Vikas Awasthi

Product Manager

Pune, Maharashtra, India19 yrs 8 mos experience

AI Enabled

Key Highlights

Stackforce AI infers this person is a FinTech architect with expertise in AI-led engineering and distributed systems.

Technical LeadershipAiProgram ManagementProject ManagementRisk ManagementProblem SolvingDefining Product Requirements

ScrumData MigrationStakeholder ManagementGenAICloudDataSecurityReliabilityStakeholder EngagementTeam BuildingC#JavaMicrosoft AzureKafkaMicro services

19 yrs 8 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 1 mo

Average Tenure

8 mos

Current Experience

Aug 2025 – Present · 8 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India · Hybrid

Senior engineering leader with deep hands-on expertise in designing and operating large-scale, distributed enterprise systems across FinTech and credit platforms. Leads multi-disciplinary engineering teams, sets long-term technical vision, and owns enterprise and platform architecture decisions spanning cloud, data, security, and reliability. Actively reviews critical code paths, establishes engineering standards, and builds strong leadership benches through thoughtful hiring and mentoring.
Drives AI and GenAI adoption beyond experimentation, embedding intelligence into core workflows, decision engines, and platforms with a focus on governance, scalability, and real business outcomes. Known for translating complex technical strategy into clear roadmaps, aligning execution with executive goals, and delivering resilient, compliant systems at enterprise scale.

ScrumRisk ManagementData MigrationTechnical LeadershipStakeholder ManagementAI+5

Feb 2024 – Jul 2025 · 1 yr 5 mos

Oct 2021 – Jan 2024 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India · On-site

 Managed a Team of 18+ software engineers for developing enterprise level micro service based application handling 2 accounts in fintech and data collection domain.
 Team building, Recruitment, Conflict management and Training were some of core team responsibilities.
 3 Project Managers handling 5 projects and 42 resources reporting to me at one point in time.
 Participating in Project Management, Solution Architecture, Risk mitigation plans and Tech evaluation.
 C#, dot net, Azure, Java, Kafka, Micro services.

Program ManagementProject ManagementStakeholder EngagementTechnical LeadershipTeam BuildingC#+4

Aug 2016 – Feb 2021 · 4 yrs 6 mos · Singapore

 Technical scope planning, roadmap design, implementation and release retrospectives.
 Providing technical leadership to the development team, estimating and evaluating the effort/schedules and
managed the team and its grievances while helping team members on the project visions.
 Interacting with the management, team, and associates to facilitate smooth communication to understand and analyze the requirement and also to identify appropriate solutions for problems, if any.
 Project review and status communications with stakeholders and department heads.

Training MaterialTransact-SQL (T-SQL)Problem SolvingProject ManagementRisk ManagementFinTech+1

Oct 2009 – May 2016 · 6 yrs 7 mos · New York, United States / Noida (india) · On-site

 Project pitching, First level communications, Client’s system analysis and proposal preparations.
 Project scoping, capacity planning, budgeting, invoicing and release retrospectives.
 System Architecture and Design negotiations for the best outcomes.
 Technical system design and business development by providing additional ideas around the project.
 Implemented One-Tick T-DBMS for live market data capturing, replaced Vhayu velocity.
 Implemented central data server layer on top of OneTick.
 Data cleanup, transforming into smooth curves, reconciliation with the clearing houses and counterparties.

Problem SolvingDefining Product RequirementsBusiness RequirementsDatabasesTransact-SQL (T-SQL)Java+1

Jun 2007 – Sep 2009 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India · On-site

 Designed/Developed core framework for multiple modules related to plain vanilla and exotic instruments.
 Lead a team of 5 developers for migration project from Asp/VB to Asp.net/C#.
 Worked in core MTM valuation engine for generating MTM for different types of products.
 Implemented market data modules with curve smoothing and correlation analysis module between different types of curves.

Transact-SQL (T-SQL)Defining Product RequirementsProject Risk