Rohin Gopalakrishnan
Senior Software Engineer at PayPal
San Jose, California, United States
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Top SchoolRohin Gopalakrishnan is a Senior Software Engineer based in San Jose with 13 years of experience and a strong focus on backend and infrastructure engineering across both startups and large fintech. He brings full-stack fluency—Java/Spring Boot, Python, Next.js/React—paired with production-grade DevOps skills in Kubernetes, Kafka, CI/CD, and cloud platforms (AWS/GCP). Rohin has repeatedly taken founding-engineer and founder roles, translating product needs into reliable, observable systems (ELK, Prometheus, Grafana) and shipping end-to-end solutions at PayPal and multiple early-stage ventures. Comfortable in both hands-on coding and systems design, he blends entrepreneurial grit with disciplined operational practices. A practical problem-solver, he often bridges gaps between data, observability, and developer workflows to accelerate delivery.
13 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Technology - BTech Computer Science, Bachelor of Technology - BTech Computer Science at PES UniversityMaster of Science - MS Computer Science, Master of Science - MS Computer Science at San José State UniversityHigh School Computer Science, High School Computer Science at AECS Magnolia Maaruti Public SchoolHigh School, High School at National Public School
Github Skills (200)
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grpc10
insomnia10
api-design10
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Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
rohinrohin/IDA
Oct 2016 - Nov 2018
Contributions:13 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 1 month
rohinrohin/VitalHealth
Dec 2016 - Jan 2017
Contributions:11 commits, 11 pushes, 1 branch in 12 days
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