I'm a senior backend engineer with 15+ years of building cloud, batch, distributed, and data-driven systems using Java and cloud platforms (GCP + AWS). I’ve delivered across financial services, fintech, compliance, and high-volume SaaS environments. I excel in performance optimization, data pipelines, system design, and production debugging. I also enjoy mentoring developers, leading migrations, and modernizing legacy systems.

Bharathi Rao

I'm a senior backend engineer with 15+ years of building cloud, batch, distributed, and data-driven systems using Java and cloud platforms (GCP + AWS). I’ve delivered across financial services, fintech, compliance, and high-volume SaaS environments. I excel in performance optimization, data pipelines, system design, and production debugging. I also enjoy mentoring developers, leading migrations, and modernizing legacy systems.

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I’m a senior backend engineer with 15+ years of building cloud, batch, distributed, and data-driven systems using Java and cloud platforms (GCP + AWS).

I’ve delivered across financial services, fintech, compliance, and high-volume SaaS environments. I excel in performance optimization, data pipelines, system design, and production debugging. I also enjoy mentoring developers, leading migrations, and modernizing legacy systems.

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Language

English
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Work Experience

Senior Programmer Analyst at Equifax Canada
January 1, 2023 - Present
Cred it, work force, compliance and government data systems across cloud and batch environments. Migrated customer platforms to the Equifax Cloud, modernizing batch workloads and data pipelines. Built a rule-based validation framework to enforce data correctness before client delivery. Automated 20+ reporting workflows, reducing manual effort and errors. Mentored developers and conducted peer reviews to ensure code quality.
Senior Software Engineer at Skokum Voting System
January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2022
Added features and resolved production issues for the Green Party of Canada. Worked on Ruby on Rails and MongoDB backend components, improving stability and scalability of the voting system.
Senior Software Engineer / Tech Lead at Win Red
January 1, 2017 - December 31, 2023
Full-stack development across Rails backend, GraphQL APIs, and React integration. Built backend for donation analytics dashboards using Elasticsearch + GraphQL + Rails. Payments platform processed approx. $100K/month in donations (Stripe). Owned GraphQL API layer, collaborating with product and frontend teams. Improved reliability via performance tuning and automated testing (RSpec). Strengthened monitoring with HoneyBadger and structured debugging.
Senior Software Engineer / Tech Lead at Temenos Software Canada
January 1, 2014 - December 31, 2017
Led 10+ engineers across distributed teams. Delivered backend features using Java/J2EE, JMS, PL/SQL and Oracle for wealth management workloads. Supported production, performance tuning and release improvements. Mentored developers and conducted peer reviews to ensure code quality.
Senior Software Engineer
January 1, 2008 - December 31, 2014
Integrated telecom provisioning and management workflows for Calix EMS/CMS. Completed migration from MySQL to PostgreSQL and on-site integration. Modernized JV M stack (Java 8 to Java 17) and cloud workloads, improving interoperability and scalability.

Education

Master of Engineering, Computer Science at Indian Institute of Science (IISc)
January 11, 2030 - January 22, 2026
Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Science at NMAM Institute of Technology
January 11, 2030 - January 22, 2026

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Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Financial Services, Government, Professional Services