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UMAR NAFEEZ ABDUL PHATIP

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Staff Software Engineer at PayPal who modernized GCP developer environments, improving availability from 95% to 98%.

India

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At PayPal, I led the design and hands-on implementation of distributed backend and developer-platform capabilities. I modernized GCP and Kubernetes environments with four engineers, improving availability from approximately 95% to 98%.

I designed event-driven onboarding services using Go, Spring Boot, and Kafka, connecting PayPal's developer portal with identity and downstream services. I also built and maintained microservices and REST APIs supporting a Spring Boot service migration from Oracle to Spanner.

I supported a developer platform used by 100+ engineering teams and thousands of developers, and mentored engineers across multiple teams. My work also includes internal Go tooling, Python automation, and a GenAI-powered code migration assistant.

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Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Staff Software Engineer / Senior Software Engineer

PayPal

Dec 2021 - Mar 2026 (4 years 3 months)

Led technical design and hands-on implementation of distributed backend and developer-platform capabilities using Java, Spring Boot, Go, Kubernetes, and GCP. Drove initiatives from architecture through production, including a GCP and Kubernetes modernization initiative that improved environment availability from approximately 95% to 98%.

Software Development Engineer 3

PayPal

Mar 2019 - Dec 2021 (2 years 9 months)

Designed and developed Java/Spring Boot backend services and REST APIs for PayPal's developer platform. Worked on distributed microservices and platform integrations involving relational and NoSQL databases, asynchronous processing, and production cloud infrastructure.

Java Spring Boot REST APIs Microservices Distributed Systems NoSQL Relational Databases Asynchronous Processing Cloud Infrastructure Technical Leadership Mentorship Code Review

Software Engineer (Contract)

PayPal (DXC Technology/ HCL Technologies)

Aug 2016 - Mar 2019 (2 years 7 months)

Developed backend and platform components for PayPal engineering environments using Java and related backend technologies. Worked with Docker, Kubernetes, GCP, Prometheus, and Grafana as part of cloud and infrastructure modernization efforts.

Java Docker Kubernetes GCP Prometheus Grafana Automation Operational Tools Troubleshooting

Software Development Engineer

HTC Global Services

May 2013 - Jul 2016 (3 years 2 months)

Developed enterprise backend applications and services using Java and related technologies. Designed and implemented REST services and database integrations for enterprise applications.

Java Rest Services SQL Testing Automation Production Support