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Vikas Yadav

@vikasyadav2

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Lead Software Engineer | Fintech & Payments | Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, SQL , REST | Distributed Systems

India

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What I'm looking for

I seek senior engineering roles building cloud-native, high-throughput FinTech platforms with strong emphasis on scalability, observability, and team mentorship.

Lead Software Engineer with 8+ years of experience building scalable, secure, and high-throughput fintech and payment systems using Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, and AWS.

I specialize in backend and distributed systems, designing APIs and platforms that handle millions of transactions with reliability, performance, and security. I have led end-to-end development of mission-critical services, modernized monoliths into microservices, and driven architecture decisions for payment flows, wallet systems, and integrations.

My expertise includes system design, cloud-native architecture, event-driven systems, and production troubleshooting at scale. I enjoy mentoring engineers, reviewing designs and code, and collaborating closely with product, QA, and DevOps teams to deliver business-critical outcomes.

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Domain:

Fintech | Payments | Wallets | Transaction Processing | High-Availability Systems

I am open to global and remote opportunities where I can contribute to building robust backend platforms, solve complex scaling challenges, and help teams deliver reliable fintech products.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Senior Lead Software Engineer

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Airtel Africa Digital Labs

Jun 2021 - Present (4 years 6 months)

Owned Airtel Money’s core transaction platform, scaling fintech services across 14 countries to reliably support 500M+ daily transactions and millions of users while improving fault tolerance and observability.

Java Spring Boot Kafka Kubernetes API Gateway Prometheus Redis Microservices

Senior Software Engineer

Publicis Sapient

Dec 2020 - Jun 2021 (6 months)

Optimized hospitality client systems and built a Kubernetes sync utility plugin to enable real-time feature sync across environments without downtime.

Java Spring Kubernetes Docker Shell Scripting Microservices DevOps CI CD

Software Development Engineer

IFFCO Tokio General Insurance

Aug 2018 - Dec 2020 (2 years 4 months)

Contributed to modernizing insurance systems by migrating monoliths to REST microservices and building portals and APIs supporting multiple insurance products; developed a URL shortening service handling 100K+ visits.