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Sr Technical Manager - Fintech Compliance & Payment Systems | Microservices Architecture | Sanctions Screening (OFAC/UN/EU) | Cross-Border Payments | AI/ML Integration | Regulatory Technology | Java, Go, Python

About

I build the payment and compliance infrastructure that moves money across borders — and I've spent the last few years proving that Generative AI can run inside some of the most heavily audited environments in fintech. At TerraPay, I lead a 10-engineer org across 3 teams and own the product and technology roadmap for two platform portfolios: our Core Payment Systems (SWIFT connectivity, SEPA corridors, real-time payments, stablecoin settlement, 80+ partner bank and wallet integrations) and TerraPayLens, a 27-microservice sanctions screening platform I architected. TerraPayLens runs GPT-4, Claude, and RAG-based vector search in SOC 2, ISO 27001, and PCI DSS-audited production, screening cross-border transactions against 38+ global watchlists. Some outcomes I'm proud of: cutting transaction processing times by 50% through real-time payment implementation, reducing fraudulent transactions by 30%, and bringing new-engineer onboarding down from 3 weeks to under 7 days through documentation my team can actually use. Before TerraPay, I spent 7+ years at Tarang Software leading a team of 9 building mobile money and agent-banking platforms for telecom and banking clients across Africa and Asia — including a wallet rollout serving 4M+ subscribers at 99.9% uptime. I'm most interested in the intersection of payments, compliance, and applied AI — where the engineering constraint isn't "can we build it" but "can we build it so an auditor signs off." Always happy to connect with people working in fintech infrastructure, RegTech, or production AI systems.

Location

Greater Bengaluru Area

AI stack

anthropic apis

antigravity

claude code

claude

deepmind

Kling AI

Work experience

Senior Technical Manager at TerraPay, Jan 2026 - Present · 10 mos, - Lead a cross-functional team of 10+ engineers and analysts to design, develop, and deliver scalable cross-border payment solutions. - Oversaw end-to-end project lifecycle, including RFP, planning, architecture, solution design, and client delivery. - Integrated mobile wallet and banking platforms with global partners, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements. - Collaborated with stakeholders to gather requirements and deliver solutions that improved transaction efficiency by 30%. - Mentored junior team members and fostered a culture of continuous learning and innovation.

Technical Manager at TerraPay, Jan 2024 - Dec 2025 · 2 yrs, Bengaluru, - Lead a cross-functional team of 10+ engineers and analysts to design, develop, and deliver scalable cross-border payment solutions. - Oversaw end-to-end project lifecycle, including RFP, planning, architecture, solution design, and client delivery. - Integrated mobile wallet and banking platforms with global partners, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements. - Collaborated with stakeholders to gather requirements and deliver solutions that improved transaction efficiency by 30%. - Mentored junior team members and fostered a culture of continuous learning and innovation.

Senior Technical Lead at TerraPay, Jul 2023 - Dec 2023 · 6 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, - Lead a cross-functional team of 10+ engineers and analysts to design, develop, and deliver scalable cross-border payment solutions. - Oversaw end-to-end project lifecycle, including RFP, planning, architecture, solution design, and client delivery. - Integrated mobile wallet and banking platforms with global partners, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements. - Mentored junior team members and fostered a culture of continuous learning and innovation.

Technical Lead at Tarang Software Technologies, May 2022 - Jul 2023 · 1 yr 3 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Senior Software Engineer at Tarang Software Technologies, Dec 2015 - Jul 2022 · 6 yrs 8 mos, Bengaluru Area, India

Senior Software Engineer at Visionet Systems Inc., May 2015 - Dec 2015 · 8 mos, Bengaluru Area, India

Senior Technician at Tarang Software Technologies, 2015 - 2023 · 8 yrs, • Led a team of 9 engineers building a mobile money and agent-banking platform for telecom and banking clients across Africa and Asia, owning the full SDLC from requirements to production support. • Delivered the wallet platform rollout for a tier-1 African telecom operator, serving 4M+ subscribers with 99.9% uptime and achieving go-live on the contracted date. • Reduced production incidents ~40% year over year by establishing disciplined release processes spanning hardware, middleware, and application layers. • Mentored and grew engineers: promoted 3 team members to senior roles, ran interview loops for all dev hires, and introduced code-review and CI practices adopted team-wide.

Senior Analyst at Smart Folks Inc, Jan 2015 - Apr 2015 · 4 mos, Chennai Area, India

Software Engineer at USA Web Solutions Inc, Jan 2010 - Jan 2015 · 5 yrs 1 mo, Chennai Area, India

Education

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Computer Science, MNM Jain Engineering College ACM Student Chapter

Diploma in computer technology, computer technology, swamy abedhanandha polytechnic college