Headline

Risk Platform Engineer (AVP) @ HSBC | ex-Lumen Technologies | ex-BlackRock | Building Scalable Risk & Governance Platforms

About

Platform and risk engineering professional with 6+ years of experience building scalable, audit-ready systems across HSBC Global Risk Analytics, Lumen Technologies and BlackRock. Currently an AVP at HSBC, architecting risk monitoring and governance platforms such as MERiT and leading LLM-enabled documentation workflows that transform model monitoring into structured, production-grade solutions. Strong in system design, distributed automation and high-throughput reporting platforms, with a track record of translating complex regulatory and operational problems into reliable engineering products used across Market Risk, CCR and cross-risk teams.

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

cursor

langchain

langgraph

openai

Work experience

Assistant Director at HSBC, Nov 2025 - Present · 8 mos

Assistant Vice President at HSBC, Aug 2024 - Jan 2026 · 1 yr 6 mos, • Architected and scaled MERiT, a monitoring, execution and reporting platform adopted across Market Risk, CCR, XVA and Operational Risk, reducing reporting cycles from weeks to hours. • Leading the design of an LLM-enabled governance platform that converts monitoring code and model context into structured, audit-ready documentation with approval workflows and version control. • Own system design and delivery for multiple risk-technology initiatives, building scalable services for high-throughput data processing and audit-ready reporting while mentoring engineers and standardizing CI/CD practices.

Manager at HSBC, Feb 2023 - Jul 2024 · 1 yr 6 mos, • Delivered a Model Risk Indicator (MRI) dashboard improving visibility of model monitoring findings and governance discussions. • Enhanced HSBC’s risk model monitoring libraries by automating monitoring execution, validation checks and standardized result processing across Market Risk models. • Recognized as High Performer (2024) for impact in technology transformation.

Software Development Consultant at Lumen Technologies, Aug 2021 - Mar 2023 · 1 yr 8 mos, Bengaluru Area, India, • Built Python-based automation tools reducing 700+ weekly support tickets across US 911 and BVOIP operations. • Developed a centralized SLA monitoring dashboard spanning 15+ departments, improving operational accountability. • Implemented CI/CD pipelines to standardize deployments and accelerate release cycles across automation systems.

Software Developer at Lumen Technologies, Aug 2019 - Aug 2021 · 2 yrs 1 mo, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, • Built end-to-end automation platforms and dashboards supporting order-to-revenue workflows, eliminating manual processes and saving ~180 hours per month.

Site Reliability Engineer at BlackRock, Jan 2019 - Jul 2019 · 7 mos, Gurgaon, India, • Built an enterprise change and release calendar platform to improve planning and conflict detection across infrastructure and application releases. • Developed REST APIs to expose monitoring data and enhance observability for internal engineering teams.

Web Development at Aim2Excel, May 2017 - Dec 2017 · 8 mos

Full Stack Developer at OrionZen, Aug 2016 - Dec 2017 · 1 yr 5 mos, manipal

Education

Master of Engineering, Computer Software Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Information Technology, Manipal institute of technology