Hi, I'm Sankul Garg

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Experienced Java Developer with 9 years in software development with strong focus on Fintech domain, building scalable, high-performance solutions.

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Sankul Garg

About Me

I am an experienced Java Developer with 9 years in software development, specializing in building scalable, high-performance solutions with a strong focus on the Fintech domain. I'm known for driving innovation, optimizing system architectures, and delivering impactful results in fast-paced, high-demand environments.

I have proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and align technical strategies with business objectives. Currently serving as Lead Technical Development at Zeta, where I lead a team of 14 engineers designing mission-critical payment systems.

9 Years Experience
15+ Team Members Led
3K TPS Handled

Experience

Sept 2021 – Present

Lead Technical Development

Zeta

  • Leading a team of 12 engineers to design and implement mission-critical payment systems, optimizing payment lifecycle management across UPI, Credit/Prepaid Cards, NFC, and Credit Lines
  • Designed and delivered scalable, highly available systems for Visa, Rupay, and Mastercard settlements, processing millions of transactions daily
  • Mentored junior and senior engineers, fostering a collaborative team culture, leading to a 25% increase in employee satisfaction and retention
  • Led development of critical features like Credit Transactions, Pre-Authorizations, and UPI on Credit
  • Optimized high-volume transaction handling during major events, ensuring seamless peak-load performance of 3k TPS
Nov 2020 – Sept 2021

Staff Engineer

Nagarro

  • Served as a Technical Leader for two prominent banking institutions—one based in the Nordic region and the other in Indonesia
  • Led the technical development of a Payment wallet application
  • Led the Adoption of Double Entry accounting system
  • Provided strategic guidance on database architecture, system workflows, and overall application design
Mar 2017 – Nov 2020

Senior System Engineer

Group 4 Securicor

  • Part of COE team and Architect Team contributing on all new frameworks
  • Migration from GCP App Engine only Services to more robust and general SAAS products and saved the organisation $70,000 a month
  • Incorporation of ELK stack using custom Logging and Tracing Framework
  • Setup Apigee API Manager on Public-Private network
  • Worked as Subject Matter Expert (SME) of Payroll Module, Building Predicted Pay, Batch Processing

Skills

Development Stack

Java Spring MVC Spring-boot Microservice Hibernate Maven Guice RESTful OpenAPI Python Painless

Cloud Stack

Kubernetes Dialogflow Docker Google Cloud Platform Apigee Amazon Web Services ELK EC2 RDS Jenkins Consul Eureka Load Balancer

Database Systems

PostgreSQL MongoDB MySQL Redis openSearch

Featured Projects

Payment Systems at Zeta

Professional

Led development of mission-critical payment systems processing millions of transactions daily across UPI, Credit/Prepaid Cards, NFC, and Credit Lines.

Java Microservices Payment Systems

LoggingAndTracing Framework

Open Source

Annotation based logging setup along with inbuilt features such as request tracing and multilingual exception handling. Published to central maven repository.

Java Maven Framework
View on GitHub

MEMEit

Personal Startup

Social media Network startup which revolved around MEMES Generator with all social media features. Daily Contests and Rewarding System. More than 10K+ Downloads.

Mobile App Social Media Startup

Contact Me

Email

gargsankul@gmail.com

Phone

+918800303360

Location

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

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