Savita Saini
Gurgaon
Summary
Data Engineering & Governance professional with 6+ years in financial services, driving data strategy, governance, and quality management. Expertise in AML, risk data ownership, and building scalable data assets on big data platforms to support compliance, regulatory reporting, credit, and fraud risk management. Proven track record in leading cross-functional teams, implementing enterprise data quality frameworks, and delivering strategic solutions that reduce operational risk and enable advanced analytics.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Data Engineer / Data Governance Lead
Bank Of America
01.2022 - Current
- Leadership & Delivery
Led a high-impact Fraud Analytics project, managing a cross-functional team of 5 engineers and ensuring on-time delivery of enterprise solutions.
Mentored and guided engineers through code reviews, best practices, and collaborative problem solving, raising overall code quality.
Managed production change requests, deployments, and release readiness, ensuring smooth and stable operations. - Security & Compliance
Drove application security assessments and ensured compliance with enterprise risk and audit standards.
Implemented Vault-based secure authentication with automated password rotation and renewal for Kafka producers. - Data Engineering & Performance
Designed and deployed a high-performance Python framework integrating TigerGraph and Kafka with Dask (cluster mode), achieving 75% efficiency gains and reducing processing time by two-thirds.
Built scalable data integration frameworks including schema design, PySpark ingestion, Kafka pipelines, ELT workflows, and reconciliation systems.
Optimized Kafka producer performance, significantly improving throughput and efficiency. - Monitoring & Reliability
Developed Splunk dashboards for job performance monitoring, reconciliation statistics, and actionable insights for leadership.
Built resilient data pipelines with automated quality checks, error tracking, and email-based reporting.
Created Kafka schema and topic reconciliation utilities supporting seamless migration from RHEL 7 to RHEL 9. - Innovation & Emerging Tech
Delivered POCs for next-gen solutions, including MCP–SQLite DB connectivity with LLM, TigerGraph CoPilot integration, and a TigerGraph RAG prototype for graph-based AI applications.
Actively pursue AI/ML projects and courses to prepare for future technology adoption.
Software Engineer (Data & Risk Systems)
Optum (United Health Group)
08.2019 - 09.2022
- Developed and deployed graph-based risk analytics solutions using TigerGraph to support fraud detection and compliance initiatives.
- Built a full-stack monitoring dashboard (Python backend, React.js frontend) for real-time risk insights.
- Integrated AI-driven chatbot (Rasa) to streamline compliance queries and improve user adoption.
- Designed and maintained Splunk-based monitoring solutions for data pipelines, improving transparency in compliance reporting.
- Partnered with cross-functional stakeholders to align data solutions with governance and audit requirements.
Education
Bachelor of Computer Science -
Guru Jambheshwar University of Science & Technology
01.2019
Skills
- Data Governance & Risk Management: Data Quality Controls, Compliance Frameworks
- Data Engineering & Programming: Python, SQL, Kafka, PySpark, GSQL, Linux , Spark
- Monitoring & Visualization: Splunk, PowerBI, Dashboard Development (Python, Reactjs)
- Deployment & DevOps: Docker, GitHub, Agile Methodologies
- AI & Analytics: Machine Learning, Graph Algorithms, Deep Learning, Generative AI, Chatbot Development (Rasa)
- Data security
- Scripting languages
- ETL & ELT development
- Performance tuning
- SQL and databases
- Risk analysis
- NoSQL databases
- Data pipeline control
Certification
- Executive Post Graduate Certification in Data Analytics
- TigerGraph Associate Certification
- Graph Algorithms for Machine Learning Certification
Strengths
- Strong communication and presentation skills, with proven experience presenting team achievements in multiple forums.
- Proactive problem solver who researches, anticipates, and recommends performance improvements.
- Blend of hands-on technical expertise and leadership experience, ensuring both execution and strategy.
Timeline
Data Engineer / Data Governance Lead
Bank Of America
01.2022 - Current
Software Engineer (Data & Risk Systems)
Optum (United Health Group)
08.2019 - 09.2022
Bachelor of Computer Science -
Guru Jambheshwar University of Science & Technology
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