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title: "Niraj Rai - Sr Director/ Chief Architect in Bengaluru | Tal"
description: "Meet Niraj Rai, Engineering Leader - Sr Director/Chief Architect @Visa / Ex- Executive Director/ Principal Engineer - Automation, AI/ML, GenAI @Wells Fargo based in Bengaluru. AI stack includes anthropic apis, claude code, and github copilot."
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# Niraj Rai on Tal

## Headline

Engineering Leader \- Sr Director/Chief Architect @Visa / Ex\- Executive Director/ Principal Engineer \- Automation, AI/ML, GenAI @Wells Fargo

## About

• 19\+ Years of experience as Software Architect, Solution Architect, Technical Lead\. Certified Microsoft Solution Developer and Big Data certification holder\. • Acted as an escalation point for engineering teams who is responsible for developing and maintaining production application, production server, and deployments\. • Designed and coded/written frameworks and core components from scratch for specified technology and business need • Designed and developed scalable and robust SaaS and PasS application to server thousands of clients and their millions of customers\. • Mentored and guided various engineering teams to build and deliver cutting edge customer\-focused mobile app, desktop and web applications\. • Explored and having hands\-on experience in various enterprise and cutting\-edge technology stacks e\.g\. Microsoft ASP\.NET, ASP\.NET MVC, REST API, Windows Presentation Foundation, Windows Workflow Foundation, Dot Net Core, Angular, AngularJS, TypeScript, Core Java, Spring Boot, SQL Server, MySQL, Document DB, Mongo, Python etc\. • Hands\-on experience in multiple programming languages, advanced concepts and design patterns like C\#, TypeScript, Java, XAML, Python, Multithreading, Asynchronous Programming, Lambda/LINQ, Factory Pattern, Singleton Pattern, Observer Pattern, Pub/Sub Model etc\. • Successfully implemented and used trending technologies, tools, and concepts like Micro\-services \(RabbitMQ, Event Bus\), Containerized Deployment \(using Docker\), CICD \(MSFT Visual Studio/Azure DevOps\)\. • Used industry standard and widely used development toolchain like Visual Studio, SQL Server Management Studio, Eclipse, STS \(by Pivotal\), Dot Net CLI, Angular CLI etc\. • 3\+ Years of experience in finance and investment domain to deliver solutions for Asset Managers and Bankers\. Integration of multiple financial systems and regulations APIs like FIS Market Map, MIFID \- MIFIR, Reuters World Check etc\. • Designed complex and scalable data\-model for various system and modules\.

## Location

Bengaluru

## AI stack

anthropic apis

claude code

github copilot

langgraph

langsmith

opencode

## Work experience

Sr Director/ Chief Architect at Visa, Sep 2025 \- Present · 1 yr 2 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Engineering Leader/ Principal Engineer \- Automation & Cognitive AI at Wells Fargo, Feb 2024 \- Sep 2025 · 1 yr 8 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Vice President \- TI Automation COE at Wells Fargo, Feb 2021 \- Feb 2024 · 3 yrs 1 mo, Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

Principal Solutions Architect & CTO at mydesq AG, Jul 2016 \- Feb 2021 · 4 yrs 8 mos, New Delhi Area, India

Software Architect at MetaDesign Solutions, Apr 2015 \- May 2016 · 1 yr 2 mos

Solutions Architect at ILMP Technologies Pvt Ltd, Jun 2014 \- Mar 2015 · 10 mos, Noida Area, India

## Education

MSc\(IT\), Information Technology, Sikkim Manipal University, Gangtok

Microsoft Solution Developer, HTML5, ASP\.NET MVC, Windows Azure, Windows 8 Mobile Development, Microsoft Certification

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