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title: "Niharika R. - Senior Developer in Pune District | Tal"
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# Niharika R\. on Tal

## Headline

Senior Developer@Barclays \| Product & Systems Thinker \| Building Impactful Tech

## About

I'm a software developer with a product mindset, focused on building scalable systems that drive real outcomes\. At Barclays, I’ve led modernization work that improved data accuracy, reduced costs, and supported global operations\. I enjoy turning complexity into clarity—through clean architecture, thoughtful user journeys, and strong team alignment\. Creativity is core to how I think and work; as a trained singer, dancer, and painter, I bring empathy and perspective into every problem I solve\. Always open to conversations where tech meets product, innovation, and human experience\.

## Location

Pune District

## AI stack

claude code

github copilot

lovable

notebooklm

ollama

perplexity

## Work experience

Senior Developer at Barclays, Feb 2024 \- Present · 2 yrs 6 mos, On\-site, Part of the Investment Bank's FICC desk \- Leading development and implementation of DIPV reporting for all asset classes \- Led application migration from Cloudera to open\-source clusters for prod and dev environments\. \- Enhanced Spring Boot application for real\-time monitoring of business actions, utilizing Spring JPA, Hibernate, and MS SQL \- via REST API\-enabled endpoints\. \- Designed entire CI/CD pipelines for multiple applications enabling their one\-click deployment to Production

Full Stack Engineer at Barclays, Apr 2023 \- Feb 2024 · 11 mos, On\-site, With Barclaycard desk \- BUK, focused on the AMEA regions, in the Cards and Digital Lending platform\. \- Achieved 10% reduction in project delays and cost overruns by leading the team to map employee skills to projects based on resource availability, via creation of resource management tool \- Collaborated with cross\-functional teams to expand the implementation of the resource management tool from a three member team to department level, resulting in improved project coordination and resource allocation across the organization\.

Graduate Analyst at Barclays, Aug 2022 \- Apr 2023 · 9 mos, Pune, Maharashtra, India, Software Engineer at Trade Transaction Reporting Engineering Team, building resilient Springboot Kafka Applications for seamless reporting of Trades\. \- Revamped reporting tool to include real\-time monitoring capabilities, resulting in a 50% decrease in response time to critical issues identified\. \- Implemented automated testing procedures, resulting in a 30% decrease in bugs and a 25% increase in overall system reliability\.

Forward Learning Program at McKinsey & Company, Oct 2025 \- Dec 2025 · 3 mos, \- Built adaptability, resilience, and problem\- solving skills by applying structured frameworks to real\-world case studies and assignments\. \- Enhanced communication and relationship\-building abilities through interactive virtual events and collaborative exercises\. \- Gained a strong digital toolkit and workplace wellbeing practices to thrive in dynamic, modern work environments\.

PM Fellow at NextLeap, May 2025 \- Jul 2025 · 3 mos, Remote

Cohort Member \- PLG'23 at The Product Folks, Apr 2023 \- May 2023 · 2 mos, Was selected for a 3 week bootcamp by The Product Folks, focused on mastering growth oriented product strategies and frameworks\.

Technical Intern at Intel Corporation, Jul 2021 \- Dec 2021 · 6 mos, \-Analysis and optimization of power delivery network and sign\-off techniques to obtain high performance and reduced power consumption in SoC\. Sole PoC and responsible for subsystem\. \-Optimizations: Developed framework for automated error analysis, created dashboard generator, alternative software exploration\. \-Organized two events for the monthly catch\-up team meets\.

## Education

Bachelor of Engineering \- BE \(Hons\), Electronics and Instrumentation, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

Gyan Ganga International Academy

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