About

Balaji Mysore is a seasoned Software Engineer with over 7 years of experience in the industry. He is currently working as a SWE III at PayPal, where he is responsible for optimizing the Payments platform to work faster and save extra dollars for transactions. Balaji is an individual contributor in the team who starts from requirement gathering for a development work, all the way through the entire SDLC process. Balaji is a tech connoisseur who is passionate about solving problems as efficiently as possible. He is known for his scrupulous approach to coding, ensuring that his code not only looks clean but also runs so clean that profilers have a hard time finding issues. Balaji is always looking for different suggestions for solving a particular problem, and he is always willing to share his expertise with others. In addition to his technical skills, Balaji is also a mentor who enjoys enabling others to think correctly and improve their skills. He has led teams in the past, helping his team members overcome technical challenges and delivering projects end to end. Balaji has worked for several reputable companies in the past, including Citi and JP Morgan. At Citi, he joined the risk and compliance team as a backend engineer, where he took care of the backend of the application and designed solutions as per the requirements of the clients. At JP Morgan, he worked as a Full Stack Engineer using React js and Spring boot Java. Balaji has a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering from SIES College and has completed his HSC from Birla College and SSC from Mahila Samiti School Thakurli. He has a diverse tech stack, including Java, Spring Boot, Spring, Elastic Search, Web, ML, UI, NLP, Data Scientist, MySQL, Jenkins, Search, and Python. Overall, Balaji is a talented and experienced Software Engineer who is always looking for new challenges and opportunities to grow. He is a valuable asset to any team that he works with and is always willing to share his knowledge and expertise with others.