I'm a Senior Software Engineer with 6+ years of experience designing and scaling SaaS, fintech, and compliance-driven platforms. I work hands-on across the stack, from APIs and databases to front-end experiences, and I love turning complex problems into reliable, scalable solutions. I'm passionate about collaborating with cross-functional teams, building automated workflows, and delivering fast, secure software. I thrive in fast-paced environments and enjoy mentoring teammates, defining platform standards, and continuously improving our deployment and monitoring practices.

Baron Jexie Panganiban

I'm a Senior Software Engineer with 6+ years of experience designing and scaling SaaS, fintech, and compliance-driven platforms. I work hands-on across the stack, from APIs and databases to front-end experiences, and I love turning complex problems into reliable, scalable solutions. I'm passionate about collaborating with cross-functional teams, building automated workflows, and delivering fast, secure software. I thrive in fast-paced environments and enjoy mentoring teammates, defining platform standards, and continuously improving our deployment and monitoring practices.

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I’m a Senior Software Engineer with 6+ years of experience designing and scaling SaaS, fintech, and compliance-driven platforms. I work hands-on across the stack, from APIs and databases to front-end experiences, and I love turning complex problems into reliable, scalable solutions.

I’m passionate about collaborating with cross-functional teams, building automated workflows, and delivering fast, secure software. I thrive in fast-paced environments and enjoy mentoring teammates, defining platform standards, and continuously improving our deployment and monitoring practices.

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Language

English
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Work Experience

Senior Software Engineer at UNobank
May 1, 2025 - May 1, 2025
Designed and implemented FastAPI-based customer onboarding APIs, reducing sign-up time from 15 minutes to under 4 minutes. Integrated JUMIO KYC and CIB credit checks, improving automated verification rates by 18% and reducing manual reviews by 40%. Built and optimized licensing and entitlement-style settlement microservices (NET, Node.js, Redis, PostgreSQL) handling 120k+ daily transfers with 40% latency reduction. Implemented AML rules engine with geo-blocking and anomaly detection, achieving full BSP audit compliance across three cycles. Implemented OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK for monitoring, reducing outage time by 35%. Migrated monolithic settlement flows to modular microservices, achieving 99.98% uptime during seasonal peaks. Deployed workloads on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) with Dockerized services for high scalability. Designed automated regression pipelines with GitHub Actions, reducing delivery rollbacks by 20-35%. Modeled relational schemas for entitlement
Software Engineer at Makati-based fintech
August 1, 2021 - August 1, 2021
Built payment and refund APIs in PHP, Python, and Node.js, ensuring transactions were processed exactly once. Integrated Visa Direct, Mastercard Send, GCash, and Grab Pay; reduced settlement misses by ~30% across entitlement workflows. Migrated wallet provisioning services to AWS EKS, lowering infra costs by 15% and improving SLA compliance. Redesigned reconciliation workflows, cutting reporting errors by 20%. Implemented automated regression pipelines and enhanced monitoring with Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK.
Junior Web Developer at Pay Mango
April 1, 2019 - April 1, 2019
Built the first merchant dashboard with React + TypeScript; developed authentication, billing, and subscription APIs using PHP/Node.js; authored SDKs and documentation enabling 100+ enterprise merchants to integrate within weeks. Created enterprise-ready onboarding flows, UI components, and provisioning processes to support rapid merchant adoption.
Full Stack Developer at UN Obank
January 1, 2022 - May 20, 2025
Designed and implemented FastAPI-based onboarding APIs; reduced sign-up time from 15 minutes to under 4 minutes. Built licensing and entitlement microservices (NET, Node.js, Redis) for 120k+ daily transfers with improved latency. Implemented monitoring stack (OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK) and CI/CD pipelines; migrated workloads to Azure Kubernetes Service for scalable deployment.
Software Engineer at PayMaya
May 1, 2020 - August 1, 2021
Built payout APIs in PHP, Python, and Node.js; ensured transactions processed exactly once. Integrated Visa Direct, Mastercard Send, GCash, and GrabPay; reduced settlement mismatches by 30%. Migrated wallet provisioning services to AWS EKS, lowering infra costs by 15% and improving SLA compliance. Refined reconciliation workflows and compliance reporting.
Junior Web Developer
January 1, 2018 - April 1, 2019
Built the first merchant dashboard with React + TypeScript, boosting daily active merchants by 20%. Developed authentication, billing, and subscription APIs in PHP, Django, Node.js, and .NET to support merchant entitlements. Authored SDKs and documentation enabling 100+ enterprise merchants to integrate with the platform quickly. Implemented audit-ready activity tracking for merchant portals, improving compliance and incident forensics. Improved test coverage across APIs, reducing production issues by 15%. Designed responsive, secure UI components that improved onboarding success rates for new merchants.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Information Technology at University of Negros Occidental - Recoletos
January 11, 2030 - November 7, 2025
Bachelor of Science in Information Technology at University of Negros Occidental Recoletos
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2019

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Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Financial Services, Professional Services, Media & Entertainment, Other