architecture. Allowing promo codes to be processed and availed after a certain configured duration.
Building microservices in Go using Go-kit.
Implemented authorization mechanism allowing users to authorize their wallet payments using apple account.
Integrating Paypal Payment Processors to the platform.
Designing the flow and integrating customer service platform (Freshchat) to the application. Adding features for VIP users.
Solving bugs related to core Payment Execution Logic and flow.
Added security to the access of hidden payment methods.
Solving issues with multile facebook user account creation when user changes their email address on facebook.
Frontend revamp of personalized recurring recharges.
Integrating analytics tool, in-app review to android application.

Superapp developmentPayment execution logicMicroservices in GoPaypal integrationPaymentsBackend development

Nucleus software

Research And Development Intern

May 2019 – Jul 2019 · 2 mos · Noida Area, India

Constructed a digital twin of a robot, that is able to predict the nature of different components of the robot under various physical conditions by creating a virtual environment and used Machine Learning to perform Fault detection and isolation & Product lifecycle management.

Machine LearningFault detectionProduct lifecycle management