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title: "Raman Kumar - Engineer II in Bengaluru | Tal"
description: "Meet Raman Kumar, Software Engineer II @ IG Group | Building Real-Time Trading Platforms with AI | FinTech | Event-Driven Systems | AWS based in Bengaluru. AI stack includes claude code, claude, and cursor."
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# Raman Kumar on Tal

## Headline

Software Engineer II @ IG Group \| Building Real\-Time Trading Platforms with AI \| FinTech \| Event\-Driven Systems \| AWS

## About

Backend engineer building high\-throughput, distributed financial systems\. At IG Group, I design and develop real\-time trading and ledger systems processing 100K\+ daily transactions, focusing on strong consistency, low latency, and high availability\. My work includes building 0→1 systems, leading crypto trading integrations, and driving architectural evolution from tightly coupled services to event\-driven Kafka\-based platforms—improving system reliability and scalability\. I was promoted twice within a short span for taking ownership of critical systems and delivering high\-impact improvements\. Interested in: • Distributed systems & consistency models • High\-scale backend architecture • Event\-driven systems \(Kafka\) Tech: Java, Spring Boot, AWS \(EKS, Aurora\), Kafka, Kubernetes, Terraform

## Location

Bengaluru

## AI stack

claude code

claude

cursor

grok

obsidian

opencode

## Work experience

Engineer II at IG Group, Dec 2025 \- Present · 11 mos, Hybrid, Fast\-tracked promotions across levels \(Graduate Trainee → Associate → Senior Associate → Engineer II\) based on performance and ownership 🔥 Key Impact Architected real\-time ledger & balance systems processing 100K\+ daily transactions with strong consistency and idempotency guarantees Built high\-availability trading services handling 200 RPS / 12K\+ requests per minute, achieving 99\.9% uptime Designed and deployed cloud\-native microservices on AWS EKS \(Kubernetes\), scaling critical trading workloads Developed automated reconciliation pipelines \(S3 \+ orchestration\) eliminating manual workflows and reducing operational risk 🔹 Ownership & Leadership Owned system design decisions across data consistency, scaling, and failure handling Led cross\-team architecture discussions and aligned stakeholders on system evolution Resolved P1/P2 production incidents, performed RCA, and implemented long\-term reliability improvements

Senior Associate Developer at IG Group, Nov 2025 \- Dec 2025 · 2 mos, Hybrid, 🔹 Key Contributions Led migration from polling\-based architecture → Kafka\-driven event systems, improving availability and reducing infrastructure cost

Associate Developer at IG Group, Sep 2024 \- Nov 2025 · 1 yr 3 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, 🔹 Key Contributions Built backend services for trading systems using Spring Boot and AWS, supporting real\-time transaction processing Developed foundational components for ledger and balance systems, enabling accurate financial state management Improved deployment efficiency through CI/CD pipelines, reducing release time significantly

Software Engineer Intern at BETSOL, Feb 2023 \- Mar 2023 · 2 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, \- Developed HR portal backend using Node\.js/Express, improving HR process efficiency \- Implemented RESTful APIs and optimized PostgreSQL queries for faster data retrieval

Web Development Intern at R2i2 Technologies, Jun 2022 \- Aug 2022 · 3 mos, Remote, Built frontend components using Svelte and TypeScript for client projects

## Education

Bachelor of Technology \- BTech, Computer Science, Sjb institute of technology

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