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title: "Radha Krishnan Kannan - SDE-2 in Bengaluru | Tal"
description: "Meet Radha Krishnan Kannan, SDE-2 @ LightningNodes Technologies | Backend Engineer | Fintech & Payments | Microservices | AI-Assisted Systems & Distributed Architecture based in Bengaluru. AI stack includes claude, codex, and cursor. Explore public work links including github."
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# Radha Krishnan Kannan on Tal

## Headline

SDE\-2 @ LightningNodes Technologies \| Backend Engineer \| Fintech & Payments \| Microservices \| AI\-Assisted Systems & Distributed Architecture

## About

Backend Engineer with \~3 years of experience building fintech payment systems and scalable backend services\. Experienced in Node\.js, TypeScript, NestJS, PostgreSQL, Redis, and event\-driven architectures\. Worked on PayIn/PayOut infrastructure, distributed systems, and AI\-assisted analytics for pricing optimization\.

## Location

Bengaluru

## AI stack

claude

codex

cursor

deepseek

github copilot

kimi

## Work experience

SDE\-2 at Pi42, May 2026 \- Present · 4 mos

Senior SDE\-1 at Pi42, Nov 2025 \- May 2026 · 7 mos, Leading development of core PayIn/PayOut systems powering real\-time financial transactions\. • Built and scaled payment systems handling 1000\+ daily transactions with ₹1\.5Cr\+ daily volume • Achieved 95%\+ success rate for automated withdrawals through fault\-tolerant design and retry mechanisms • Architected event\-driven asynchronous pipelines for transaction lifecycle management and reconciliation

SDE \- 1 at Pi42, Sep 2023 \- Nov 2025 · 2 yrs 3 mos, Worked on backend systems supporting trading and payment workflows, focusing on reliability, reporting, and internal tooling\. • Designed and implemented a role\-based admin panel with granular access for compliance, support, and admin teams • Developed trading reports and INR ledger reports used for tax filing and financial reconciliation • Built system alerts and sanity checks to validate order execution, positions, and transaction consistency

SDE \- 1 at TaxNodes, Sep 2023 \- Nov 2023 · 3 mos, Bengaluru

QA Intern at TaxNodes, Jun 2023 \- Sep 2023 · 4 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Summer Intern at Zoho, Jul 2022 \- Aug 2022 · 2 mos

## Education

Bachelor of Engineering \- BE, Mechatronics, Thiagarajar College of Engineering

kendriya vidyalaya

## Public links

- github: https://github\.com/Radhakrishnan1110

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