Backend
Engineering &
Leadership

8+ years building mission-critical SaaS systems.
MBA in Data-Driven Business Intelligence & Strategic Leadership.

8+
YEARS EXPERIENCE
3
PLATFORMS BUILT
1M+
DEVICES LIVE
Arish Ballana
TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES

Core Expertise

Backend Development

Java, Spring Boot, microservices architecture, REST APIs, distributed systems, cloud-native design patterns

Cloud & SaaS

AWS services, IoT platforms, enterprise-grade SaaS development, scalable infrastructure design

Team Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration, technical mentoring, strategic technical direction, agile methodologies

Data & Analytics

Analytics platforms, business intelligence, predictive modeling, data-driven decision making

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

Career Highlights

Scotiabank

Current Role

TECH LEAD, FRAUD SERVICE LAYER LAB

Leading the design and implementation of NRTCHQ—a distributed, real-time fraud detection platform processing cheque deposits across Mobile, ATM, and Branch channels with sub-second latency—protecting millions of daily transactions from fraud at source.

Cisco AppDynamics

2023–2024

SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER & SCRUM MASTER

Enhanced Application Performance Monitoring (APM) product delivered as SaaS. Integrated AI-powered anomaly detection and advanced root cause analysis using graph traversal algorithms. Contributed to winning India's largest public-sector bank as customer.

Informatica

2022–2023

SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER

Contributed to Informatica's Cloud Data Governance and Catalog (CDGC) platform. Led migration of the Enterprise Data Catalog Service to a cloud-native architecture, pushing collected metadata to the Hawk Ecosystem and surfacing it to consumers via Elasticsearch and Graph-based UI.

HP Innovation

2019–2022

SENIOR R&D ENGINEER

Developed HP's Gen2 IoT Web Print Platform—a SaaS-enabled, cloud-based solution connecting millions of HP printers globally. Led architecture design using Java, APIs, microservices, and AWS cloud stack. Maintained highly scaled platform supporting millions of devices.

Vital Labs (Nimesa)

2017–2019

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER

Joined a 5-member startup building Nimesa—a cloud-native SaaS product for data protection, backup, and disaster recovery. Built core modules in Java (Play Framework) with MySQL backend, developed SQL Server backup and recovery capabilities across VMware and AWS.

EDUCATION & LEARNING

Academic Background

Wilfrid Laurier University campus

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Data Driven Business Intelligence & Strategic Leadership

Wilfrid Laurier University

September 2024 - August 2025

Chitkara University campus

BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING

Computer Science

Chitkara University

July 2013 - August 2017

Let's Build Together

Open to discussing backend engineering, cloud architecture, and technical leadership opportunities.

📍 Vaughan, Ontario, Canada