Mohit Kumar
Vice President At BlackRock
Mumbai
Summary
Results-oriented Vice President with 10 years of experience in driving technology solutions in capital markets. Led cross-functional engineering teams to deliver enterprise-grade pricing, risk, and valuation systems. Expertise in system architecture, AI implementation, and cloud optimization aligns engineering execution with business growth and operational efficiency.
Overview
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Languages
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Certification
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Vice President
BlackRock
Mumbai
02.2022 - Current
- Microservices & Scalability: Spearheaded the design and architecture of next-generation microservices for mortgage securities. Leveraged centralized caching strategies to deliver a 75% reduction in runtimes and an 80% reduction in memory footprint, scaling fixed-income analytics to meet growing enterprise demand.
- Architectural Optimization: Led targeted architectural refactoring for enterprise-grade pricing, risk, and valuation systems, improving overall performance by 70%, and reducing production platform incidents by 80%, directly strengthening reliability.
- Cloud Cost Reduction: Engineered query and memory optimizations on GCP BigQuery, achieving a 30% reduction in cloud infrastructure costs, and aligning technical spend with business efficiency targets.
- AI Implementation: Led the organizational adoption of AI-driven solutions, including an internal AI-powered analytics assistant that boosted developer productivity by 50%; contributed to designing an enterprise-grade AI platform utilizing tools like Windsurf.
- Leadership and Mentorship: Managed and mentored a dedicated team of four software engineers. Directed cross-functional collaborations with risk, analytics, and accounting stakeholders to deliver large-scale pricing systems.
Software Engineer
BNP Paribas ISPL
Mumbai
06.2018 - 01.2022
- Core Application Development: Developed and maintained key modules of post-trade Focus Application, a Credit Default Swap (CDS) trade booking platform, facilitating trade booking, lifecycle processing, and settlement for credit derivatives.
- Modernization & DevOps: Directed key technical modernization projects, including migrating the version control system from SVN to Git, implementing DevOps and CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins), and driving the database upgrade to Oracle 19c.
- Process Improvement & Scaling: Designed and implemented core system optimizations that enhanced operational efficiency, minimized friction, and aligned technical execution with business requirements.
- Agile & Stakeholder Leadership: Managed stakeholder communications, translating technical requirements into executive summaries to prioritize product roadmap. Organized daily stand-ups, retrospectives, planning, and prioritization meetings.
Assistant System Engineer
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
Mumbai
09.2016 - 05.2018
- Reverse-engineered PL/I code on VOS systems to rewrite and deploy high-performance applications in C/C++ on Linux for SLBM Sunset Migration project at National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) improving system performance by 50%
- Redesigned single-machine system into distributed, multi-machine architecture to support growing trade volumes while maintaining active business operations.
- Managed end-to-end SDLC phases, including coding, unit and system integration testing, and provided essential production support.
Education
B.Tech - CSE
Asansol Engineering College
West Bengal01-2016
HSC - Class XII
St. Michael's High School
Patna01-2012
SSC - Class X
St. Michael's High School
Patna01-2010
Skills
C
AI Implementation
Multi Cloud
Legacy System Modernization
System Design
SQL
Data structures
Team Leadership
Accomplishments
- Reduction in microservice runtimes and 80% memory footprint reduction for fixed income analytics.
- System performance improvement and incident reduction in platform incidents for risk & pricing systems.
- Cloud infrastructure cost savings through memory and query optimizations on GCP BigQuery.
- Boost in developer productivity by leading the adoption of an internal AI-powered analytics assistant.
- Slashed manual securities processing time by engineering an automated workflow.
Certification
NSE Certified Market Professional (NCMP) Level1
Timeline
Vice President
BlackRock
02.2022 - Current
Software Engineer
BNP Paribas ISPL
06.2018 - 01.2022
Assistant System Engineer
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
09.2016 - 05.2018
SSC - Class X
St. Michael's High School
HSC - Class XII
St. Michael's High School
B.Tech - CSE
Asansol Engineering College