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Priority DM . 2 days reply
Ask me anything: backend, AWS or fintech career
One question, one straight answer, within 2 days
Video meeting . 45 mins
Career roadmap: SDE to Senior in fintech/product
1-5 yrs in? Get a 90-day plan, not vague advice
Video meeting . 60 mins
Backend & AWS architecture review
Bring the design, or the bit that keeps falling over
Video meeting . 30 mins
Resume review for backend / full-stack roles
Line by line, then a rewritten top third
Video meeting . 60 mins
Mock interview + written feedback
A real round, then a scorecard you can act on
Video meeting . 60 mins
Fintech build advice for founders & CTOs
Payments, lending and KYC - what to build vs buy
About me
I'm Pankaj - a Senior Software Engineer who spends his days on systems that move money: the ICICI Bank loan journey at Paisabazaar, Stripe payout infrastructure at Drivelah in Singapore, and Aadhaar/NSDL e-sign flows at Revfin. I started out at TCS building an IAM system for 20,000+ users.
Day to day that's Node.js, TypeScript, Nest.js, React and a lot of AWS - Lambda, Step Functions, SQS, SAM, DynamoDB, CloudFront. I've split a monolith into microservices and come out 20x faster at near-zero cost, sharded MySQL to survive high-volume payments, and cut page load times by 70%.
Book me if you want to: get hired at a fintech or product company; untangle a backend that's creaking (microservices, event-driven design, payouts, reconciliation, DB scaling); or ship a payments/KYC/lending feature without a six-month detour.
I mentor new hires and run design reviews at work, so I'm used to explaining the why rather than just handing over an answer. Come with a specific problem, leave with a specific plan.
Portfolio: https://impatidar.netlify.app