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Amit Lokare
Bangalore
Summary
18+ years of experience in offering IT-enabled services for Banking, Financial Services Industry and Retail Industry. A professional with deep knowledge in architecture, consulting, analysis, designing and implementation of a software solution.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Director | Lead Architect
DLT Payments
Pune
04.2024 - Current
- Led the architecture and development of distributed Java microservices supporting mission-critical DLT payment processing while collaborating with Product Owners, Enterprise Architects, DevOps, Infrastructure, QA, and Operations teams.
- Led end-to-end delivery of DLT payment initiatives utilizing blockchain/tokenization technologies, overseeing all phases from inception to production deployment.
- Led end-to-end delivery of strategic DLT payments initiatives from design to production, managing budgeting and reviewing solution designs for 3 DLT features before implementation.
- Owned production releases from solution sign-off through go-live, reviewing 200+ merge requests annually to ensure code quality and uphold engineering standards.
- Represented Engineering in Design Authority, influencing architecture and technology decisions.
Lead Architect
Credit Suisse
Pune
10.2020 - 03.2024
- Building the Instant Payment Processing Product for the bank and led the implementation of ISO 20022 payment flows including pacs.008, pacs.009, pain.001, camt messages.
- Evaluation of Products for the bank. Successfully successfully led 3+ production releases with zero critical post-production incidents.
- Investigated and resolved production incidents, ensuring high system availability and SLA compliance. Optimized application performance, database queries, and JVM memory utilization.
- Conducted POCs to identify optimal solutions for project challenges.
- Facilitated scrum planning with the team, SM, and BA.
- Researched and evaluated new technologies for project needs, managed Payments India team of 30+, and led initiatives to enhance team motivation.
Technical Lead/Solution Architect
Wipro
Bangalore
07.2014 - 09.2020
- Conducted requirement analysis and designed solutions, consistently staying under budget over 6 years.
- Performed Effort Estimation with 100% accuracy and met deadlines consistently.
- Assessed various solutions to effectively tackle business challenges.
- Improved efficiency of GPP app by building COP framework.
- Grew customer confidence in other projects by auditing the quality of the code and overall design.
- Created comprehensive work plan to enhance organizational productivity through idea generation and proposal feedback on technology and estimation.
- Performed code reviews, mentored junior developers, and established engineering best practices. Trained 20+ employees in the Payments Domain and in GPP.
Sr Software Engineer/Asso. Tech Architect
Target Corp
Bangalore
12.2009 - 11.2013
- Planned and designed skeleton classes to meet requirements using Java Patterns.
- Reviewed coding standards to ensure compliance with market and target standards.
- Developed and customized applications to meet user requirements.
- Reviewed test designs for alignment with requirements.
- Pre and Post Prod checks. Supported Go-Alive activities, resolved issues during go-live with 100% commitment.
Software Engineer
Manthan Systems
Bangalore
12.2006 - 11.2009
- Established coding and performance standards in the development team.
- Developed proof of concepts based on ideas from business analyst for upcoming releases.
- Planned, organized, analyzed the requirements, and designed the solution along with the Team.
- Presented demo of the Product to the Client, along with the Sales Team.
- Enhanced selection probability of Manthan product by bundling ARC with NullSoft Software scripting.
- Manthan is a provider of business intelligence and analytical solutions for the retail by enabling retailers to take data-driven business decisions.
Education
Electronics & Communication Eng. -
VTU
Belguam06-2006
Skills
- Architecture Design
- Java EE
- Java 8
- Spring
- Spring Boot
- Microservices design
- Blockchain architecture
- API
- Kubernetes
- Docker
- Jenkins
- Vendor evaluation
- Azure
- Automation
- Kafka
- Web services
- Quality assurance
- Payment architecture
- Agile practices methodologies
- Agile practices
- Software development lifecycle
- Source control management
- Problem resolution
- Performance enhancement
- Team leadership
- Mentoring developers
- Leadership development
- Strategic planning
- Vendor evaluation
- Industry expertise
- Design approval
- Team leadership
- Kafka
- Kotlin
- Blockchain architecture
- Microservices design
Languages
- English, Full Professional Proficiency
- Hindi, Full Professional Proficiency
- Kannada, Professional Working Proficiency
- Marathi, Professional Working Proficiency
- Telugu, Elementary Proficiency
Volunteer Experience
CSR Activities, Target, 10/20, 03/24, Pune, Evaluation of Products for the bank., Building the Instant Payment Processing Product for the bank., Performing POCs to choose the best solution available for the given problem., Scrum planning along with SM, BA and team., Investigated and resolved production incidents., El-Wathig, El-Gozoli, +41 44 33432 18
Hobbies and Interests
- Sports
- Technology
- Politics
- Automobiles
- Traveling
- Space
- Better Code
Stackoverflow
stackoverflow.com/users/4149222/amit
Awards Recognitions
- Q2-Leadership Award, UBS, Successful Delivery of DLT Payments
- Differentiator Award, Credit Suisse, Successful Delivery of Instant Payment
- Developer of the Year, Manthan, 2008
- Archimedes Award, Wipro, 2019
- Outstanding Results for leadership expectation, Target, 2011
Timeline
Director | Lead Architect
DLT Payments
04.2024 - Current
Lead Architect
Credit Suisse
10.2020 - 03.2024
Technical Lead/Solution Architect
Wipro
07.2014 - 09.2020
Sr Software Engineer/Asso. Tech Architect
Target Corp
12.2009 - 11.2013
Software Engineer
Manthan Systems
12.2006 - 11.2009
Electronics & Communication Eng. -
VTU