Vice President – Solution Architect at SMFG India

Led design and implementation of scalable data pipelines and ETL frameworks across BFSI/NBFC platforms, enabling real-time analytics and regulatory reporting. Engineered high‑performance search and retrieval systems using Elasticsearch and Solr, delivering sub-second responses for digital onboarding and loan origination. Developed semantic search solutions leveraging vector embeddings and OpenAI APIs, enhancing omni‑channel banking experiences. Built API integration pipelines connecting KYC/AML and credit scoring services, streamlining onboarding and regulatory workflows. Delivered AI/NLP‑driven product recommendations using graph databases to improve cross-sell and upsell conversions.

Vice President - Engineering Manager at Citi Bank

Integrated microservices with real-time messaging for low-latency data exchange; collaborated with Product teams to ensure timely delivery. Implemented FinOps best practices to reduce cloud spend by 30% across multi-tenant SaaS platforms. Improved maintainability and reduced technical debt via Java performance enhancements. Led cross‑functional teams and drove innovations including containerization (Docker), cloud migration (OpenShift to Kubernetes), ELK-based analytics, Selenium for automation, ML and Big Data initiatives, and CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, TeamCity, UDeploy).

Solution Architect/Technical Leader at JPMorgan Chase

Led an 8-person engineering team delivering critical features on time. Improved backend efficiency by 15% through Java 8 features. Designed a microservices-based reporting mechanism enabling fast anomaly detection. Built core modules for FX-trade related P&L, Tax, and Consolidation. Modernized legacy code, achieving a 35% reduction in operating costs. Leveraged AWS Lambda for serverless tasks and established a comprehensive unit testing framework with ~90% code coverage; promoted Agile practices.

Senior Software Engineer/Technical Leader at Penta Consulting, Riyadh

Led a 5-person team delivering client projects. Reduced support calls by 40% through thorough documentation. Implemented business process automation for the Taqat application using jBPM, and managed deployment across DEV, SIT, QA, and UAT environments.

Senior Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase

Designed and developed Surveillance Analytics Global Engine, an enterprise regulatory and compliance application. Built horizontally scalable microservices and P&L calculation systems to deliver timely financial performance data.

Senior Software Engineer at Tarshan Software (OneBill Software.com)

Contributed to core software development; responsibilities included design, coding, and maintenance of billing and CRM related modules.

Senior Software Engineer at Mastek Limited

Developed enterprise Java applications; contributed to modules across the software development lifecycle.

Team Lead, Programmer Analyst at Syntel India Private Ltd.

Led development efforts, mentored juniors, and delivered project components within a multi-team environment.

Senior Software Engineer at Future Focus Infotech (IBM)

Engaged in software development projects; contributed to client deliverables.

Vice President - Digital Transformation Leader at SMFG India

Established portfolio-wide architecture standards and governance; directed architecture across complex cross-domain programs; delivered 15% faster time-to-market; refreshed enterprise blueprint cycles; embedded regulatory and strategic changes to reduce technical debt and improve audit readiness.

Vice President - Engineering Architect at CITI Bank

Provided executive risk-impact analyses and architecture assessments shaping >$50M in technology investments; led risk-driven capital markets architecture streams with zero audit findings for two consecutive years; steered cloud adoption across hybrid platforms; modernized legacy applications and integrated AI/ML into blueprints for risk management and customer engagement.

Solution Architect/Technical Leader at JPMorgan Chase

Improved back-end code efficiency by leveraging Java 8 features; developed microservices-based reporting for prompt anomaly detection; delivered modules for financial management; achieved ~35% operating cost reduction through modernization and database optimization; established a comprehensive unit testing framework with ~90% code coverage and introduced Agile practices.

Senior Software Engineer/Technical Leader at Penta Consulting, Riyadh

Led a team of 5 engineers; improved client support through thorough app documentation; designed a jBPM-driven workflow to streamline business processes; managed end-to-end deployment across DEV, SIT, QA, and UAT environments.

Senior Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase

Designed and built Surveillance Analytics Global Engine for regulatory/compliance purposes; developed horizontally scalable microservices; implemented P&L calculation systems for timely financial performance insights.

Senior Software Engineer at Tarshan Software (OneBill Software.com)

Contributed to core software development efforts across billing and related domains; helped deliver scalable solutions in a fast-paced environment.

Senior Software Engineer at Mastek Limited

Software engineering contributions across enterprise projects; delivered robust solutions in a fast-moving enterprise context.

Team Lead, Programmer Analyst at Syntel India Private Ltd.

Led development teams with a focus on timely delivery, quality, and stakeholder alignment.

Senior Software Engineer at Future Focus Infotech (IBM)

Contributed to software engineering efforts within IBM engagements, delivering reliable software solutions.

Vice President - Digital Transformation Leader at SMFG India

Established portfolio-wide architecture standards and governance; directed architecture across complex cross-domain programs; delivered 15% faster time-to-market and improved interoperability across platforms; chaired multi-stakeholder architecture forums; embedded regulatory and strategic blueprint refresh cycles to reduce technical debt and improve audit readiness.

Vice President - Engineering Architect at Citi Bank

Provided risk-impact analyses and architecture assessments for technology investments (>$50M) with measurable ROI; led architecture streams for risk-driven capital markets initiatives with zero audit findings for two consecutive years; drove cloud adoption across hybrid platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and modernized legacy apps to reduce costs; introduced AI/ML and advanced analytics into architectural blueprints for risk management and customer engagement.

Solution Architect/Technical Leader at JPMorgan Chase

Improved back-end code efficiency using Java 8 features; developed a microservices-based reporting mechanism for prompt anomaly detection; implemented modules for financial management functions including LOB mapping, Tax Calculation, and Consolidation for FX-Trade; achieved significant cost reductions by modernizing legacy code and optimizing DB performance; established a comprehensive unit testing framework with high code coverage and introduced Agile practices to accelerate delivery.

Senior Software Engineer/Technical Leader at Penta Consulting, Riyadh

Led a high-performing team of engineers; improved documentation and reduced support calls by 40%; designed and deployed business process automation within the Taqat application using jBPM; managed end-to-end deployment lifecycles across DEV, SIT, QA, and UAT environments.

Senior Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase

Designed and developed the Surveillance Analytics Global Engine (enterprise regulatory & compliance application); built horizontally scalable microservices; developed P&L calculation systems for timely financial performance data; implemented a robust unit testing framework and enhanced overall system reliability.

Senior Software Engineer at Tarshan Software (OneBill Software.com)

Contributed to software development efforts across multiple applications, delivering robust solutions and supporting product delivery.

Senior Software Engineer at Mastek Limited

Contributed to software development projects delivering high-quality code and timely releases.

Team Lead, Programmer Analyst at Syntel India Private Ltd.

Led development teams, ensured alignment with stakeholder expectations, and delivered project milestones on time.

Senior Software Engineer at Future Focus Infotech (IBM)

Early-career software engineering role contributing to project delivery and code quality.

Vice President - Senior NLP / LLM Specialist at SMBC (Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation)

Led design and tuning of transformer-based NLP/LLM solutions for government and enterprise sectors across Gulf region and global operations. Built end-to-end AI pipelines using LangChain, Hugging Face, Azure ML, and Databricks; integrated with vector databases (FAISS, Weaviate, Qdrant) for scalable semantic search and retrieval. Implemented prompt engineering frameworks for dynamic context construction, domain-specific document retrieval and reasoning capabilities; deployed LLM-powered conversational agents with secure internal APIs. Drove data architecture, governance, MLOps (MLflow), data utilization, and stakeholder engagement. Orchestrated retrieval-augmented generation, performance optimization, and model governance to enable scalable AI adoption.

AVP - Product Development at JP Morgan Chase

Created RESTful NLP APIs using Flask and FastAPI for real-time applications; conducted A/B testing and cross-validation to evaluate NLP models, improving F1 scores and reducing false positives. Implemented text summarization pipelines (Seq2Seq with attention) for automated content compression. Collaborated with business teams to derive insights from large text corpora (customer emails, social media, surveys) to support data-driven decisions. Deployed models with Docker and AWS EC2, enabling automated retraining and monitoring with early MLflow versions. Introduced data annotation workflows using Prodigy and Label Studio; built evaluation dashboards using Streamlit and Plotly; authored technical documentation and internal wikis on NLP architecture, preprocessing best practices, and governance.

Software Expert / Technical Architect at Penta Arabia Consulting

Participated in design and implementation of microservices for the Taqat Portal, ensuring scalable and modular APIs. Built real-time streaming pipelines with Spark Streaming and Kafka for near real-time fraud detection. Optimized Hive and Spark SQL queries for complex financial reports, reducing query time by approximately 30%. Defined data-driven product KPIs leveraging SQL, latency analytics, and funnel metrics to guide the product roadmap.

VP, AI & Data Solutions Manager at SMFG

Developed predictive ML models for churn, fraud, customer segmentation, and anomaly detection. Built end-to-end ML pipelines using Python, TensorFlow, PyTorch, SQL, Databricks. Implemented drift detection and continuous monitoring.

Vice President, Lead AI Expert at Citigroup Global Services

Designed predictive analytics for customer intelligence and compliance. Engineered MLOps pipelines using Azure ML, MLflow, and Databricks. Implemented SHAP-based explainability frameworks.