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Backend Engineer @TCS

About

💻 Software Developer | 🔐 Cybersecurity Enthusiast | 🌐 CSE Grad | Backend Engineer @ TCS | Spring Boot Specialist Hi, I'm Charmala Althaf — a driven and versatile Software Developer with a strong focus on secure and scalable backend development. Currently a Backend Engineer at Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), I specialize in building high-performance backend systems using Spring Boot and related technologies, ensuring both efficiency and security at every layer. 🎓 With a Computer Science & Engineering degree from a Tier-1 college, I bring strong fundamentals in Java, C, and Python, and hands-on understanding of network security practices and principles. I’m passionate about cybersecurity and backend architecture, always exploring ways to enhance application resilience and system integrity through clean code, smart design, and security-first thinking.

Location

Hyderabad

AI stack

antigravity

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Work experience

Backend Engineer at Tata Consultancy Services, Feb 2025 - Present · 1 yr 8 mos, Hyderabad, I worked on an enterprise banking application for SBI, focused on backend development using Java and Spring Boot. The project involved building and maintaining REST APIs, handling database interactions, fixing production issues, and supporting secure, high-availability systems. I collaborated with cross-functional teams to enhance features, improve performance, and ensure compliance with banking and security standards.

Assistant System Engineer at Tata Consultancy Services, Oct 2024 - Feb 2025 · 5 mos, Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Inter at IBM, Sep 2022 - Nov 2022 · 3 mos, Cyber Security Internship Actively participated in a virtual internship program focused on cyber security and network analysis

Education

BTech, Cyber/Computer Forensics and Counterterrorism, kalasalingam University