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title: "Ankush Dapke - Vice President of Software Engineering in Pune Division | Tal"
description: "Meet Ankush Dapke, VP Engineering | Principal Architect | Distributed Systems | Enterprise Solution Architecture | Java | Kafka | Kubernetes | AWS | Azure | AI-Augmented Engineering | Real-Time Financial Platforms based in Pune Division. AI stack includes antigravity, cursor, and opencode."
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# Ankush Dapke on Tal

## Headline

VP Engineering \| Principal Architect \| Distributed Systems \| Enterprise Solution Architecture \| Java \| Kafka \| Kubernetes \| AWS \| Azure \| AI\-Augmented Engineering \| Real\-Time Financial Platforms

## About

I am a VP Engineering and Principal Architect with 12\+ years of experience architecting, building, and scaling enterprise\-grade distributed systems for regulated, real\-time transaction platforms\. Over the past decade, I have progressed from Software Engineer to VP Engineering by consistently solving complex engineering challenges, modernizing platforms, and leading high\-performing engineering organizations while remaining deeply hands\-on with architecture and system design\. I specialize in designing high\-throughput, fault\-tolerant, cloud\-native platforms capable of processing millions of real\-time transactions with strong consistency, high availability, regulatory compliance, and operational resilience\. My expertise includes: • Enterprise Solution Architecture • Distributed Systems Engineering • Event\-Driven Architecture • Microservices • High\-Scale Transaction Platforms • Cloud Native Architecture • Engineering Leadership • AI\-Augmented Software Development • Platform Modernization • Performance Engineering Throughout my career I have: ✔ Architected platforms processing 1M\+ TPS ✔ Delivered 99\.99% platform availability ✔ Led engineering organizations of 40\+ engineers ✔ Designed enterprise PostgreSQL sharding strategies ✔ Built Kafka event\-driven platforms powering mission\-critical systems ✔ Led Java platform modernization initiatives ✔ Established architecture governance, engineering standards and design review culture ✔ Delivered enterprise fraud prevention, KYC and compliance platforms Technology Stack: Java • Spring Boot • Kafka • Debezium • Kubernetes • Docker • PostgreSQL • Redis • AWS • Azure • CQRS • Event Sourcing • Domain Driven Design • Distributed Systems • AI Engineering • LLMs • RAG • Agentic AI I enjoy solving difficult engineering problems, mentoring engineering leaders, and building scalable platforms that enable businesses to grow with confidence\.

## Location

Pune Division

## AI stack

antigravity

cursor

opencode

## Work experience

Vice President of Software Engineering at Alteatec, Jan 2023 \- Present · 3 yrs 8 mos, Pune District, Leading enterprise architecture and engineering strategy for a large\-scale regulated transaction platform serving millions of users\. Responsibilities: • Define enterprise architecture and technology roadmap • Lead platform modernization initiatives • Own distributed systems architecture • Drive engineering excellence and architecture governance • Lead architecture review boards • Mentor engineering managers, architects and senior engineers • Establish engineering standards across multiple teams • Drive AI\-assisted software development adoption • Partner with executive leadership on technology strategy • Lead cloud\-native transformation initiatives Key Achievements • Architected enterprise platform supporting 1M\+ TPS • Achieved 99\.99% platform availability • Scaled engineering organization to 40\+ engineers • Designed high\-performance event\-driven architecture • Introduced organization\-wide architecture governance • Led Java 21 modernization • Improved delivery velocity through AI\-assisted engineering

Head Of Department at Alteatec, Feb 2021 \- Jan 2023 · 2 yrs, Pune Division, Led engineering delivery across multiple product teams\. Responsibilities • Engineering delivery • Team leadership • Technical quality • DevOps transformation • Agile execution • Production reliability • Observability • Performance optimization Achievements • Grew engineering team from 15 to 40\+ • Introduced SLOs • Implemented distributed tracing • Established engineering processes

Principal Software Engineer at Alteatec, Jan 2019 \- Feb 2021 · 2 yrs 2 mos, Pune, Maharashtra, India, Led enterprise platform re\-architecture focused on scalability, resiliency and distributed systems\. Achievements • Designed PostgreSQL sharding • Built Kafka event streaming platform • Introduced CDC architecture • Reduced database contention • Improved platform scalability • Established architecture review culture

Associate Developer at Nucleosys Tech Pvt Ltd\., Jan 2014 \- Oct 2015 · 1 yr 10 mos, Pune Area, India, \- Developed enterprise Java/Spring applications for B2B clients \- Optimised SQL and caching — \~35% faster response times

## Education

Post Graduate Program, Executive Post Graduate Programme in Generative AI & Agentic AI, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

Master of Technology \- MTech, Data science, BITS Pilani Work Integrated Learning Programmes

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