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Amit Kumar
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Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Technology Lead
IDFC First Bank
09.2021 - Current
- Architected and deployed scalable, low-latency APIs for customer onboarding and data access, handling 50+ TPS (writes) and 500+ TPS (reads), serving 45M+ requests/day with p95 latency of 25 ms and up to 99.999% availability
- Spearheaded migration from legacy MDM and on-prem systems to a modern, cloud-enabled CDP on AWS, improving scalability, resilience, and eliminating licensing costs
- Designed multi-channel data ingestion framework (APIs, Kafka, file processing) supporting diverse onboarding systems (Retail, Liabilities, GST, CRM, etc.)
- Built a scalable file processing framework to ingest and process ~50GB files within ~2 hours, ensuring reliable and timely bulk data ingestion
- Developed event-driven, real-time data synchronization pipelines, replacing batch workflows and improving data freshness across systems including Salesforce (SFDC)
- Established a 'Golden Customer Data Hub' providing a unified customer view across the bank, reducing data redundancy and improving reporting data quality by 35%
- Engineered regulatory reporting platform enabling 5x faster generation and distribution of compliance data to systems like AML, NPA, and statement engines
- Delivered 'One Bank One KYC' initiative within 45 days, meeting regulatory deadlines and avoiding penalties, with recognition from compliance and government stakeholders
- Optimized data pipelines to eliminate redundancy, improving data integrity while reducing infrastructure costs
- Implemented CI/CD pipelines using GoCD for microservices, enabling automated builds, testing, and deployments
- Built performance metering and benchmarking pipelines to proactively monitor and tune system performance
- Configured JIRA workflows for effective sprint planning, tracking, and cross-team collaboration
- Successfully executed 4 RBI-mandated Disaster Recovery (DR) drills with zero data loss, ensuring high resilience and compliance
- Built and scaled the bank's centralized communication platform, processing 4Cr+ daily messages across multiple channels at 5,000+ TPS
- Designed a zero-code channel integration framework supporting rapid channel onboarding and campaigns reaching ~3Cr customers
- Architected a centralized offer management platform serving ~30Cr offers through high-throughput, low-latency APIs (~50ms) across mobile and CRM channels
Senior Software Engineer
Arkk Solutions Pvt Ltd
07.2019 - 06.2021
- Worked on the implementation and onboarding of 25 global enterprise clients, including BMW, Mercedes, and Zenith Finance, onto the OneSpan Digital eSign multi-tenant SaaS platform
Senior Software Engineer
Mastek Pvt Ltd
01.2018 - 07.2019
- Worked on customer portal and affordability project for UK based micro finance client
Software Engineer
Accenture Solutions Pvt Ltd
11.2014 - 01.2018
- Worked on compliance reporting for JPMC and sales management portal for AT&T
Education
B-Tech - Computer Science & Engineering
Indian School of Mines
DhanbadSkills
- Microservices
- Cloud architecture
- Distributed Systems
- Event-driven architecture
- API design
- REST APIs
- Java
- GoLang
- Spring Framework
- Kubernetes
- AWS
- Kafka
- PostgreSQL
- MySQL
- ElasticSearch
- Aerospike
- Oracle
- Jenkins
- GoCD
- Prometheus
- Grafana
- JMeter
- SonarQube
- JavaScript
- ASPNET
- System architecture
- Data integration
- CI/CD
- Scalable systems
- Disaster recovery
- Data quality
- Business process management
- Project management
- Process automation
- Performance analysis
- Problem solving
- Team leadership
- Stakeholder management
- Effective communication
- JIRA
- Confluence
- Process automation
- Performance analysis
- Stakeholder management
Certification
- AWS Solutions Architect - Associate
- UI Path Certification
Timeline
Technology Lead
IDFC First Bank
09.2021 - Current
Senior Software Engineer
Arkk Solutions Pvt Ltd
07.2019 - 06.2021
Senior Software Engineer
Mastek Pvt Ltd
01.2018 - 07.2019
Software Engineer
Accenture Solutions Pvt Ltd
11.2014 - 01.2018
B-Tech - Computer Science & Engineering
Indian School of Mines