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title: "sujata kolakar - Principal Software Engineer in Bengaluru | Tal"
description: "Meet sujata kolakar, Principal Software Engineer @ Kotak Mahindra Bank | Designing Core Financial Systems | X - Goldman Sachs | X - Persistent Systems based in Bengaluru. AI stack includes anthropic apis, claude code, and claude."
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# sujata kolakar on Tal

## Headline

Principal Software Engineer @ Kotak Mahindra Bank \| Designing Core Financial Systems \| X \- Goldman Sachs \| X \- Persistent Systems

## About

With over 17 years of experience in the software industry, I specialize in enterprise architecture, Spring Framework, and MemSQL\. At Kotak Mahindra Bank, I lead the strategic design and architecture of core enterprise financial systems, including corporate credit management, offer management systems, and advanced credit card infrastructure\. My expertise lies in designing scalable, efficient solutions that address complex financial operations\. I am driven by the mission to innovate and deliver robust systems that enable streamlined processes and better client experiences\.

## Location

Bengaluru

## AI stack

anthropic apis

claude code

claude

gemini

github copilot

openai

## Work experience

Principal Software Engineer at Kotak Mahindra Bank, Apr 2025 \- Present · 1 yr 5 mos, Leading the strategic design, architecture, and roadmaps for core enterprise financial systems\. Core Systems Architect \- for corporate credit management, offer management systems, and advanced credit card infrastructure\.

Senior Vice President at Goldman Sachs, Aug 2014 \- Apr 2025 · 10 y 8 mo, Bengaluru, Current: Designing and building a distributed, highly scalable reporting platform as a reporting solution for the entire firm\. This improved client experience by generating reports on time with accurate data which led business growth\. Optimized hardware support and cost by using serverless architecture which led to not owning any hardware and 0% maintenance cost associated with it\. Achieved scalability by using distributed systems like MemSQL database and Kubernetes to scale out during peak hours\. Collaborated with Business analysts to gather details around existing manual processes for inbound and outbound pre\-settlement notice emails\. Designed the automation solutions to eliminate manual touch points and improve the efficiency by using the pre\-built NLP model to process inbound mails for confirmation\. This increased the STP rate to publish notices from 0 to 95%\. Designed and worked on the Data driven platform solution to maintain the Regulatory data where regulatory calculations can be plugged from anywhere\. It eliminated maintaining the business rules in code by moving them to the rule engine, a hosted platform where users will define the rules\. Worked on platform to build solutions to compare text files, reports, SQL outputs which would be used by the teams to regression test the\. Conducting regular code reviews to ensure adherence to coding standards and best practices\. Mentoring junior team members, providing technical guidance and support\.

Associate at Goldman Sachs, Feb 2010 \- Dec 2014 · 4 yrs 11 mos

Senior Software Engineer at Persistent Systems, Aug 2008 \- Feb 2010 · 1 y 6 mo, Pune, Developed and supported software applications for Identity Management solutions using IBM Tivoli\. Conducted thorough testing and debugging to ensure high\-quality deliverables\.

Developer at Persistent Systems, May 2006 \- Aug 2008 · 2 y 3 mo, Pune, Maharashtra, India

## Education

Bachelor of Engineering \- BE, Computer Science, SDM College of Engg & Tech , Dharwad

Diploma, Computer Science, Goverment polytechnic for Women

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