Ritesh Pandey — CTO

Engineering leader with 19+ years of experience building and modernizing large-scale, mission-critical platforms across banking and financial services. I currently serve as a Vice President – Engineering Manager at JP Morgan Chase, leading cloud-native, high-availability payment platforms used at enterprise scale. I specialize in running large, multi-year modernization programs, transforming legacy and mainframe-heavy systems into resilient, cloud-native architectures on AWS and hybrid public/private cloud. My work spans end-to-end ownership—architecture, execution, delivery, and production stability—while partnering closely with product, security, and operations stakeholders globally. My leadership approach combines deep technical credibility with strong people and program leadership. I’ve led globally distributed teams, mentored engineering managers, and scaled agile delivery across complex organizations. I’m particularly passionate about leveraging AI-enabled engineering, intelligent automation, and platform observability to improve reliability, developer productivity, and customer experience. Core strengths include: • Engineering & people leadership • Large programs and multi-year modernization initiatives • AWS, public & private cloud, cloud-native platforms • Distributed systems, microservices, and API ecosystems • AI enablement & intelligent automation • Agile delivery at scale and executive stakeholder management I enjoy solving hard problems at scale and building teams that deliver consistently, securely, and with purpose. 📌 Open to conversations around engineering leadership, platform modernization, and cloud transformation.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech expert specializing in cloud-native payment systems and modernization initiatives.

Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Experience: 19 yrs 10 mos