Hi, I'm Kunal Babbar, a Software Engineer with around 4 years of experience building scalable, secure full-stack applications across fintech, enterprise, and corporate banking domains. I specialize in Java backend development, RESTful APIs, and cloud-native deployments on AWS, and I also enjoy frontend work with React and TypeScript.\n\nI thrive in regulated environments, implementing secure transaction workflows, optimizing CI/CD pipelines, and improving reliability, performance, and release velocity. I value cross-functional collaboration and continuously seek to learn and apply best practices for security and compliance.

Kunal Babbar

Hi, I'm Kunal Babbar, a Software Engineer with around 4 years of experience building scalable, secure full-stack applications across fintech, enterprise, and corporate banking domains. I specialize in Java backend development, RESTful APIs, and cloud-native deployments on AWS, and I also enjoy frontend work with React and TypeScript.\n\nI thrive in regulated environments, implementing secure transaction workflows, optimizing CI/CD pipelines, and improving reliability, performance, and release velocity. I value cross-functional collaboration and continuously seek to learn and apply best practices for security and compliance.

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Hi, I’m Kunal Babbar, a Software Engineer with around 4 years of experience building scalable, secure full-stack applications across fintech, enterprise, and corporate banking domains. I specialize in Java backend development, RESTful APIs, and cloud-native deployments on AWS, and I also enjoy frontend work with React and TypeScript.\n\nI thrive in regulated environments, implementing secure transaction workflows, optimizing CI/CD pipelines, and improving reliability, performance, and release velocity. I value cross-functional collaboration and continuously seek to learn and apply best practices for security and compliance.

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Language

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Work Experience

Software Engineer at Juegos AI Lab
September 1, 2025 - Present
Built responsive frontend interfaces using React and TypeScript to surface account balances, transaction statuses, and treasury insights; architected and maintained the backend for a multi-platform event management application hosted on AWS, leveraging Lambda, Cognito, DynamoDB, SNS, and Redshift for serverless compute, authentication, messaging, and analytics; implemented GraphQL APIs and service-layer business logic to integrate corporate platforms with downstream settlement, reporting, and analytics systems; applied authentication, authorization, and RBAC across backend and frontend layers to govern access to corporate accounts, transaction approvals, and administrative functions in line with financial security standards; integrated multiple third-party APIs (Google Maps, OpenStreetMap, Stripe) along with custom endpoints for scheduling and event coordination; designed DynamoDB data models with conditional writes and optimistic concurrency control; implemented DynamoDB Streams-power
Software Engineer at Ernst & Young
June 1, 2021 - August 1, 2023
Built and maintained responsive enterprise web applications using HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, and React, integrating with Java and Spring MVC microservices to support secure internal workflows and cross-browser user experiences. Collaborated with backend and cloud teams on AWS (EC2, S3, RDS), supporting API integrations, environment validation, and smooth communication across internal platforms. Participated in 20+ design and code reviews to uphold coding standards, reduce technical debt, and improve performance across UI components and backend-integrated features. Implemented and validated application security controls across UI and REST API touchpoints, strengthening secure data exchange with OAuth and reducing exploitable vulnerabilities by 30%. Worked with Product Managers and QA to clarify requirements, define test plans, and automate testing for features spanning frontend logic and backend APIs, accelerating release cycles by 10%. Monitored production metrics with AWS CloudWatch and
Software Engineer Intern at JP Morgan Chase
August 1, 2020 - February 1, 2021
Assisted in building backend service features using Spring MVC and REST APIs to support internal financial workflows such as data retrieval, validation, and transaction-related processing. Developed and integrated RESTful APIs to connect frontend interfaces with backend services, supporting secure data exchange and consistent behavior across internal applications used by finance and operations teams. Contributed to cloud-based application environments on AWS by supporting deployments, configuration management, and version control using Git, gaining hands-on exposure to enterprise-scale delivery pipelines and regulated financial systems. Implemented automated testing and performance tuning across backend APIs and UI components using JUnit and Selenium, reducing regression risk under high corporate transaction volumes. Integrated PostgreSQL for transactional data and MongoDB for flexible reporting metadata, ensuring data integrity and efficient retrieval across financial workflows.

Education

Master of Science in Computer Science at New Jersey Institute of Technology
September 1, 2023 - May 1, 2025
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science at University of Petroleum and Energy Studies
August 1, 2017 - May 1, 2021

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Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Financial Services, Professional Services