Akash Goswami

Software engineer with an interest in automation and concurrency.

London, UK

About

I'm an experienced software engineer specialising in platform security and backend systems, with 7+ years of experience across fintech and developer security tooling. My main stack is Go, Python and TypeScript.

Skills

Go
Python
TypeScript
JavaScript
Docker
Kubernetes
PostgreSQL
GraphQL
Cassandra
AWS

Work Experience

Snyk
London

December 2024 - Present

Software Engineer

Software Engineer in the Platform division at Snyk. I've worked on building robust systems such as the newly launched PATs functionality and improved WebSocket connection stability for Snyk Broker. Technologies: Go, TypeScript, Kubernetes, SQL

Monzo Bank
London

August 2023 - December 2024

Backend Engineer

Backend Engineer in the cybersecurity team at Monzo. Improved processes across the company through the creation, maintenance and improvement of backend microservices and addition of new unit tests, focusing primarily on internal access permissions and people systems. Technologies: Go, JavaScript, GraphQL, SQL, Cassandra

Monzo Bank
London

October 2020 - August 2023

Cybersecurity Analyst

Worked on a number of security projects. Mainly focused on improving auditing and compliance requirements across the organisation with a focus on controls reviewing internal access & permissions, rolling out application block-listing/allow-listing across the laptop estate and creating and managing internal and external cybersecurity awareness campaigns. Technologies: JavaScript, SQL

Monzo Bank
London

September 2018 - October 2020

Senior Fraud & Disputes Analyst

Investigated and resolved complex fraud cases, handled chargebacks, creating new guidance and runbooks for interal fraud processes and provided training, support and guidance to junior team members. Technologies: JavaScript, SQL

Topdeck Travel
London

October 2017 - September 2018

Website Assistant

Assisted with the development & maintenance of the Topdeck website (and a sister website backroads touring) and created numerous Python scripts to automate tasks, saving hundrends of hours of manual input. Technologies: Python, Web dev

StepUp Education
London

January 2016 - June 2018

Team Lead / Tutor / Web Developer

Took on multiple roles but spent the majority of my time as a team lead and tutor teaching Maths, English and Science

Certificates

Global certification that validates the baseline skills necessary to perform core security functions.

Education

City University of London

2015 - 2019
BSc (Hons) in Computer Science with Games Technology - 2:1