Rahul Kanianchalil

Hi, my name is

Rahul Kanianchalil.

Softwar Engineer, Gamer, Car Enthusiast, Traveler.

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About Me

Engineering professional with a strong focus on data driven innovation and a demonstrated history of applying the principles of design thinking, rapid prototyping, and customer focus to deliver desirable products.

AWS
Python
Java
Backend Engineering
Devops Engineering

Experience

Katapult
Capital One
State Farm

Senior Software Engineer - Katapult

Aug 2021 - present

I am currently working as a backend engineer on the enterprise partners team.

I create APIs to integrate enterprise retailers with Katapult’s Lease to Own services.
I manage the integration with our internal platform and external CRM tool.
I extend our backend platform to support functionality on our mobile application.

Associate Software Engineer - Capital One

Sep 2017 - Aug 2021

I worked at Capital One as a Data Engineer and as a Backend Engineer in the Auto Finance department.

As a Data Engineer, I migrated and improved on the backend applications that delivered critical reports to leadership regarding our business.
As a Backend Engineer, I developed the backend that onboarded our developers onto our CICD platform.
I managed the resources of our developers on AWS and helped cut costs by allocating the appropriate resources and managing their uptime.

Intern Software Engineer - State Farm

Jun 2016 - Dec 2016

I interned at State farm for two semesters working in the Research and Development office on Android Mobile Apps.

I worked on an app that could detect if the car was in an accident based on data gathered by the sensors.
I created a server monitoring tool that would send push notifications to the responsible devs based on polling XML reports.