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title: "Rakesh Meena - System Engineer in Pune City | Tal"
description: "Meet Rakesh Meena, VP Engineering | Credit Risk Technology | Risk Platforms & AI Modernisation based in Pune City. AI stack includes claude code and Microsoft Copilot."
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# Rakesh Meena on Tal

## 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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