Summary
Saksham Bhalla is a Senior Software Engineer based in Bengaluru with 8 years of experience building full-stack systems and scalable services using Java, React, Redux, Elasticsearch and strong foundations in algorithms, data structures and system design. He has progressed through engineering roles at Visa and now Roku, combining production-facing development with research-led internships at Samsung R&D and TCS where he worked on federated learning and dialog systems. Comfortable designing components from scratch—reflecting his dislike of predefined frameworks—he blends front-end craftsmanship with backend search and data-intensive features. His academic background from IIT Kharagpur in Mathematics and Computing underpins a methodical approach to complex problems, while side projects and a developer mindset show a continual appetite for learning. Outside work he balances intense curiosity with table tennis, swimming and badminton, suggesting a competitive, team-oriented temperament that informs his engineering style.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Senior Secondary School, Senior Secondary School at Bal Bharati Public School
Integrated Msc. (Bachelors + Masters) Mathematics and Computing, Integrated Msc. (Bachelors + Masters) Mathematics and Computing at Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
Summer School Fintech, Summer School Fintech at HEC Paris
French, English, Hindi