Keith Fernandez

CTO

Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland21 yrs 3 mos experience

AI EnabledAI ML Practitioner

Key Highlights

Nearly 20 years of experience in technology leadership.
Expert in building scalable distributed systems.
Proven track record in mentoring future leaders.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned technology leader in Fintech and SaaS with expertise in distributed systems.

Contact

keithfernandez25@gmail.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Engineering LeadershipCyber SecurityDistributed SystemsInvestment BankingSoftware Development Life Cycle (sdlc)Web DevelopmentE-commerceSoftware ArchitectureRuby On RailsTeachingUniversity Teaching

Other Skills

Agile DevelopmentAgile MethodologiesAgile Project ManagementAlgorithmsAmazon Web Services (AWS)Android DevelopmentAngularJSArchitectureArtificial Intelligence (AI)Client RelationsCloud ComputingCode ReviewContinuous DeliveryContinuous IntegrationContinuous Integration (CI)

About

Career Summary - Technology Leader with almost 2 decades of experience creating distributed and scalable systems including 9+ years of management experience - Result oriented with experience in large enterprises as well as start ups where I have been part of successful exits. - Experience across domains including Investment Banking, Gaming, Enterprise, E-commerce and Business Analytics - Built distributed and architecting highly scalable systems using various technologies including Java, Go, REST, Kafka. Led end-to-end App and Web Development of various applications. - Showcased thought leadership while managing multiple cross-functional and cross-regional teams. - Hired and mentored several mid-management leaders and engineers, empowering them to become future leaders.

Experience

21 yrs 3 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs

Average Tenure

11 mos

Current Experience

Amazon web services (aws)

Engineering Leader @AWS

Jul 2025 – Present · 11 mos

Tesco

Engineering Leadership @Tesco

Dec 2024 – Jul 2025 · 7 mos

Led the Software Engineering Team for Cyber Security at Tesco, establishing a robust framework from the ground up.
Developed and implemented innovative engineering solutions to mitigate security threats for millions of customers.
Scaled the team effectively, enhancing operational efficiency and response times to security incidents.

Cyber SecurityEngineering LeadershipOperational EfficiencySecurity Solutions

Flutter entertainment

Senior Engineering Manager

Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 · 2 yrs 11 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

Led and grew a diverse team of 25+ members including multiple EMs and Senior Engineers.
Built a distributed and highly scalable system which processes 5B+ games monthly.
Ideated and led platform services across games that led to high re-usability across the Gaming ecosystem.
Through cross-functional collaboration and thought leadership, contributed to ~70% YoY revenue growth in the past 2+ years. Currently seeing it successful getting acquired and become part of Global Flutter International.

Distributed SystemsGaming EcosystemRevenue GrowthCross-Functional CollaborationEngineering Leadership

Barclays

Engineering Leadership

Oct 2013 – Nov 2021 · 8 yrs 1 mo · Pune, Maharashtra, India

Led a global team within Barclays Investment Banking's Fixed Income division. Responsible for building a highly available system that processed ~$10B worth of transactions monthly.
Spearheaded various initiatives to enhance user experience and system reliability thus contributing to the success of the team.

Investment BankingSystem ReliabilityUser ExperienceEngineering Leadership

Ibm isl

Senior Staff Engineer

Jan 2012 – Oct 2013 · 1 yr 9 mos

Led architecture and lifecycle management of IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Product, resulting in a 75% performance improvement across 4 major releases.
Collaborated with product teams to revamp modules and enhance the overall user experience.

ArchitectureLifecycle ManagementPerformance ImprovementEngineering LeadershipSoftware Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

Future bazaar (acquired by future group)

Senior Software Development Engineer

Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 · 1 yr · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · On-site

E-CommerceWeb DevelopmentSoftware Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

Oracle

Senior Member of Technical Staff

Jan 2010 – Dec 2011 · 1 yr 11 mos

Senior Engineer for Oracle’s product which was taken care of Intellectual Properties Rights Management for clients like Paramount, Walt Disney, etc. Architected and worked on several modules from scratch. As a senior engineer was also involved in mentoring, scoping of the tasks & reviewing code.

Intellectual Property ManagementMentoringModule ArchitectureSoftware ArchitectureEngineering Leadership

Department of management sciences (pumba), savitribai phule pune university

Visiting Faculty

Jan 2009 – Jan 2010 · 1 yr · Pune

Taught Pune University MBA Students Information Technology related subjects

TeachingUniversity LecturingUniversity Teaching

Persistent systems

Software Engineer

Jan 2007 – Nov 2010 · 3 yrs 10 mos

Worked on several new features as well as fixed various issues in the Enterprise product range of IBM Tivoli. Part of first Web 2.0 center of Excellence team of Persistent Systems where I led several initiative in Ruby on Rails, Agile development initiatives

Ruby on RailsAgile DevelopmentSoftware Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

Symbiosis institute of computer studies and research

Visiting Faculty

Jan 2007 – Jan 2010 · 3 yrs

Taught Second and third year UG students (BCA) technical subjects through industry lens

Freelance

Freelancing

Jan 2005 – Jul 2011 · 6 yrs 6 mos · Pune/Pimpri-Chinchwad Area

Over the weekends in my spare time did multiple corporate training and freelance development activities. Stopped freelancing after I embraced fatherhood and resulted in no spare time.