Abhay Kumar
Senior Manager - Software Engineering
Hyderabad
Summary
Senior Software Engineering Leader with 20+ years of experience leading enterprise technology, Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), Enterprise Architecture, Distributed Systems, cloud and AI-driven modernization, and digital transformation across global BFSI organizations. Proven expertise in Platform Strategy, Product Engineering, Engineering Operations, Risk Management, Regulatory Compliance, and Stakeholder Management, delivering scalable, secure, and resilient platforms while driving engineering excellence, innovation, and business value.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Engineering & Delivery Leader, Progressive Roles
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
09.2017 - Current
- Progressive roles across Corporate & Investment Bank, Asset & Wealth Management, Corporate Technology and CCB
Senior Engineering Manager, Operations Technology
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
09.2025 - Current
- Transformed Gen AI-based on AWS with built-in AI governance and auditability controls, reducing manual processing time by 80% while maintaining BFSI regulatory compliance.
- Owned end-to-end engineering delivery for mission-critical Cash & Check Management platforms, directing two Agile teams comprising 16 engineers across SDLC.
- Defined the technology roadmap for AWS-native modernization, reducing deployment cycle time by 80% through CI/CD automation and cloud-native engineering practices.
- Scaled enterprise automations capabilities, and responsible AI controls, reducing manual operational effort by 80%.
- Improved platform reliability by reducing production incidents by 60% while sustaining 99.9% service availability.
- Owned platform financial governance across mission-critical banking applications, directing vendor partnerships, workforce planning, and FinOps initiatives that reduced annual operating costs by $1M while improving engineering capacity utilization and cloud efficiency.
Senior Delivery Manager - Firmwide Resiliency Office Technology
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
08.2024 - 08.2025
- Directed firmwide technology resiliency strategy, leading 50+ engineers to reduce platform recovery time by 70%.
- Partnered with the CTO and senior technology leadership to drive enterprise resiliency strategy, influencing platform investment decisions that reduced recovery time by 70% across 50 engineering teams.
Engineering Delivery Manager - Corporate & Regulatory Reporting (AWM)
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
11.2019 - 07.2024
- Led cross-functional engineering delivery for MAS, HKBC, and MiFID II regulatory initiatives across technology and compliance achieving 99% on-time delivery while successfully completing 10 regulatory audit cycles.
- Owned platform governance, cutting production incidents by 60% and reducing annual operating cost by $1M.
Engineering Manager - GLASS Transformation (CIB)
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
09.2017 - 10.2019
- Led scrum team modernization of Liquidity Products Sweeping and ICL onto microservices and Hadoop architecture, cutting processing latency by 70% and supporting $50B in daily liquidity flows.
Solution Architect
Intelliswift
06.2016 - 09.2017
- Enterprise Architecture using Big Data platforms leading a team of 20 engineers and reducing time to market by 70%.
AVP, Technology
Deutsche Bank
06.2015 - 06.2016
- Led platform engineering transformation of a strategic risk technology platform to calculate Market Risk and Counterparty Credit Risk against US and German regulatory requirements including Basel III, FRTB, and CCAR.
Project Manager
Intellect Design Arena
03.2012 - 06.2015
- Owned Intellect Liquidity implementation using J2EE, Web Services, JMS, EJB, JBoss 7, and WebLogic App Server.
Analyst
BA Continuum (Bank of America Merrill Lynch)
05.2010 - 03.2012
- Delivered platform work using J2EE, JBoss 5.0, Spring, Spring Batch, Web Services, Hibernate, Informatica, Oracle 10g.
Senior Project Lead
Fiserv
03.2009 - 05.2010
- Developed Apps based on J2EE, WebSphere, Struts, Hibernate, Web Services, XML, and DB2 9.0 for BoA.
Tech Lead
Oracle Financial Services
12.2004 - 02.2009
- Led onsite implementation for Rakuten - Tokyo Tomin Bank (Japan) and onsite SME for Citibank, Moscow.
Senior Developer
Patni Computers
10.2003 - 11.2004
- Designed and Developed Java/J2EE, XML, EJB, JMS, Struts, and JSP-based solutions on Oracle 9i.
Developer
Rolta India Ltd
12.2000 - 09.2003
- Developed web-based solutions using Java, WebSphere, MQSeries, JSP, and Servlet-based solutions on DB2 6.1.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - undefined
Jawaharlal Nehru Engineering College
Skills
- Executive Leadership
- Engineering Leadership
- Budget Ownership
- Delivery Governance
- Portfolio Management
- Talent Strategy & Succession Planning
- Career Development
- Global Team Leadership
- Vendor & Stakeholder Management
- FinOps & Cost Optimization
- Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
- Product Engineering
- Engineering Operations
- Platform Strategy
- Enterprise Architecture
- Distributed Systems
- Cloud Modernization
- DevSecOps
- Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)
- Technology Roadmaps
- Engineering Excellence
- Agentic SDLC
- Generative AI
- LLM Platforms (OpenAI, Amazon Bedrock, Hugging Face)
- AI Governance
- Responsible AI
- AI Auditability
- Prompt Engineering
- BMAD
- AI Skill Library
- Regulatory Compliance
- Technology Risk Management
- Operational Resilience
- Secure Software Development
- Audit Readiness
- Risk & Control Frameworks
Certification
- AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
- Databricks Fundamentals
- SUN Certified Java Programmer
- IBM MQSeries Specialist
- IBM Certified Solution Developer - WebSphere
Core Skills
Engineering Leadership, Budget Ownership, Delivery Governance, Portfolio Management, Talent Strategy & Succession Planning, Career Development, Global Team Leadership, Vendor & Stakeholder Management, FinOps & Cost Optimization, Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), Product Engineering, Engineering Operations, Platform Strategy, Enterprise Architecture, Distributed Systems, Cloud Modernization, DevSecOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Technology Roadmaps, Engineering Excellence, Agentic SDLC, Generative AI, LLM Platforms (OpenAI, Amazon Bedrock, Hugging Face), AI Governance, Responsible AI, AI Auditability, Prompt Engineering, BMAD, AI Skill Library, Regulatory Compliance, Technology Risk Management, Operational Resilience, Secure Software Development, Audit Readiness, Risk & Control Frameworks
Technologies
AWS (Multi-Region, ECS Fargate, Lambda, S3, Aurora), Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Microservices, REST APIs, Cloud-Native Architecture, DevSecOps, CI/CD, Observability, Performance Engineering, Java, J2EE, Spring Boot, Apache Kafka (Confluent), Scala, Spark, Python, ReactJS, TypeScript, Databricks, PostgreSQL, Oracle, Data Lake, Tableau, Splunk, Grafana, Git, Jenkins, Maven, SonarQube, JIRA, ServiceNow
Honors Leadership
- Innovation Lead & SEP Class Captain, JPMorgan Chase: Led firmwide engineering excellence initiatives, driving innovation, knowledge sharing, and engineering best practices across global technology teams.
- Technology Innovation Forum (TIF) Member: Mentored engineering teams in white paper development, technical thought leadership, and innovation initiatives for the Hyderabad technology center.
- People Leadership & Mentorship: Championed engineering talent development through mentoring, career coaching, succession planning, and leadership development programs.
Timeline
Senior Engineering Manager, Operations Technology
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
09.2025 - Current
Senior Delivery Manager - Firmwide Resiliency Office Technology
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
08.2024 - 08.2025
Engineering Delivery Manager - Corporate & Regulatory Reporting (AWM)
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
11.2019 - 07.2024
Engineering & Delivery Leader, Progressive Roles
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
09.2017 - Current
Engineering Manager - GLASS Transformation (CIB)
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
09.2017 - 10.2019
Solution Architect
Intelliswift
06.2016 - 09.2017
AVP, Technology
Deutsche Bank
06.2015 - 06.2016
Project Manager
Intellect Design Arena
03.2012 - 06.2015
Analyst
BA Continuum (Bank of America Merrill Lynch)
05.2010 - 03.2012
Senior Project Lead
Fiserv
03.2009 - 05.2010
Tech Lead
Oracle Financial Services
12.2004 - 02.2009
Senior Developer
Patni Computers
10.2003 - 11.2004
Developer
Rolta India Ltd
12.2000 - 09.2003
Bachelor of Engineering - undefined
Jawaharlal Nehru Engineering College