Director-level Engineering Leader specializing in FinTech, IAM, and AI/ML platforms
SF Bay Area, CASenior Engineering Manager (Hands-On)22 years experienceDirectorFinTechFinancial ServicesTechnology
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Player-coach backend leader at PostLo who led a major backend architecture upgrade to enable AI-driven features by separating transactional systems from AI workloads (vector embeddings/image validation) and adding async processing for heavy jobs. Also owned production reliability improvements (query/index optimization, workload isolation, monitoring and load testing) and translated an ambiguous retention goal into a shipped cashback rewards feature with auditable transactions.
Experience
Senior Engineering Manager (Hands-On)PostLo Inc.
CTO & Co-FounderAlteryx Inc.
Staff Tech Lead Manager (TLM), IdentityMeta
Enterprise Engineering Lead (via Agency/Contract)Meta
Tech Lead, Datahub Analytics PlatformOpenX
System EngineerIBM India Private Limited
Senior Software EngineerHSBC Software Development Private Limited
Software Engineering Manager (VP), COAST (Collateral Management Platform)J.P. Morgan Chase
Programmer Analyst (via Agency/ Contract)J.P. Morgan Chase
Education
SGSITS College, Indiabachelor, Information Technology (2004)
Key Strengths
Led end-to-end backend architecture upgrade to support AI-driven features and scalability
Designed separation of transactional data from AI workloads (vector embeddings, image validation) to improve performance
Implemented async job processing to keep user-facing latency low during heavy compute tasks
Strong incident leadership: stabilized peak-traffic slowdown, performed RCA, optimized queries/indexes, and improved monitoring/load testing
Turns ambiguous product goals into shipped features with clear tradeoffs and measurable 'done' criteria (cashback rewards/retention)
Player-coach leadership balancing hands-on engineering with roadmap planning, hiring, and cross-team alignment
Improved team delivery predictability via lightweight process (clear acceptance criteria, smaller PRs, structured reviews, metrics review)
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