Varun Balan
Software Engineer at Capital One
Virginia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolVarun Balan is a software engineer with six years of experience building cloud-native platforms and data pipelines, currently focused on Anti-Money Laundering systems at Capital One. He turns complex regulatory and product requirements into scalable, reliable solutions using Java, Apache Spark, streaming tech, and infrastructure-as-code, with measurable impacts like faster deployments and significant cost savings. His background blends hands-on systems work—debugging C++ game code and building microcontroller-to-Azure IoT pipelines—with research that produced an IEEE PEDES–presented paper on remote microgrid experimentation. Comfortable across backend, data engineering, and cloud infra, he automates repetitive workflows and improves testing and failover to reduce manual toil. Aspiring to engineering leadership, he pairs a UW–Madison dual degree in Computer Engineering and Computer Sciences with a track record of delivering time-sensitive, high-impact projects.
6 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Engineering + Computer Sciences, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Engineering + Computer Sciences at University of Wisconsin-MadisonIB Diploma, IB Diploma at Overseas Family School
English, French, Hindi, Tamil
Github Skills (19)
fundamentals10
mongoose10
javascript10
expressjs10
css10
http10
mern-application10
mern10
html10
web-development10
documentation10
redux9
web-standards9
mongodb9
social-media9
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
varun-balan/varunbalan.com
Aug 2022 - Jul 2024
Contributions:10 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 11 months
varun-balan/hello-world
Jul 2019 - Apr 2020
Testing out GItHub with my first repository
Contributions:2 PRs, 6 pushes, 3 branches in 9 months
testingfirst-repository
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