Resume

Farid Siddiqi
(510) 365-7706
f.siddiqi19@gmail.com

Skills

Javascript, React, Node.js, Postgres, AWS, Express.js

Experience

Staff Software Engineer

Marqeta

2019-2024
  • Led the development of a real-time transaction monitoring system processing over 1M daily transactions, reducing fraud detection time from hours to seconds
  • Architected and implemented a microservices-based card program management platform using Node.js and React, improving program deployment efficiency by 60%
  • Mentored 3 junior engineers and established best practices for code review, testing, and deployment processes
  • Collaborated with product and business teams to design and deliver critical features for major fintech clients

Senior Software Engineer

Lending Club

2015-2019
  • Spearheaded the development of an automated loan underwriting system that increased loan processing speed by 40% and reduced manual review time by 65%
  • Built and maintained a React-based investor dashboard handling $500M+ in monthly loan investments, improving user engagement by 35%
  • Implemented real-time risk assessment algorithms using Node.js and AWS, processing 100K+ loan applications daily
  • Led a team of 5 engineers in modernizing the legacy PHP codebase to a React/Node.js stack, reducing deployment time by 70%