Hi there! I'm Lukas Hassan, a Senior Software Engineer with over 10 years of experience building fintech-grade backend systems and APIs. I specialize in checkout flows, embedded finance infrastructure, and distributed services across fintech, banking, and AI-enabled platforms. I enjoy designing robust architectures, improving observability, and collaborating with product and data teams to deliver reliable, scalable solutions. Outside work, I enjoy learning new tech, mentoring peers, and turning complex problems into clean code.

Lukas Hassan

Hi there! I'm Lukas Hassan, a Senior Software Engineer with over 10 years of experience building fintech-grade backend systems and APIs. I specialize in checkout flows, embedded finance infrastructure, and distributed services across fintech, banking, and AI-enabled platforms. I enjoy designing robust architectures, improving observability, and collaborating with product and data teams to deliver reliable, scalable solutions. Outside work, I enjoy learning new tech, mentoring peers, and turning complex problems into clean code.

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Hi there! I’m Lukas Hassan, a Senior Software Engineer with over 10 years of experience building fintech-grade backend systems and APIs. I specialize in checkout flows, embedded finance infrastructure, and distributed services across fintech, banking, and AI-enabled platforms.

I enjoy designing robust architectures, improving observability, and collaborating with product and data teams to deliver reliable, scalable solutions. Outside work, I enjoy learning new tech, mentoring peers, and turning complex problems into clean code.

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Work Experience

Senior Software Engineer at Klarna
March 1, 2024 - Present
Built backend services for checkout, BNPL workflows, and merchant-facing APIs; improved payment state tracking, retry workflows, and event handling across checkout systems; contributed to internal tooling and reliability-focused engineering.
Backend Engineer at Stripe
July 2, 2022 - February 2, 2024
Worked on backend infrastructures for ACH payments processing, payout tracking, and payment services; implemented fraud monitoring and event-driven processing; collaborated with platform and ML teams; improved deployment automation and reliability.
Senior Backend Engineer at Klarna
April 2, 2020 - June 2, 2022
Drove backend APIs to support payment workflows, customer transactions, and embedded finance capabilities; contributed to reliability improvements, observability, and architecture discussions across payment systems.
Senior Backend Engineer at Northern Bank
September 2, 2018 - March 2, 2020
Built backend APIs supporting payment workflows, customer transaction services, and operational banking systems. Implemented fraud monitoring and transaction event processing; improved deployment reliability via automation.
Senior Backend Engineer
June 2, 2014 - August 2, 2018
Worked on backend services supporting digital payments infrastructure in a fintech context. Implemented payment workflows, transaction processing, and core API layers; collaborated with cross-functional teams to enable reliable and scalable payments capabilities.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science at Stanford University
March 1, 2020 - June 16, 2026

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Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Financial Services, Professional Services