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Akash Poddar

Principal Engineer | Low Latency & High-Volume Systems | Java 17, Kubernetes, Kafka

Bengaluru

8+ years of work experience

Wissen Technology
Aug 20251 yr 1 moPresent

Designed and developed scalable backend services for enterprise-grade banking applications aligned with high-availability and low-latency requirements.
Walmart Global Tech India
Nov 20213 yrs 9 mosJul 2025

Bengaluru

UBS
Mar 20201 yr 9 mosNov 2021

India

Working on Low latency trading systems - OMS Developer Front office hands-on programmer in Java Concurrency APIs and extensively used data structures and algorithms. Got exposure to various OMS components like gateways, proxies , drops, publishers and cops. Gained working knowledge of FIX protocol and replay tool that replays events. Worked on decommissioning of legacy APEX gateways.
UBS
Mar 20201 yr 9 mosNov 2021

Developed low-latency backend services for OMS trading systems in BFSI domain.
Citi India
Sep 20181 yr 7 mosMar 2020

pune

Project: Credit Risk Gained hands on knowledge in Spring batch jobs and various design patterns.
Citi Bank
Sep 20181 yr 7 mosMar 2020

Designed and developed backend services for credit risk analysis applications supporting OTC and SFT trades.

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Education

MCKV institute of engineering

Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science

MCKV institute of engineering

20104 yrs2014
West Bengal University of Technology, Kolkata

Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering

West Bengal University of Technology, Kolkata

20104 yrs2014

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Headline

Principal Engineer | Low Latency & High-Volume Systems | Java 17, Kubernetes, Kafka

About

Principal Engineer and Technical Leader with 11+ years of experience in architecting and delivering low-latency, high-volume Java-based systems. Specialized in High-Level System Design (HLD), Microservices, and production excellence within mission-critical domains including BFSI, Supply Chain, and PLM. Deep expertise in Java 17, Spring Boot, Kafka, and Kubernetes. Proven technical proficiency in Data Structures and Algorithms, driving development for roles targeting Senior Staff Engineer or Lead positions https://topmate.io/akash_poddar

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

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Work experience

Principal Engineer at Wissen Technology, Aug 2025 - Present · 1 yr 1 mo, Designed and developed scalable backend services for enterprise-grade banking applications aligned with high-availability and low-latency requirements.

Senior Software Engineer at Walmart Global Tech India, Nov 2021 - Jul 2025 · 3 yrs 9 mos, Bengaluru

Authorized Officer at UBS, Mar 2020 - Nov 2021 · 1 yr 9 mos, India, Working on Low latency trading systems - OMS Developer Front office hands-on programmer in Java Concurrency APIs and extensively used data structures and algorithms. Got exposure to various OMS components like gateways, proxies , drops, publishers and cops. Gained working knowledge of FIX protocol and replay tool that replays events. Worked on decommissioning of legacy APEX gateways.

Senior Software Engineer at UBS, Mar 2020 - Nov 2021 · 1 yr 9 mos, Developed low-latency backend services for OMS trading systems in BFSI domain.

Officer at Citi India, Sep 2018 - Mar 2020 · 1 yr 7 mos, pune, Project: Credit Risk Gained hands on knowledge in Spring batch jobs and various design patterns.

Senior Software Engineer at Citi Bank, Sep 2018 - Mar 2020 · 1 yr 7 mos, Designed and developed backend services for credit risk analysis applications supporting OTC and SFT trades.

Education

Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science, MCKV institute of engineering

Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering, West Bengal University of Technology, Kolkata

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