Summary
Akshat Kumar is a Lead Software Engineer with 12 years of experience building scalable backend systems and payment/KYC platforms across fintech and enterprise domains. He blends strong Java expertise (Hibernate, Servlets, Spring, Java 8) with modern polyglot practices in Scala, Kotlin and Python, and has delivered microservices and CI/CD solutions on AWS and GitLab CI. At S&P Global he progressed from Senior to Lead, contributing to private equity portfolio valuation services, and previously drove customer onboarding integrations at Paytm Payments Bank using Aadhaar and NPCI APIs. A University of Waterloo MMath graduate, he pairs rigorous academic training with hands-on leadership, mentoring small teams and owning end-to-end delivery. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic engineer who translates complex financial and regulatory requirements into reliable production systems.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree Applied Electronics & Instrumentation, Bachelor’s Degree Applied Electronics & Instrumentation at Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University
Master of Science - MMath Computer Science, Master of Science - MMath Computer Science at University of Waterloo
Hindi, English