Amandeep Singh Chhatwal

Director of Engineering

West Delhi, Delhi, India13 yrs 7 mos experience

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Key Highlights

Led 100+ tech initiatives at Airtel Payments Bank.
Established Automation Center of Excellence saving 80+ man-days monthly.
Designed cash management solutions for underserved cities.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech Engineering Leader with expertise in scalable digital solutions.

Contact

amazingchhatwal@gmail.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Engineering ManagementTechnology LeadershipAutomationFinancial TechnologyPayment ProcessingSoftware Development

Other Skills

AWSAWS LambdaAWS Step FunctionsAmazon CognitoAmazon S3Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS)Artificial Intelligence (AI)Cash ManagementComponent DesignContinuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)Deep LearningDistributed SystemsJavaKerasMachine Learning

About

As an AVP and Senior Engineering Manager at Airtel Payments Bank, I drive technology-forward initiatives that ensure scalability, resilience, and innovation in our digital solutions. With over five years in leadership roles, I have led strategic projects that strengthen core technologies, streamline operations, and enable our platforms to scale with evolving market demands. My approach combines deep technical expertise with a strong focus on leadership effectiveness, fostering a culture of innovation and high performance. My journey from an Application Developer to a leadership position has given me a hands-on perspective on engineering management. With an entrepreneurial mindset, I have been instrumental in building seamless digital experiences and driving strategic transformation. At Airtel Payments Bank, I lead efforts in CMS & B2B technology, continuously pushing boundaries to set new industry benchmarks. My expertise in engineering strategy, cross-functional collaboration, and technology leadership enables our teams to deliver impact-driven solutions at scale.

Experience

13 yrs 7 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 8 mos

Average Tenure

4 yrs 2 mos

Current Experience

Airtel payments bank

AVP - Senior Engineering Manager

Apr 2022 – Present · 4 yrs 2 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

Spearheaded a 100+ tech initiatives driving operational excellence and business innovation.
➢ Established and led the Automation Center of Excellence (CoE) using UiPath, saving 80+ man-days per month.
➢ Spearheaded the design and deployment of Cashdrop, a cash management solution tailored for Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities with limited banking infrastructure, enabling over ₹400 crore in daily revenue processing.
➢ Successfully orchestrated the complete implementation of a Payment Gateway for UPI Payments, encompassing design and execution from start to finish.
➢ Designed and led the implementation of reusable components (e.g., Link Shortening, FMS, e-Signature), accelerating project delivery by 40% and generating annual cost savings of ₹2CR.
➢ Boosted bulk payment success rates from 40% to 99.4% through system optimizations.
➢ Led cross-functional teams of 20+ people across diverse technologies, ensuring alignment with business objectives and successful project delivery.
➢ Championed agile methodologies, clean coding standards, and continuous refactoring, DRY, KISS, YAGNI principles fostering a high-performing and quality-driven development culture.
➢ Fostered a culture of continuous feedback, collaboration, and agility, enhancing team cohesion, productivity, and adaptability to changing business needs.
➢ Oversaw system architecture and design, conducted thorough code reviews, and mentored developers through pair programming to enhance technical expertise and code quality.
➢ Fostered a culture of clean coding, continuous refactoring, and Agile Release Train (ART) practices, driving a threefold increase in team velocity.
➢ Developed and integrated observability dashboards and monitoring stacks, enabling real- time insights into system health and performance.
➢ Collaborated with business stakeholders to provide project estimation techniques (Agile Story Point Estimation, PERT, MVP), enabling precise forecasting of go-live timeline.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Machine LearningAWSDistributed SystemsSpring BootJava+15

Macquarie group

Assistant Manager

Oct 2019 – Apr 2022 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

Led a team of 10+ highly motivated and passionate professionals, fostering a culture of innovation, excellence, and high performance.
➢ Contributed to the development of a fund management application empowering portfolio managers to pool and manage investor capital more efficiently, significantly improving operational scalability and oversight.
➢ Performed technical analysis, effort estimation, and provided strategic technology consulting to align solutions with business objectives.
➢ Actively contributed to development as a pair programmer and mentor, guiding team members to enhance technical skills and deliver high-quality solutions.
➢ Designed and delivered reusable platform components, including MFA, IDP, authentication, universal search, mapping, and user management, accelerating development across projects.
➢ Optimized the login journey, reducing response time from approximately 4 seconds to 30 milliseconds, significantly enhancing user experience.
➢ Mentored team members to become full-stack developers, enabling them to deliver vertically sliced stories independently.

Fidelity international

Programmer Analyst

Apr 2017 – Oct 2019 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

Developed and optimized a distributed caching application leveraging Apache Ignite, enhancing data retrieval speed and system performance.
➢ Designed and implemented a secure web application using Kerberos-based authentication, streamlining portfolio management processes and significantly boosting efficiency for Portfolio Managers.
➢ Designed and implemented advanced self-service features such as syntax highlighting and autocomplete, improving user productivity and experience.
➢ Acted as a key problem solver, addressing and resolving complex technical challenges to ensure smooth project execution and delivery.
➢ Created a reusable Angular 2 framework to accelerate the development of new features, reducing time-to-market and increasing efficiency.
➢ Architected and implemented Cassandra data models optimized for efficient and scalable report generation.
➢ Designed a microservices architecture to publish open APIs, enabling seamless integration and enhancing system interoperability.

Mahindra comviva

Senior Engineer

Jan 2016 – Mar 2017 · 1 yr 2 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

Architected and developed a comprehensive Mobile Wallet application enabling key financial transactions—including P2P transfers, bank transfers, wallet loading, chip-in, payment requests, and merchant payments—resulting in a 60% increase in user engagement and processing over 1 lakh transactions monthly.
➢ Deployed and managed applications on cloud platforms such as AWS, ensuring scalability, reliability, and optimal performance.

Unitedhealth group

Software Engineer

Sep 2012 – Dec 2015 · 3 yrs 3 mos · Greater Delhi Area

Designed and implemented a key feature for segmenting large files into smaller units, enabling parallel translation and streamlined transmission of translated content—reducing processing time by 70% and significantly enhancing system performance and scalability.
➢ Played a key role in the development and maintenance of a healthcare application managing Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) transactions, ensuring accurate and compliant data exchange across systems—processing over 2 lakhs transactions monthly.
➢ Developed an audit logging framework, enabling detailed tracking of application events and facilitating the debugging of production issues.
➢ Created a scalable framework for executing background jobs using Quartz schedulers in a clustered environment, ensuring reliable and timely task execution.