Payal Pandey
About Payal Pandey
Payal Pandey is a Senior Software Engineer at Zenefits, where she has played a significant role in migrating payroll services to a microservice architecture and reducing technical debt. She holds a Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Information Technology Una and has previously worked at Jio, Flipkart, and KritiKal Solutions.
Work at Zenefits
Payal Pandey currently serves as a Senior Software Engineer at Zenefits, a position she has held since 2022. In this role, she has contributed significantly to the design and execution of an incremental migration strategy from monolithic to microservice architecture for payroll services following Zenefits' acquisition. She has also played a key role in reducing technical debt by refactoring legacy tax systems into a new architecture. Additionally, she contributed to the design of architecture for the tax filings team, which streamlined the onboarding of new tax forms and jurisdictions with minimal code changes. Payal provides on-call support during annual tax filings and for new tax form onboarding.
Education and Expertise
Payal Pandey completed her Bachelor of Technology (BTech) in Computer Science at the Indian Institute of Information Technology Una from 2015 to 2019. Prior to this, she attended Delhi Public School in India, where she focused on Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics (PCM). Her educational background has equipped her with a strong foundation in software engineering principles and practices, which she applies in her professional roles.
Previous Work Experience
Before joining Zenefits, Payal Pandey gained valuable experience in various software development roles. She worked as a Software Developer at Jio from 2019 to 2021. Following this, she served as an SDE-1 at Flipkart for one year in 2021-2022. Earlier in her career, she completed a two-month internship as a Software Engineer at KritiKal Solutions in 2018. These positions allowed her to develop her technical skills and gain insights into different aspects of software engineering.
Technical Contributions
At Zenefits, Payal Pandey has made significant technical contributions, including the design of architecture for the tax filings team. This design facilitated the onboarding of new tax forms and jurisdictions with minimal code changes. Her efforts in reducing technical debt through the refactoring of legacy tax systems have also been noteworthy. These contributions highlight her ability to enhance system efficiency and support the company's operational goals.