Software engineering leader with over 9 years of experience delivering cloud-native, distributed systems at scale across banking, fintech, and SaaS. Deep expertise in Java, microservices, event-driven architecture, and CI/CD; known for translating ambiguous requirements into production-grade systems with measurable gains in scalability, reliability, and developer velocity. Experienced in cross-functional leadership, mentoring, and driving platform modernization on AWS, Kubernetes/OpenShift, and Kafka.