Engineering Lead with 10+ years of experience building and scaling mission-critical mobile, payments, and POS solutions across FinTech and enterprise domains. Known as a technical authority for Mobile, POS, and Payments, with strong ownership from early R&D through certification and production client delivery.

AAKASH BABU R

Engineering Lead with 10+ years of experience building and scaling mission-critical mobile, payments, and POS solutions across FinTech and enterprise domains. Known as a technical authority for Mobile, POS, and Payments, with strong ownership from early R&D through certification and production client delivery.

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August 9, 2026

Engineering Lead with 10+ years of experience building and scaling mission-critical mobile, payments, and POS solutions across FinTech and enterprise domains. Known as a technical authority for Mobile, POS, and Payments, with strong ownership from early R&D through certification and production client delivery.

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Language

English
Advanced
Malayalam
Fluent
Tamil
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Work Experience

Module Lead — Engineering at Tarang Software Technologies Pvt Ltd
July 1, 2019 - Present
Built the company’s Mobile & Payments engineering practice from zero. Owned technical architecture, delivery, and client relationships across multiple payment terminal application and SoftPOS engagements. Delivered payment apps covering SALE/REFUND/Reversal/Void/Authorization, reconciliation, batch, and SAF flows across terminal hardware and multiple schemes/switches (MADA L3 with TMS1/TMS2; TSYS; Fiserv). Architected and delivered a SoftPOS L2 kernel from scratch for Visa (with NFC/APDU integration) and integrated a Mastercard library, completing full certification for both schemes. Managed an 18-member cross-functional team (mobile, backend, QA) and simultaneously supported multiple client engagements, from requirements through milestones and client sign-off.
Consultant — Mobility (Android Developer) at Umedex
June 1, 2018 - June 1, 2019
Developed a health monitoring mobile app (U-InTouch) including real-time socket communication, voice/video calling, barcode scanning, and Google Maps integration. Updated UI to match new design specifications and adapted web features for mobile experience.
Software Engineer — Mobility at A ufait Technologies
February 1, 2016 - May 1, 2018
Delivered multiple Android applications for E-commerce, Transportation, and FinTech clients across the Middle East and GCC. Worked on end-to-end mobile product development including features for financing (Sharia-compliant), multi-client taxi booking platforms, grocery shopping and payment flows, and emergency ambulance booking with Firebase and Maps integration. Also rebuilt existing solutions in Flutter and React JS for cross-platform support.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering — Aeronautical Engineering at Nehru Institute of Engineering and Technology, Anna University
January 1, 2013 - January 1, 2013

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Industry Experience

Financial Services, Software & Internet, Healthcare, Transportation & Logistics, Other