Xyldrun Noel Jacob

Software Engineering Leader · Mobile · Backend · Applied AI

Android, fintech, microservices, and applied AI.

Experienced engineering lead and senior software engineer with a focus on native Android, Kotlin, Java-based backend services, microservices, NFC, HCE, automated fare collection, fintech platforms, data-informed systems, and production-grade digital products.

Selected outcomes

2 Contributed to startup-built products that were later acquired within short growth windows.
40% Improved mobile app stability by reducing crash rate over a focused quality-improvement period.
30% Improved backend responsiveness through microservice-oriented performance work.
MIT Completed Data Science and Machine Learning: Making Data-Driven Decisions certification.

Expertise

Mobile product engineering

Native Android, Kotlin, Java, MVVM, app stability, mobile product launches, and engineering team leadership.

Payments and fintech platforms

E-wallets, mobile payments, white-label fintech products, transaction-adjacent systems, and monetization platforms.

NFC and fare collection systems

NFC, host-based card emulation, Mifare card technologies, cryptography-adjacent integrations, and AFCS domain work.

Backend services and architecture

Java, Quarkus, Spring Boot, microservices, RESTful services, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, DDD, and SOA.

Data science and machine learning

MIT-certified data-driven decision making, data analysis, machine learning foundations, and applied ML exposure including Firebase ML Vision.

Experience

2021 — Present

Senior Software Engineer · Coda Payments

Contributes to mobile, backend, microservice, and platform systems for digital commerce and payment-adjacent products.

2019 — 2021

Lead Mobile Application Engineer · CAPSL

Led mobile engineering for product development across gaming, computer vision, and OCR-related platforms.

2014 — 2017

Applications Engineer / IT Manager · VMoney

Built and managed fintech applications and white-label mobile payment products.

Available for serious engineering conversations.

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