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Sourav Paul

Lead Software Engineer @ IBM
Lead Software Developer | Spring Boot | Microservices | Cloud | DSA | Leetcode and Interview Prep
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$180 / month

Best suited for career changers, software engineers, tech interviews.

3 calls per month (90min/call)

Unlimited Q&A via chat

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🚀 About Me

Hi, I’m Sourav, a Senior Software Developer at IBM Research Lab, where I specialize in building highly scalable, resilient full-stack and distributed systems. With years of hands-on experience in Java and backend architecture, I bring both depth and real-world insight into software engineering.

I'm passionate about mentorship and helping students and professionals break into top tech roles—whether you're targeting FAANG, other product companies, or just want to strengthen your core skills.

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🎯 What I Can Help You With:

Crack Coding Interviews – Master Leetcode, Codeforces, CodeChef, and CodeSignal problems with strong DSA fundamentals and clear thought process.

System Design (HLD & LLD) – Understand real-world architecture patterns and design scalable backends.

End-to-End Backend Engineering – From API Gateways and REST APIs to Microservices, Messaging Queues, and Cloud deployment.

Mock Interviews & Feedback – Get detailed walkthroughs, personalized feedback, and structured guidance.

Career Guidance – Transitioning from consulting to product, confidence-building for senior roles, and continuous growth planning.

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💻 Tech & Tools I Work With:

Java | Spring Boot | Hibernate | MySQL | Cassandra | Kafka | Docker | Kubernetes | CI/CD | Git | REST APIs | Event-Driven Systems

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🔍 Mentorship Style:

Hands-on and practical: We build projects, debug real code, and walk through designs together.

Structured learning paths tailored to your goals.

Encouraging and collaborative: I want you to feel confident and job-ready.

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If you're a student aiming to ace interviews or a developer looking to level up your system design and backend skills, I’d love to help you succeed. Let’s connect and build your career—one session at a time.


What mentees say

Fabio

Fabio

5 out of 5 stars

Lite Plan · 
2 months

Sourav helped me a lot to build a better and clean code with Spring Boot. Thanks for his hints I was able to land my first job in the field. I recommend Sourav services.

Jaafar

Jaafar

5 out of 5 stars

Standard Plan · 
1 month

Alasgar

Alasgar

5 out of 5 stars

Standard Plan · 
2 months

I liked Sourav's service. He always answered my questions like a professional, and if he saw that I didn't fully understand the answer, he would explain it differently and make sure I understood it completely.

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Java Spring boot Data Structures microservices System Design Algorithms FAANG SQL git leetcode AWS Python competitive programming Architecture React backend development J2EE Maven Junit Mockito Mock Interviews C++ Interview Preparation Software Engineering Design Patterns GraphQL Docker Kubernetes Postgresql Web Development Node.js Design Thinking Django Database vert.x Engineering spring Software Architecture chatbot Distributed Systems Software Development ReactJS Interview mock interview Interviews Technical Interview data structure API Data Engineering Kafka selenium DevOps gradle Design System MySQL coding interviews Software developer Kotlin Mongo DB Resume Writing Javascript

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