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title: "Prem Lal - Principal Software Engineer in Bengaluru | Tal"
description: "Meet Prem Lal, Principal Software Engineer @ OpenText based in Bengaluru. AI stack includes claude, codex, and cursor."
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# Prem Lal on Tal

## Headline

Principal Software Engineer @ OpenText

## About

At OpenText, I lead the charge in developing cutting\-edge archiving solutions, focusing on seamless integration with various cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, and Azure\. My role as Principal Software Engineer leverages my proficiency in Java and cloud technologies, enabling users to manage data with precision and efficiency\. My most recent endeavors include enhancing the InfoArchive product, where I've implemented features for metadata search, retention, and data holds\. With a strong foundation in Java Enterprise Edition and the Spring Framework, I am committed to delivering sophisticated software solutions that meet the evolving needs of enterprise applications\.

## Location

Bengaluru

## AI stack

claude

codex

cursor

hugging face

langchain

ollama

## Work experience

Principal Software Engineer at OpenText, Mar 2023 \- Present · 3 yrs 8 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Product : InfoArchive and Documentum XDB InfoArchive: It is archiving enterprise application\. User can archive their structured or un structured data by using this either in their file system or different cloud storage like AWS S3, ECS, Isilon, GCP, Azure etc\. This software give facility to search meta\-data, apply retaintion, hold etc\. XDB:Maintaining XDB, a Java‑based XML database, with a focus on customer issues and production stability\. I analyse WAL logs, segment pages, and LSNs to pinpoint root causes of incidents and ensure reliable data behaviour\.

Principal Member Of Technical Staff at Oracle, Dec 2021 \- Mar 2023 · 1 yr 4 mos, Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

Lead Software Engineer at OpenText, Aug 2017 \- Dec 2021 · 4 yrs 5 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Working for D2 and D2\-Config product built on Documentum platform\. D2\-Config is administrative web application where admin can manage all the configuration for example : search, properties page, creation profile, security ACL, auto naming, lifecycle of Document, workflow, menus, right click and many more\. D2 : it is end user web application to create/import and automate their documents\. User can import, check\-in check\-out, initiate lifecycle, sent to workflow, search create rendition and many more based on its permission and role\. D2\-Installer : This is izpack framework based installer which install D2, D2\-Config , D2 api in JMS and many more\. I have full ownership of this product\. Technology stack : Java, JavaScript, Angular, Documentum API, Data Structure, Spring, Spring Boot, SSO, SAML 2\.0, Oauth2

Senior Software Engineer at IBM, Mar 2016 \- Aug 2017 · 1 yr 6 mos, Bengaluru Area, India

Software Engineer at Covalense, Oct 2014 \- Jan 2016 · 1 yr 4 mos, 1\. Client : 9Spokes \(http://www\.9spokes\.com/\)\. Built Project from scratch by using latest technologies \(Java/JEE\)\. Given Idea for Dynamic role based access and implemented from scratch by using Spring MVC, Spring Security, JSP Custom tag and MySql\. Integrated Angular JS in UI\. Complete ownership of user module\. 2\. in house project : cTAF built project from scratch, Developed generic WebService call\. Integrated Activity workflow and optimised Application by using Profiler YourKit\.

## Education

Bachelor of Engineering \(BE\), Information Technology, Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology \(IIEST\), Shibpur

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