Yasser Hussain
About Yasser Hussain
Yasser Hussain is a Senior Software Development Engineer III at BharatPe, where he has worked since 2023, enhancing system efficiency and application functionality. He has a background in software engineering with experience at various companies, including Paytm and Perfios Software Solutions, and holds a B.Tech in Information Technology from Heritage Institute of Technology.
Work at BharatPe
Yasser Hussain has been working at BharatPe as a Senior Software Development Engineer III since 2023. In this role, he has focused on improving system efficiency, notably accelerating the speed of long-running scheduled tasks by 80% through architectural refinements. He has also led the scaling and stabilization of BharatPe's lastmile application, which has enhanced sales and revenue generation for field executives. Additionally, he enriched the application's functionality by implementing a referral platform and feedback mechanism, resulting in a 40% boost in user engagement.
Previous Experience in Software Engineering
Prior to his current role at BharatPe, Yasser Hussain worked at several notable companies. He was a Software Engineer at Perfios Software Solutions Pvt. Ltd. from 2014 to 2017, where he implemented a migration from long polling to a pub-sub model, improving the performance of key APIs by 50%. He then served as a Senior Software Engineer at XSEED Education for 9 months in 2018, where he mentored junior developers in software engineering best practices. Following this, he worked at Paytm from 2018 to 2020, focusing on software development and application scaling.
Education and Expertise
Yasser Hussain studied at Heritage Institute of Technology, where he earned a B.Tech degree in Information Technology from 2010 to 2014. His educational background has provided him with a strong foundation in software engineering principles. He has a strong affinity for functional programming and is particularly skilled in Scala and the Play framework. Yasser has expressed a desire to learn Haskell, indicating his commitment to expanding his programming language expertise.
Mentorship and Community Engagement
In his professional journey, Yasser Hussain has actively engaged in mentoring junior developers, particularly during his tenure at XSEED Education. He has shared best practices in software engineering, contributing to the overall productivity of his team. Outside of his professional responsibilities, he participates in competitive programming as a hobby, which reflects his passion for problem-solving and coding challenges.