Summary
Harish Shanmugam is a software engineer with 11 years of experience building reliable, data-driven backend systems and payment platform services, currently focused on Payment Reliability Engineering at PayPal in Chennai. He has deep hands-on experience in Java, Python, big data (Hadoop, Hive, Kafka), ETL pipelines and operational tooling, having migrated hundreds of terabytes of business-critical data and owned on-call reliability for payment APIs. Harish’s background spans data engineering, streaming platforms and IVR/telephony systems, reflecting an ability to move between infrastructure, analytics and product-facing services. He’s comfortable shipping end-to-end solutions—from Oozie workflows and Vertica integration to dashboards and self-service tools—and has repeatedly reduced operational risk through automation and pragmatic architecture. Colleagues would note his blend of production-focused engineering and a tinkerer’s mindset (his Github bio simply states “I'm a programmer, that's what I'm”), signaling curiosity beyond formal titles.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Engineer's Degree, Computer Science and Engineering; CSE, Engineer's Degree, Computer Science and Engineering; CSE at Maamallan Institute of Technology
SSLC, SSLC at Tamil Nadu State Board
Engineer's Degree, Computer Technology, Engineer's Degree, Computer Technology at Bhaktavatsalam Polytechnic college
English, Tamil, Hindi