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Rakesh Meena

VP Engineering | Credit Risk Technology | Risk Platforms & AI Modernisation

Pune City

17+ years of work experience

Barclays
Jan 20233 yrs 9 mosPresent

Pune District, Maharashtra, India

Responsibilities • Lead system engineering for ARTs, overseeing engineers across geographies. • Contributing to organisation wide programs like Catalyst: data strategy, containerization, reusable components, and performant batch systems. • Partner with global stakeholders (Regulatory Capital TC, Risk Model Group, Wholesale Credit Risk) to strengthen governance and compliance. • Collaborate with engineers and release teams to ensure >99% change success rate. • Champion AI-enabled engineering & SDLC automation: spec-driven development, blast radius testing with CodeGraph, and Claude agents repository. • Work with CIOs across departments on advanced pilots & engineering metrics improvement and reporting. • Contribute to Corporate Data Modernisation program. Achievements • ORAC remediation; awarded Global Engineering Team of the Year (2025). • Improved batch performance while scaling trade population. • Established high performance teams across geographies, against high-priority regulatory requirements.
Mindtree
Sep 20211 yr 5 mosJan 2023

Pune Division, Maharashtra, India

Barclays Investment Bank
Sep 20156 yrs 1 moSep 2021

Pune, Maharashtra, India

Barclays Investment Bank
Sep 20123 yrs 1 moSep 2015

Pune/Pimpri-Chinchwad Area

IBM
Jul 20111 yr 2 mosAug 2012

Worked on application globalization.
Wipro Technologies Ltd
Aug 20091 yr 11 mosJun 2011

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Application architecture design & development. Developing stand-alone components. Worked on UML design, design patterns, ASP.Net. Developed legacy migration solutions.

Rakesh’s AI Stack

claude code
claude code
Microsoft Copilot
Microsoft Copilot

Education

National Institute of Technology Durgapur

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Electronics and Communications Engineering

National Institute of Technology Durgapur

20015 yrs2006

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Headline

VP Engineering | Credit Risk Technology | Risk Platforms & AI Modernisation

About

VP Engineering with 20 years of experience in credit risk technology and capital applications. Skilled in leading large engineering teams, modernizing risk platforms, and aligning technology with regulatory priorities. Known for delivering measurable impact - from global award‑winning teams to AI‑enabled engineering practices - while collaborating with CIOs and stakeholders on modernization and data strategy. Looking to step into Director‑level roles where I can scale innovation, governance, and efficiency across global financial institutions.

Location

Pune City

AI stack

claude code

Microsoft Copilot

Work experience

System Engineer at Barclays, Jan 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 9 mos, Pune District, Maharashtra, India, Responsibilities • Lead system engineering for ARTs, overseeing engineers across geographies. • Contributing to organisation wide programs like Catalyst: data strategy, containerization, reusable components, and performant batch systems. • Partner with global stakeholders (Regulatory Capital TC, Risk Model Group, Wholesale Credit Risk) to strengthen governance and compliance. • Collaborate with engineers and release teams to ensure >99% change success rate. • Champion AI-enabled engineering & SDLC automation: spec-driven development, blast radius testing with CodeGraph, and Claude agents repository. • Work with CIOs across departments on advanced pilots & engineering metrics improvement and reporting. • Contribute to Corporate Data Modernisation program. Achievements • ORAC remediation; awarded Global Engineering Team of the Year (2025). • Improved batch performance while scaling trade population. • Established high performance teams across geographies, against high-priority regulatory requirements.

Sr Architect at Mindtree, Sep 2021 - Jan 2023 · 1 yr 5 mos, Pune Division, Maharashtra, India

Engineering Manager at Barclays Investment Bank, Sep 2015 - Sep 2021 · 6 yrs 1 mo, Pune, Maharashtra, India

Senior Analyst at Barclays Investment Bank, Sep 2012 - Sep 2015 · 3 yrs 1 mo, Pune/Pimpri-Chinchwad Area

Senior Systems Engineer at IBM, Jul 2011 - Aug 2012 · 1 yr 2 mos, Worked on application globalization.

Technical Specialist at Wipro Technologies Ltd, Aug 2009 - Jun 2011 · 1 yr 11 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Application architecture design & development. Developing stand-alone components. Worked on UML design, design patterns, ASP.Net. Developed legacy migration solutions.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Electronics and Communications Engineering, National Institute of Technology Durgapur

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