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Hi, I'm Sovika Poudel, a software engineer based in Clayton, North Carolina. I design and build scalable backend services, cloud-native APIs, and full-stack applications using the MERN stack (MongoDB, Express, React, Node.js). I've contributed to finance, fintech, and enterprise platforms at JPMorgan Chase, Vanguard, and Rocktop Tech, with strengths in distributed systems, cloud engineering (AWS/Azure), API design, CI/CD, and React-based front-end development.\n\nI enjoy modernizing legacy systems, optimizing performance, and delivering reliable, production-grade software used by thousands of users. I thrive in cross-functional teams and love turning complex problems into robust, maintainable solutions focused on security, observability, and user impact.…Hi, I'm Sovika Poudel, a software engineer based in Clayton, North Carolina. I design and build scalable backend services, cloud-native APIs, and full-stack applications using the MERN stack (MongoDB, Express, React, Node.js). I've contributed to finance, fintech, and enterprise platforms at JPMorgan Chase, Vanguard, and Rocktop Tech, with strengths in distributed systems, cloud engineering (AWS/Azure), API design, CI/CD, and React-based front-end development.\n\nI enjoy modernizing legacy systems, optimizing performance, and delivering reliable, production-grade software used by thousands of users. I thrive in cross-functional teams and love turning complex problems into robust, maintainable solutions focused on security, observability, and user impact.

Sovika Poudel

Full Stack Developer, Back-End Developer, Front-End Developer, +2

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Hi, I'm Sovika Poudel, a software engineer based in Clayton, North Carolina. I design and build scalable backend services, cloud-native APIs, and full-stack applications using the MERN stack (MongoDB, Express, React, Node.js). I've contributed to finance, fintech, and enterprise platforms at JPMorgan Chase, Vanguard, and Rocktop Tech, with strengths in distributed systems, cloud engineering (AWS/Azure), API design, CI/CD, and React-based front-end development.\n\nI enjoy modernizing legacy systems, optimizing performance, and delivering reliable, production-grade software used by thousands of users. I thrive in cross-functional teams and love turning complex problems into robust, maintainable solutions focused on security, observability, and user impact.…Hi, I'm Sovika Poudel, a software engineer based in Clayton, North Carolina. I design and build scalable backend services, cloud-native APIs, and full-stack applications using the MERN stack (MongoDB, Express, React, Node.js). I've contributed to finance, fintech, and enterprise platforms at JPMorgan Chase, Vanguard, and Rocktop Tech, with strengths in distributed systems, cloud engineering (AWS/Azure), API design, CI/CD, and React-based front-end development.\n\nI enjoy modernizing legacy systems, optimizing performance, and delivering reliable, production-grade software used by thousands of users. I thrive in cross-functional teams and love turning complex problems into robust, maintainable solutions focused on security, observability, and user impact.

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Hi, I’m Sovika Poudel, a software engineer based in Clayton, North Carolina. I design and build scalable backend services, cloud-native APIs, and full-stack applications using the MERN stack (MongoDB, Express, React, Node.js). I’ve contributed to finance, fintech, and enterprise platforms at JPMorgan Chase, Vanguard, and Rocktop Tech, with strengths in distributed systems, cloud engineering (AWS/Azure), API design, CI/CD, and React-based front-end development.\n\nI enjoy modernizing legacy systems, optimizing performance, and delivering reliable, production-grade software used by thousands of users. I thrive in cross-functional teams and love turning complex problems into robust, maintainable solutions focused on security, observability, and user impact.

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Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase & Co.

July 1, 2024 - August 1, 2025

Modernized legacy financial platforms by rebuilding backend services using Node.js, Express, and AWS Lambda, improving transaction processing throughput by 40% and enhancing API stability across distributed systems. Developed real-time microservices for fraud detection using Kafka, Spark, and Node.js, enabling ingestion of 5+ TB of daily event data with millisecond-level response for risk analytics. Engineered automated validation and reconciliation services in Python and Node.js, eliminating manual QA effort and increasing system audit traceability across 12 enterprise applications. Built CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Docker, and Kubernetes, standardizing deployments and reducing release times by 25% across multiple development squads. Improved SQL and NoSQL query performance by 60% and built monitoring dashboards using Grafana + CloudWatch, providing real-time observability into system cost, latency, and utilization. Integrated React-based internal dashboards for data quality and mo

Software Engineer at Vanguard

January 1, 2019 - December 1, 2019

Designed and implemented a cloud-native data platform using Node.js, Express, AWS Lambda, S3, and Redshift, reducing data retrieval latency from 2 hours to 15 minutes. Built automated ETL REST services using Python, Airflow, and Flask, enabling dynamic scheduling, retry logic, and 35% fewer data load failures. Developed secure internal APIs in Node.js and Flask enabling seamless financial data exchange between distributed systems, cutting reconciliation effort by 50%. Optimized Snowflake and Redshift queries through partitioning and compression and implemented efficient NoSQL schemas for MongoDB-backed services. Worked with governance teams to enforce encryption, access control, and data-handling standards, ensuring full compliance with HIPAA and enterprise security requirements. Built React UI components for data governance dashboards, improving traceability and audit-review workflows across business units.

Software Engineer at Rocktop Tech

May 1, 2017 - December 1, 2018

Built backend microservices using Node.js, Express, and Spring Boot, enabling modular analytics integration across multiple business lines. Migrated legacy services from Oracle to AWS RDS, MongoDB, and S3, ensuring 99.9% data accuracy using Python-based checksum validation scripts. Implemented Power BI and React dashboards connected to Kafka Streams telemetry, reducing manual performance tracking effort by 60%. Automated environment provisioning using Terraform and Ansible, reducing setup time from 3 days to 4 hours and enabling repeatable deployment patterns. Developed REST endpoints and internal tools for data ingestion, metadata management, and user access flows, improving system scalability and reliability. Enhanced application CI/CD workflows using Git, Jenkins, Docker, and AWS services, strengthening release stability.