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Vikash Srivastava

Noida
Vikash Srivastava

Summary

Director of Engineering with 15+ years of experience in scaling fintech platforms and advancing AI initiatives. At Pine Labs, led the Online Payment Gateway from inception to 100x scale, achieving a 120% annual revenue increase and a 100x growth in GMV. Skilled in building and managing multidisciplinary engineering teams of over 80 members, transforming legacy systems into scalable architectures, and ensuring 99.999% settlement accuracy. Recognized for strategic leadership in AI strategy, compliance, and revenue enhancement.

Overview

16
years of professional experience

Work History

PINE LABS
Noida

Director of Engineering
01.2023 - Current

Job overview

  • Spearheaded development of Pine Labs Online Payment Gateway, resulting in 120% revenue growth and 100x GMV increase.
  • Built engineering organization from inception to 80-member team across multiple functions including App, QA, and DevOps.
  • Architected platform scalability improvements, boosting transactional capacity from 50 TPS to 5,000 TPS for peak periods.
  • Drove initiatives to recover churned merchants, significantly enhancing platform engagement and lifetime value.
  • Cultivated developer engagement programs to promote innovation culture through hackathons and fireside chats.
  • Optimized cloud and operational costs by 40% through effective resource management and infrastructure rationalization.
  • Presented technical strategies in CXO reviews, facilitating organizational transformation while managing associated risks.
  • Directed engineering teams to improve product performance, achieving a 30% increase in operational efficiency.

PINE LABS
Noida

Senior Member of Technical Staff (SMTS)
01.2019 - 12.2022

Job overview

  • Drove central enterprise architecture at Pine Labs, leading strategic initiatives across cross-functional departments.
  • Conceptualized and delivered a modern omnichannel Settlement Platform using Kafka for near real-time processing.
  • Reduced settlement processing times from 10 hours to 20 minutes while maintaining 99.999% accuracy.
  • Engineered innovative revenue-generating levers, driving 25% revenue growth through Same-Day and Weekend Settlement capabilities.
  • Overhauled assisted merchant onboarding with Salesforce, reducing turnaround time from 20 days to 2-3 days.
  • Launched self-serve onboarding platform for card and UPI payment instruments, ensuring compliance with PAPG and PCI standards.
  • Developed comprehensive API strategy, enhancing third-party integration capabilities.
  • Facilitated cross-functional workshops aligning technical roadmaps with business objectives for stakeholder alignment.
  • Analyzed legacy systems, identifying areas for modernization and implementing solutions to enhance performance.
  • Architected robust disaster recovery solutions, minimizing downtime and ensuring business continuity during outages.

PINE LABS
Noida

Lead Architect / Senior Software Engineer
01.2013 - 12.2019

Job overview

  • Spearheaded automation of billing ecosystem, reducing manual efforts from 15 days to under three hours.
  • Led financial closing acceleration for 12th month, enhancing Pine Labs IPO readiness.
  • Achieved reduction of credit notes by 100 times, maintaining error rate below 0.1%.
  • Designed analytics platforms facilitating merchant-customized campaigns using Spring and WebSockets.
  • Conducted performance tuning to boost system efficiency by 30%.
  • Implemented monitoring framework, decreasing incident response times by 40%.
  • Delivered foundational modules for 'Pine 360' Loyalty Solution, establishing core transaction processing for prepaid card systems.

CAPGEMINI INDIA
Chennai

Software Engineer
01.2010 - 12.2013

Job overview

  • Developed critical modules for Electronic Branch Banking System, supporting Standard Chartered Bank operations in Germany, Malaysia, and UK.
  • Engineered Main Payment System for SCB Germany, processing 25,000 daily online messages and handling over 50,000 transactions totaling 4 billion.
  • Implemented near real-time transactional data interfaces for Malaysia REALM project and created modules for UK banking limits and interest.
  • Executed comprehensive unit tests and integration tests, achieving 30% reduction in post-deployment defects.
  • Led troubleshooting sessions for production issues, diagnosing and resolving critical software defects under tight deadlines.
  • Authored technical documentation for software applications to streamline knowledge transfer and onboarding processes.

Education

National Institute of Technology
Jalandhar

B. Tech from Electronics And Communication Engineering (ECE)
04-2010

University Overview

GPA: 8.61/10

  • Ranked in Top 10% of class

Skills

Leadership & Organisation

  • Engineering Leadership
  • Organizational Design
  • Hiring & Mentorship
  • Team Scaling & Performance Management
  • Developer Engagement
  • CXO Reviews & Strategic Planning
  • Change & Risk Management
  • Compliance & Governance
  • Revenue Growth & Cost Optimization
  • Vendor Management & Negotiation
  • Stakeholder Alignment
  • Project & Program Planning
  • Cross-functional Collaboration

AI Strategy & Innovation

  • AI Strategy Leadership
  • Agentic Commerce & Protocols
  • AI Agents & Multi-Agent Orchestration
  • LangChain / LangGraph / Google ADK
  • Automation Tools (n8n, Replit, MindsDB)
  • Applied Generative AI for Engineering Productivity
  • AI Governance, Safety & Responsible AI
  • LLM Integration Strategy & Evaluation

Architecture & Tech Strategy

  • Enterprise Architecture
  • Distributed Systems Architecture
  • Event-Driven Architecture
  • Omnichannel Architecture Strategy
  • Cloud Architecture (AWS / Hybrid / On-Prem)
  • Microservices & Scalable Systems
  • High-Availability / Resilience Design
  • Performance Benchmarking & Optimisation
  • Observability & Troubleshooting
  • API Strategy (REST, Async, GraphQL)
  • Systems Modernisation / Legacy Migration

Technical Expertise

  • Kotlin, Java, Nodejs, React
  • Spring Boot, Hibernate
  • Redis, Kafka, Messaging Queues
  • SQL, NoSQL, Elasticsearch, Pinot, Redshift
  • Docker, Kubernetes
  • AWS Infra, Serverless, Hybrid Cloud
  • MCP Server/Client & UI
  • Secure Coding Practices
  • Developer Productivity Systems
  • GitHub Actions, CI/CD Pipelines

Testing & Quality Engineering

  • Functional Test Automation
  • Performance & Stress Testing
  • JMeter & Gatling
  • Chaos Engineering Fundamentals

Languages

English
Proficient (C2)
C2
Hindi
Native
Native

Timeline

Director of Engineering

PINE LABS
01.2023 - Current

Senior Member of Technical Staff (SMTS)

PINE LABS
01.2019 - 12.2022

Lead Architect / Senior Software Engineer

PINE LABS
01.2013 - 12.2019

Software Engineer

CAPGEMINI INDIA
01.2010 - 12.2013

National Institute of Technology

B. Tech from Electronics And Communication Engineering (ECE)
01/2010
Vikash Srivastava