Summary
Ashwini Narayan is a backend-focused software engineer based in the San Francisco Bay Area with a decade of software development experience and eight years in industry roles spanning payments, identity, and enterprise applications. Currently a Member of Technical Staff at PayPal, she leads backend development for pre-transaction risk and authentication services, emphasizing performance, security, and scalable REST APIs built in Java. Her background includes hands-on work across cloud and data workflows at Adobe, full-stack and SAP expertise from SAP and CGI, and a master’s in software engineering from San Jose State University. Known for driving code quality through automation, design reviews, and mentorship, she pairs enterprise-grade reliability with a practical eye for high-impact optimizations. An early-career recognition winner for problem-solving and teamwork, she quietly bridges legacy SAP systems and modern cloud-native architectures.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at Visvesvaraya Technological University
San José State University
English, Hindi, Kannada, Telugu