Aarju Pal

About Aarju Pal

Backend-focused engineer with experience across high-growth startups and large-scale enterprise systems, working on scalable backend platforms, internal frameworks, and developer tooling.Currently an SDE Intern at Rippling in the HRIS Onboarding team, where I work on migrating legacy input field architectures to internal frameworks to improve flexibility, correctness, and long-term maintainability, using Python and Django REST.Previously a SWE Intern at PayPal on the Site Reliability Engineering team, where I built backend automations and AI-driven tools for change management, including Java Spring and Flowable-based workflows, custom MCP servers, and RAG-powered internal chatbots built with LangGraph and Milvus.My core strengths are backend engineering with Java (Spring Boot) and Python (Django), along with applied AI engineering around RAG architectures, orchestration frameworks, and vector databases, and experience working with CI/CD systems and REST-based infrastructure.

Experience

1. Software Engineer Intern

   Rippling

   Nov 2025 — Present

   Worked on backend systems for Ripplings global workforce platform using Python, Django, and relational databases, improving maintainability and scalability of production systems.• Migrated legacy backend field systems to a new internal unified framework, reducing technical debt and enabling more scalable and maintainable backend architecture.• Refactored complex, regulation-sensitive backend logic, reducing implementations from thousands of lines to hundreds while preserving business logic, compliance, and production reliability.• Built database-driven backend solutions using Python and Django to support dynamic, country-specific systembehavior and faster global feature rollout.

Education

• CHANDIGARH UNIVERSITY

  Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Science

• Arambagh Vivekananda Academy

  Higher Secondary, PCM-Computer Science