Uma Mareeswari

Company Overview:

• Drafty: A line of credit platform offering overdraft facilities to customers who are unable to afford costly bank loans.
• Lending Stream: A short-term payday loan lending platform providing accessible financial solutions.

Key Responsibilities and Achievements:

• Loan Module Management: Led the end-to-end handling of customer loan details, including repayment dates, schedules, interest accrual, and principal management. Developed state machines for consumer-facing UIs and operational tools used by agents.
• Underwriting Engine: Designed and implemented a proprietary decision engine to assess customer repayment ability, ensuring informed lending decisions.
• Microservices Architecture: Spearheaded the migration of a monolithic platform to a modern microservices architecture using Python 3.0. Developed RESTful APIs for seamless communication between services.
• Infrastructure Development: Built and maintained infrastructure modules, including MySQL connections, data parsing, and integration with message queues to ensure system scalability and efficiency.
• Third-Party Platforms: Proficient in leveraging third-party platforms such as ExactTarget, Adobe, SES, and Link Mobility to execute email and SMS campaigns, enhancing customer engagement.
• AWS Services: Hands-on experience with AWS services including SES, SNS, and SQS, optimizing communication workflows and message queuing for scalable solutions.
• Cloud Migration: Led the migration from EC2 instances to ECS using Fargate architecture, optimizing resource management and enhancing scalability and cost-efficiency in the deployment of containerized applications.
• CI/CD and GitHub: Expertise in version control using GitHub, with extensive experience in developing and managing deployment pipelines to enable continuous integration and delivery.
• Infrastructure as Code: Skilled in implementing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, automating infrastructure provisioning and management.
• Mentorship: Actively mentored junior engineers, fostering their professional development and enhancing team productivity.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborated with cross-functional teams to integrate new features into existing product offerings, ensuring seamless delivery and deployment.