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Bodhayan Guha Thakurta

Engineering Leader | Digital Transformation & Cloud Modernization | Brokerage & Capital Markets Technology | Product & Platform Engineering | Enterprise Architecture | Regulatory Technology | AI-Enabled Software Delivery

Chennai

17+ years of work experience

Fidelity Investments
Jan 20242 y 7 moPresent

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Lead a high-performing team of 12 engineers for core brokerage books of record and margin systems — the central record-keeping system for all customer activities, processing ~140 million trade and non-trade activities; built the team from the ground up, personally hiring and grooming 8 of the 12 engineers. Engage regularly with VP/SVP-level product and architecture stakeholders to define technical direction and NFR standards; translate business strategy into engineering roadmaps and drive cross-functional alignment across product, architecture, and delivery teams. Build out of high throughput low latency Tier 0 brokerage holding data APIs for both B2B and C2B with multiple personas using cutting edge distributed tech. Build out and migration of critical large start of day loads for ~550 million data using scalable AWS EMR framework for 65 percent reduction in load times to enable early open of business.
Fidelity Investments
May 20204 yrs 8 mosDec 2024

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Served as Product Owner for a portfolio of products undergoing modernization and cloud-based workload transformation. •Led new product build-outs across Customer Communications and Reconciliation & Compliance product lines, processing high-volume reconciliation data via Oracle batch jobs and scripts across enterprise-scale datasets. •Partnered with business stakeholders to drive enterprise-wide paper elimination initiatives across 40 million customer accounts spanning Retail and Custody lines of business; delivered $4M in savings through address change notification digitisation, tracked at BU level via Power BI dashboards and Snowflake views. •Built and maintained end-to-end reconciliation systems ensuring SEC Rule 10b-10 regulatory reporting compliance across multiple LOBs — spanning customer activity initiation through document delivery confirmation for millions of reportable transactions. •Spearheaded Terraform adoption along with CI/CD enhancements for the product area, bringing accelerated development and validation synergies; promoted test-driven development using automated API testing via Karate. •Core member of BU-level Tech Community of Practice; drove resolution of cross-domain engineering challenges, groomed reusable patterns adopted across product areas, and executed TLM Ship It Day activity to manifold throughput for C&M initiatives. •Managed stakeholder engagement and negotiations for new capability pitches, approach proposals, and investment decisions.
Fidelity Investments
Mar 20164 yrs 3 mosMay 2020

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

•Drove delivery of the foundational cloud-first brokerage platform using Spring Boot and cloud-native technologies; co-created HLD and LLD artifacts for a revamped customer onboarding journey in collaboration with architecture stakeholders. •Championed modern engineering patterns and standards within the team through Developer and Standards Guilds. •Delivered a new Big Data platform for GIPS-compliant brokerage performance reporting, replacing a vendor-provided tool with $15M in licensing costs and accelerating time to market. •Completed a 4-month global deputation onsite in the US, leading knowledge transfer of batch processes to onsite counterparts — improving team cohesion and delivery alignment; led a major rewrite of the data pipeline flow that reduced batch execution time by 25%. •Built a robust data pipeline processing ~100 million transactions and positions within 30 minutes for GIPS-compliant performance numbers. •Led TAX team Batch Modernization, migrating MIPS-intensive transmission workloads to a distributed technology stack; collaborated with IBM to identify and resolve JSR-352 Batch Framework shortcomings.
Cognizant
Dec 20123 yrs 4 mosMar 2016

Chennai Area, India

•Led a 5-member team on onsite deputation to River Woods, Chicago for a critical consumer lending transformation for US Bank ($3.3 billion) — one of the first Finacle US integration projects requiring extensive customisations and buildouts. •Served as SME for personal lending originations; guided design, compliance, and delivery decisions through agile sprint cycles both onsite and offshore. •On return, led a 12-member core team and acted as Assistant Lead for a broader 16-member lending platform delivery group. •Co-authored RFP technical solutioning for new business pitches; served as SPOC for Technical, HMP, LEAN, and Delivery Audit functions. •Expanded an additional Student Loans line of business from a competing service provider, won on the basis of delivery excellence and domain depth demonstrated through the engagement.
Cognizant
Aug 20093 yrs 5 mosDec 2012

Contributed to a Struts-based intranet origination platform (Personal Loans LOB) for a major US Bank — an end-to-end system for loan receipt, decisioning, and disbursal powered by the Fair Isaac Capstone Decision Manager rule engine. A major revenue earner for the firm with an overall $2 billion personal loan book. •Led major transformation and enhancement initiatives for the Personal Loans origination platform. •Participated in the full requirement-to-implementation lifecycle for the Student Loans LOB integration. •Contributed to Dodd-Frank Act compliance initiatives for the Personal Loans product. •Championed quality coding standards and drove process improvement initiatives on behalf of the team.
GitHub
@bgtoss

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Education

Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode

Master of Business Administration - MBA

Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode

20213 yrs2024
West Bengal University of Technology, Kolkata

Bachelor of Technology, Computer Science and Engineering

West Bengal University of Technology, Kolkata

20044 yrs2008

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Headline

Engineering Leader | Digital Transformation & Cloud Modernization | Brokerage & Capital Markets Technology | Product & Platform Engineering | Enterprise Architecture | Regulatory Technology | AI-Enabled Software Delivery

About

Technology Leader with 16+ years of experience in Banking, Financial Services, and Capital Markets, specializing in Engineering Leadership, Cloud Transformation, Product Ownership, and Platform Modernization. Currently leading a team of 12+ engineers at Fidelity Investments, delivering scalable brokerage and margin platforms while partnering with senior stakeholders to drive technology strategy and business outcomes. Proven track record of delivering measurable impact, including $4M annual savings, $15M licensing cost avoidance, 65% faster processing through cloud modernization, and significant operational cost reductions. Passionate about building high-performing teams, mentoring future leaders, and delivering innovative, cloud-native solutions that drive business growth. Core Expertise: Engineering Leadership | Cloud Transformation | Product Ownership | Banking & Capital Markets | AWS | Microservices | Big Data | Platform Modernization | Stakeholder Management | Agile Delivery | Technology Strategy | Team Development

Location

Chennai

AI stack

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Work experience

Senior Engineering Manager at Fidelity Investments, Jan 2024 - Present · 2 y 7 mo, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Lead a high-performing team of 12 engineers for core brokerage books of record and margin systems — the central record-keeping system for all customer activities, processing ~140 million trade and non-trade activities; built the team from the ground up, personally hiring and grooming 8 of the 12 engineers. Engage regularly with VP/SVP-level product and architecture stakeholders to define technical direction and NFR standards; translate business strategy into engineering roadmaps and drive cross-functional alignment across product, architecture, and delivery teams. Build out of high throughput low latency Tier 0 brokerage holding data APIs for both B2B and C2B with multiple personas using cutting edge distributed tech. Build out and migration of critical large start of day loads for ~550 million data using scalable AWS EMR framework for 65 percent reduction in load times to enable early open of business.

Technical Product Manager at Fidelity Investments, May 2020 - Dec 2024 · 4 yrs 8 mos, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Served as Product Owner for a portfolio of products undergoing modernization and cloud-based workload transformation. •Led new product build-outs across Customer Communications and Reconciliation & Compliance product lines, processing high-volume reconciliation data via Oracle batch jobs and scripts across enterprise-scale datasets. •Partnered with business stakeholders to drive enterprise-wide paper elimination initiatives across 40 million customer accounts spanning Retail and Custody lines of business; delivered $4M in savings through address change notification digitisation, tracked at BU level via Power BI dashboards and Snowflake views. •Built and maintained end-to-end reconciliation systems ensuring SEC Rule 10b-10 regulatory reporting compliance across multiple LOBs — spanning customer activity initiation through document delivery confirmation for millions of reportable transactions. •Spearheaded Terraform adoption along with CI/CD enhancements for the product area, bringing accelerated development and validation synergies; promoted test-driven development using automated API testing via Karate. •Core member of BU-level Tech Community of Practice; drove resolution of cross-domain engineering challenges, groomed reusable patterns adopted across product areas, and executed TLM Ship It Day activity to manifold throughput for C&M initiatives. •Managed stakeholder engagement and negotiations for new capability pitches, approach proposals, and investment decisions.

Technical Lead at Fidelity Investments, Mar 2016 - May 2020 · 4 yrs 3 mos, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, •Drove delivery of the foundational cloud-first brokerage platform using Spring Boot and cloud-native technologies; co-created HLD and LLD artifacts for a revamped customer onboarding journey in collaboration with architecture stakeholders. •Championed modern engineering patterns and standards within the team through Developer and Standards Guilds. •Delivered a new Big Data platform for GIPS-compliant brokerage performance reporting, replacing a vendor-provided tool with $15M in licensing costs and accelerating time to market. •Completed a 4-month global deputation onsite in the US, leading knowledge transfer of batch processes to onsite counterparts — improving team cohesion and delivery alignment; led a major rewrite of the data pipeline flow that reduced batch execution time by 25%. •Built a robust data pipeline processing ~100 million transactions and positions within 30 minutes for GIPS-compliant performance numbers. •Led TAX team Batch Modernization, migrating MIPS-intensive transmission workloads to a distributed technology stack; collaborated with IBM to identify and resolve JSR-352 Batch Framework shortcomings.

Senior Associate at Cognizant, Dec 2012 - Mar 2016 · 3 yrs 4 mos, Chennai Area, India, •Led a 5-member team on onsite deputation to River Woods, Chicago for a critical consumer lending transformation for US Bank ($3.3 billion) — one of the first Finacle US integration projects requiring extensive customisations and buildouts. •Served as SME for personal lending originations; guided design, compliance, and delivery decisions through agile sprint cycles both onsite and offshore. •On return, led a 12-member core team and acted as Assistant Lead for a broader 16-member lending platform delivery group. •Co-authored RFP technical solutioning for new business pitches; served as SPOC for Technical, HMP, LEAN, and Delivery Audit functions. •Expanded an additional Student Loans line of business from a competing service provider, won on the basis of delivery excellence and domain depth demonstrated through the engagement.

Senior Developer at Cognizant, Aug 2009 - Dec 2012 · 3 yrs 5 mos, Contributed to a Struts-based intranet origination platform (Personal Loans LOB) for a major US Bank — an end-to-end system for loan receipt, decisioning, and disbursal powered by the Fair Isaac Capstone Decision Manager rule engine. A major revenue earner for the firm with an overall $2 billion personal loan book. •Led major transformation and enhancement initiatives for the Personal Loans origination platform. •Participated in the full requirement-to-implementation lifecycle for the Student Loans LOB integration. •Contributed to Dodd-Frank Act compliance initiatives for the Personal Loans product. •Championed quality coding standards and drove process improvement initiatives on behalf of the team.

Education

Master of Business Administration - MBA, Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode

Bachelor of Technology, Computer Science and Engineering, West Bengal University of Technology, Kolkata

Public links

github: https://github.com/bgtoss