Experience
17+ Years
Building at Scale
Principal-level engineering leader with a track record across payment systems, distributed platforms, fintech infrastructure, and AI-driven modernization.
Technical Leadership Highlights
- ▸Led architecture and modernization of 45+ microservices and 200+ modules
- ▸Delivered payment systems across UPI, card processing, QR, 3DS, and gateway integrations
- ▸Drove AI-enabled engineering adoption, improving developer productivity by ~40%
- ▸Reduced modernization timelines from 6+ months to 2.5 months through automation
- ▸Designed scalable distributed systems emphasizing reliability and observability
- ▸Influenced cross-functional stakeholders across Engineering, Product, Compliance, and QA
Product Engineering Lead
Veepe — Payment Orchestration Platform
- ▸Designed a payment orchestration platform for orders, payments, and reconciliation through unified APIs.
- ▸Designed end-to-end lifecycle systems covering order creation, payment initiation, tracking, and settlements.
- ▸Built merchant self-serve onboarding, dashboards, and API key management platform.
- ▸Established scalable microservices foundation for multi-gateway expansion.
- ▸Built E2E automation test suite using Cucumber (BDD) covering critical payment and reconciliation flows.
- ▸Implemented GitLab CI/CD pipeline for automated build, test, and deployment to EC2 instances.
Aug 2023 – Present
Technogise
Full-timeLead Technology Consultant
Regulated Gaming Platform – AI-First Modernization
- ▸Led modernization of a legacy casino monolith into scalable microservices, improving platform extensibility and engineering agility.
- ▸Drove AI-first engineering adoption across SDLC stages, increasing developer productivity by ~40%.
- ▸Designed scalable game onboarding capabilities, reducing new provider launch timelines by 2 weeks from 1 month.
- ▸Implemented observability, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines to improve reliability and release efficiency.
Regulated Gaming Platform – Java Modernization Program
- ▸Led AI-assisted migration of 45 microservices and 200+ modules from Java 7 to Java 17.
- ▸Accelerated migration through Amazon Q automation, completing the program in 2.5 months vs an initial estimate of 6+ months.
- ▸Modernized Spring ecosystem and dependencies, improving maintainability and security posture.
- ▸Improved deployment consistency through containerization and CI/CD standardization.
India-Based Payment Gateway – UPI Payments Platform
- ▸Redesigned POS UPI payment workflows using microservices and event-driven architecture.
- ▸Implemented Kafka-based asynchronous flows to improve reliability and reduce service coupling.
- ▸Optimized payment orchestration and internal processing latency to <500ms for end-to-end UPI transaction completion.
Jul 2019 – Aug 2023
Equal Experts
Full-timeTechnical Lead
Middle East–Based Payment Gateway – Card Payments Platform
- ▸Enhanced high-volume card payment systems covering authorization, capture, settlement, and 3DS flows.
- ▸Improved scalability, resilience, and production stability across distributed microservices.
- ▸Ensured PCI-DSS aligned secure handling of sensitive payment data.
Middle East–Based Payment Gateway – Regional Payments Expansion
- ▸Led engineering delivery for a new regional market payment integration within existing gateway systems.
- ▸Partnered with product, compliance, and regional teams to meet regulatory and operational requirements.
- ▸Defined scalable infrastructure architecture aligned to cost, compliance, and growth goals.
Middle East–Based Payment Gateway – QR Digital Payments
- ▸Designed and delivered QR payment capabilities across merchant acceptance channels.
- ▸Built real-time validation, authorization, and reconciliation flows for QR transactions.
- ▸Improved platform availability and operational scalability for digital payments growth.
Apr 2014 – Apr 2019
Sahaj Software
Full-timeSolution Consultant
Enterprise Platform Engineering & Consulting
- ▸Delivered solution consulting across multiple client engagements in fintech and enterprise domains.
- ▸Designed and built distributed backend services with a focus on scalability and maintainability.
- ▸Worked across cross-functional teams, contributing to technical strategy and delivery execution.
Dec 2013 – Apr 2014
Tavant Technologies
Full-timeSenior Software Engineer
Enterprise Backend Engineering
- ▸Developed backend services for enterprise product platforms.
- ▸Contributed to API design and service integration work.
Jun 2008 – Dec 2013
CGI
Full-timeSoftware Engineer
Financial & Enterprise Systems
- ▸Built backend services for financial products and enterprise platforms across 5+ years.
- ▸Worked on integration layers for payment processors and banking APIs.
- ▸Developed data pipelines and batch processing systems for reporting and analytics.
Core Expertise
Skills
Payments & Fintech
Architecture
Backend
Cloud & Platform
Data & Storage
Observability
Testing
AI Engineering
Education
B.E. Computer Science
SSCET Bhilai
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