Software Engineer experienced in building secure, reliable, production-grade systems in regulated environments. Strong ownership across feature lifecycle - from system analysis and implementation to testing and release. Solid fundamentals in backend development, system design, and cloud deployment, with a strong interest in mission-driven, public-impact technology.

Rachel Keh

Software Engineer experienced in building secure, reliable, production-grade systems in regulated environments. Strong ownership across feature lifecycle - from system analysis and implementation to testing and release. Solid fundamentals in backend development, system design, and cloud deployment, with a strong interest in mission-driven, public-impact technology.

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Software Engineer experienced in building secure, reliable, production-grade systems in regulated environments. Strong ownership across feature lifecycle - from system analysis and implementation to testing and release. Solid fundamentals in backend development, system design, and cloud deployment, with a strong interest in mission-driven, public-impact technology.

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Language

English
Fluent
Chinese
Intermediate

Work Experience

Software Engineer at PayPal Holdings, Inc.
December 1, 2024 - Present
Led development of financial instrument suppression functionality to meet global network and regulatory compliance requirements, supporting approximately $2.4B in annualized transaction volume and reducing payment failures in production systems. Owned feature delivery across multiple services by analyzing system dependencies, driving multi-PR reviews, and coordinating changes across frontend and backend components using TypeScript and AI. Built comprehensive functional and integration test coverage to ensure regression safety and release confidence, preventing production incidents using Playwright. Served as technical lead for UK regulatory changes by implementing notification flows, configuration management, and localization support, ensuring correctness, auditability, and system reliability. Worked in a highly regulated, high-availability environment with a focus on secure coding practices, reliability, and maintainability.
Young SEEDer Intern at DBS Bank Pte. Ltd.
May 1, 2023 - August 1, 2023
Designed and built an internal BI dashboard using QlikView to support cross-department data analysis and decision-making. Gathered requirements from stakeholders and translated them into usable analytics solution. Automated previously manual testing workflows using Excel VBA, improving efficiency and reducing operational errors.
Team Project – Microservices-based Interview Preparation Platform at GitHub CS3219 AY 2324S1 course project (Peerprep)
September 1, 2023 - November 1, 2023
Built a microservices-based interview preparation platform as part of a team project. Applied SOLID principles and software architecture best practices for scalability and maintainability. Worked with production-like workflows including code reviews, version control, and cloud deployment.
Teaching Assistant at AY 2122S1 - CS2113T (GitHub Teaching Assistant Project)
August 1, 2021 - November 1, 2021
Developed a Java-based CLI application to support Teaching Assistants' administrative workflows. Applied KISS, DRY, and SRP to ensure clean, maintainable code.
Teaching Assistant
August 1, 2021 - November 1, 2021
Developed a Java-based CLI application to support Teaching Assistants' administrative workflows. Applied KISS, DRY, and SRP to ensure clean, maintainable code.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Engineering at National University of Singapore
August 1, 2020 - May 1, 2024
Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Engineering at National University of Singapore
August 1, 2020 - May 1, 2024

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Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Financial Services, Professional Services, Education, Other, Computers & Electronics