Janak Malla is a Lead Software Engineer at Capital One with a decade of experience building and scaling financial software from associate to lead roles since joining the company in 2017. He holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Vanderbilt—where he also pursued pre-med coursework and hands-on analytical and computational chemistry research—and is completing an M.S. in Computer Science at Georgia Tech. Janak blends strong engineering leadership with a research-minded approach, comfortable moving between production systems and data-driven investigation. His background in laboratory techniques and computational modeling gives him an unusual cross-disciplinary lens for problem solving in fintech. Based in Chicago, he is known for mentoring engineers and translating complex requirements into reliable, maintainable systems.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
University of Memphis
Master's degree Computer Science, Master's degree Computer Science at Georgia Institute of Technology
Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science at Vanderbilt University
High School International Baccalaureate Diploma, High School International Baccalaureate Diploma at Germantown High School
Contributions:12 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 11 months
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Janak Malla - Lead Software Engineer at Capital One