Headline

Senior Staff Engineer | Enterprise Architect | Transforming Legacy Banking & Telecom via Event-Driven Architecture (Kafka) & IBM BAW | Driving ROI through Generative AI & Agentic Workflows

About

I build the digital nervous systems of global enterprise institutions—and now, I am evolving them with Artificial Intelligence. With over 12 years of core IT experience across the Banking, Financial Services, and Telecom domains, my career has been defined by architecting complex middleware solutions, leading high-stakes digital client onboarding initiatives, and driving large-scale digital transformations. Currently, as a Senior Staff Engineer, I am leading an elite enterprise modernization movement. I specialize in breaking down rigid, legacy synchronous integrations and rebuilding them into highly resilient, asynchronous, event-driven architectures using Apache Kafka. Beyond core middleware, my focus is heavily anchored in the future of enterprise software: AI Transformation. I am actively shifting organizations toward autonomous operations by incorporating Generative AI and advanced Agentic AI frameworks into day-to-day banking scenarios—ranging from credit decisioning models and fraud management to intelligent workflow orchestration and conversational assistants. Furthermore, I have a proven track record of hyper-charging engineering productivity by embedding advanced tools like GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT into standard development lifecycles. What I bring to the table: -- Deep Enterprise Integration Mastery: Expert in IBM BAW (20.x/19.x), SOA, BPEL, and high-throughput microservices. -- AI & Automation Vision: Hands-on capability in deploying LLMs, Agentic AI concepts, and Intelligent Document Understanding for real-world enterprise use cases. -- Global & Executive Leadership: Extensive experience managing multi-shore delivery models, producing high-level/low-level architectural blueprints, and steering critical client relationships (including a premier South African global bank and major UK telecom carriers). I look forward to connecting with fellow enterprise architects, tech visionaries, and leaders driving the next wave of AI-driven modernization. Core Focus Areas: Enterprise Architecture | Event-Driven Systems | IBM BAW & BPM | Apache Kafka | Generative AI & Agentic AI | Digital Client Onboarding | BFSI & Telecom Transformation

Location

Pune Division

AI stack

antigravity

claude

cursor

Work experience

Senior Staff Engineer at Nagarro, Feb 2021 - Present · 5 yrs 6 mos, Pune, Maharashtra, India

Staff Engineer at Nagarro, Feb 2021 - Jun 2024 · 3 yrs 5 mos, Pune, Maharashtra, India

Business Process Solution Architect - BAW/BPM at IBM, Aug 2020 - Jan 2021 · 6 mos, Pune, Maharashtra, India

IT specialist - Process Management | On Site Coordinator at IBM, Mar 2020 - Jul 2020 · 5 mos, Maidenhead, England, United Kingdom, Worked as an Specialist in IBM BPM (Integration Development - Middle-ware Technologies) and Team lead with specialization in IBM BAW 19.0.0.2 and BPM 8.5.5/8.5.7. Holds experience in client interactions and supporting projects as both Offshore as well as onsite lead. Domain Experience in Telecom Domain. Working experience in IBM BPM Telco Pack (TOCP). Designing and developing the integration between various modules, including Cloud based technologies, using different bindings such as HTTP/WebService/EIS/FTP based on SOA architecture. Have unterstanding of OAUth 2.0, REST APIs, Microsoft AD and Office365 integrations.

IT Specialist - Process Managment at IBM, Jul 2018 - Feb 2020 · 1 yr 8 mos, Pune, Maharashtra, India

Research Associate/Manager at Pukyong National University, Mar 2014 - Feb 2016 · 2 yrs, Busan, South Korea, Worked in the field of Visible Light Communications (VLC) and publish quite a number of conference and journal papers in this field.

System Engineer at Tata Consultancy Services, Feb 2011 - Feb 2014 · 3 yrs 1 mo, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, I worked as an Integration Developer (IBM WPS) in TCS, along with it I used to look into Oracle Tele Services ( Oracle Apps Product ) Module in my project. I had also worked in Migration Projects and has knowledge of BMC Remedy 7.6 ( HelpDesk, Change Management and Service Level Agreement)

Education

Master’s Degree, Visible Light Communication, Pukyong National University

Bachelor’s Degree, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Rajiv Gandhi Prodyogiki Vishwavidyalaya