Srini Kakkireni

Director of Engineering

Hyderabad, Telangana, India24 yrs 9 mos experience
Highly StableAI Enabled

Key Highlights

  • Led 150+ engineers in global digital initiatives.
  • Delivered 100+ transformation programs with strong ROI.
  • Achieved 70% cloud-native migration success in one year.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech and Cloud Transformation expert with extensive leadership in software engineering.

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Core Skills

Cloud-native ArchitectureLeadership DevelopmentSolution ArchitectureDigital TransformationSoftware Solution Architecture

Other Skills

ContainerizationJ2EE Application DevelopmentInclusive Team BuildingFull-Stack DevelopmentReact.jsBFSISituational LeadershipCustomer EngagementTeam LeadershipAWS Cloud MigrationDesign ThinkingBlue Ocean StrategyApplication DevelopmentBusiness Technology OptimizationCommunication

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𝗗𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 🚀 || 𝗘𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁 🕺|| 𝗗𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗠𝗼𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱🎁. With 𝟮𝟰+ 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗴𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 driving cloud transformation, legacy modernization, and enterprise-scale engineering across the U.S., India, and international markets. I combine 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗵, 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲-𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 leadership to build high-performing organizations. I believe 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, when you invest in talent, culture, and purpose, innovation follows naturally. My leadership philosophy is rooted in 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻, leading through influence, not authority. 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 & 𝗘𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 🔷𝗟𝗲𝗱 𝟭𝟱𝟬+ 𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀 and 𝟮𝟬+ 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗿𝘀/𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘀 teams across global, multi-billion-dollar digital initiatives. 🔷 Delivered 𝟭𝟬𝟬+ 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝘀, 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝟮𝟬+ 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 across greenfield and brownfield environments with strong ROI. 🔷Consolidated 𝟭𝟲 𝗔𝗥 𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀 into a unified platform, retiring 25+ legacy applications, and transformed a 𝟮𝟬+ 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗢𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗘𝗥𝗣 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝟳𝟬% 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱-𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝟭 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿. 🔷Deep experience in 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵 & 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀. 𝗣𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲-𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 & 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 📍 Champion of 𝗦𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽, 𝗘𝗤, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝘀𝘆𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗮𝗳𝗲𝘁𝘆. 📍Built high-performing, inclusive teams; 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝟭𝟬𝟬+ 𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝟱𝟬𝟬+ 𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀. 📍Led key initiatives spanning 𝗗𝗘𝗜, 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝟰𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱, 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗢𝗞𝗥-𝗱𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻 performance alignment. 📍Created growth programs like 𝗣𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗶𝗿𝗰𝗹𝗲𝘀, 𝗨𝗽𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘄 & 𝗧𝗲𝗹𝗹, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝟯𝟬/𝟲𝟬/𝟵𝟬 𝗙𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗟𝗼𝗼𝗽𝘀, boosting collaboration and capability. AWS Certified Solution Architect || Cloud Migrations || Serverless Architectures || Microservices || Java/J2EE/.NET || React || Kafka || CQRS || Event Sourcing || Agile Delivery || Enterprise Architecture

Experience

24 yrs 9 mos
Total Experience
5 yrs 10 mos
Average Tenure
1 yr 2 mos
Current Experience

S&p global

Director, Application Development, Software Engineering

Mar 2025 – Present · 1 yr 2 mos

Katalyst india

Mentor

Jan 2025 – Present · 1 yr 4 mos · Hybrid

  • Currently mentoring a B.Tech students on career readiness and communication skills through Katalyst India, a small time commitment, a lifetime of impact

Topmate.io

1:1 Mentorship/Career Coach/Resume Reviewer

Jan 2025 – Present · 1 yr 4 mos

  • 🌟 Empowering Careers | Transforming Mindsets | Leading with Purpose
  • As a Career Coach and Resume Reviewer, I combine this corporate and leadership experience to help professionals and students articulate their unique value with clarity and impact. Having hired and mentored 500+ engineers, I understand what differentiates good candidates from great ones and how authentic storytelling, strong positioning, and career strategy can transform opportunities.

Jpmorgan chase & co.

Sr Vice President/Sr Manager of Software Engineering

May 2021 – Mar 2025 · 3 yrs 10 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India · On-site

  • ▶️ Worked as Hyderabad site Lead for Connected Commerce Business Unit, managing 170+ engineers and overseeing full-stack engineering operations.
  • ▶️ Established and operationalized 2 Agile scrum teams within 4 months, significantly enhancing delivery efficiency and team capacity.
  • ▶️Migrated legacy Angular application to AWS, leveraging EKS containerization and successfully decommissioned 170 on-prem VSI servers to optimize infrastructural performance.
  • ▶️Redesigned a 15+-year-old monolithic portlet application into a React-based micro-frontend architecture, achieving a 50% reduction in customer call duration and enhancing user experience (UX).
  • ▶️ Proactive Leadership: Spearheaded cross-departmental initiatives that streamlined processes,
  • significantly reducing operational bottlenecks and improving delivery speed by 40% across key projects.
  • ▶️Leadership Development & Team Empowerment:
  • 🌟 Situational Leadership: Fostered high-performing teams by enabling leadership growth, driving
  • performance, and providing impactful coaching. Achieved 94%+ employee satisfaction for 3 consecutive years.
  • 🌟 Inclusive Leadership & Psychological Safety: Promoted Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) through Radical Candor, mitigating biases, and fostering an environment of psychological safety for collaboration and innovation.
  • ▶️Championed strategic site-level initiatives including Talent Retention, Diversity & Inclusion Programs (Women on the Move), OKR Alignment, and community outreach efforts (Coach for Impact, iMentor, Force for Good, Katalyst).
  • ▶️Innovation & Operational Excellence:
  • 🌟Established Peer Learning Groups and Customer Focus Groups to drive continuous learning and customer-focused innovation and converted over 90% of the team to full-stack engineers.
  • 🌟Implemented a 30/60/90 feedback loop to enhance accountability and performance using the DISC Quad-Lens methodology, which helped the team to meet over 95% performance goals.
ContainerizationDigital TransformationJ2EE Application DevelopmentCloud-Native ArchitectureInclusive Team BuildingFull-Stack Development+18

Adp

Lead Architect

Sep 2018 – Apr 2021 · 2 yrs 7 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India

  • ⏊ Rearchitected a 20+-year-old Oracle ERP application into an AWS cloud-native Java solution using ECS Fargate containerization, resulting in a 70% migration success within 18 months.
  • ⏊ Developed and delivered 15 Proof of concepts (POCs), securing vital business buy-in for large-scale transformations.
  • ⏊ Evaluated 10 baseline architectures and designed future-state strategies aligned with organizational goals within 4 months.
  • ⏊ Transformed over 10 complex integration pattern applications into a cohesive, modern integration architecture in one year, enhancing scalability and maintainability.
  • ⏊ Architectural Strategist: Skilled in analyzing complex systems, defining baseline architectures, and designing future-state strategies that align seamlessly with organizational goals and long-term vision.
  • ⏊ Emerging Technology Advocate: Adept at evaluating cutting-edge technologies, driving proof-of-concept (POC) initiatives, and securing stakeholder buy-in with actionable, results-oriented implementation plans.
  • ⏊ Roadmap Development Expert: Experienced in creating detailed roadmaps, high-level architecture documentation, and portfolio-wide analyses, providing senior leadership and CTOs with data-driven insights and strategic clarity.
  • ⏊ Cloud Migration Specialist: Proven expertise in leading end-to-end cloud migration initiatives, crafting scalable, resilient, and future-ready solutions that balance immediate operational needs with long-term innovation goals.
  • #AWSArchitecture #ScalableSolutions #CloudNativeDevelopment #ServerlessArchitecture #AWSCertified #EndToEndDevelopment #MicroservicesArchitecture #APIDevelopment
ContainerizationDigital TransformationSolution ArchitectureEnterprise ArchitectureCoding StandardsCloud-Native Architecture+15

Tata consultancy services

Portfolio Architect @American Express

Dec 2002 – Sep 2018 · 15 yrs 9 mos · Hyderabad Area, Bengaluru India, Phoenix, Houston USA · Hybrid

  • ✴️ Accumulated over 16 years of experience at American Express (AMEX) in the Global Corporate Payments (GCP) domain, delivering impactful solutions in corporate card technology through diverse technical and leadership roles.
  • ✴️ Spearheaded the consolidation of 16 Accounts Receivable (AR) mainframe systems into a unified platform and effectively decommissioned 25 legacy systems, streamlining operations and reducing costs.
  • ✴️Directed more than 100 transformation projects, modernizing 10 critical applications from legacy systems to contemporary architectures in both greenfield and brownfield environments, driving innovation and operational excellence.
  • ✴️ Technology Transformation Leader: Gained extensive expertise in technology and data center migrations, legacy-to-modern transformations, reactive application development, lift-and-shift initiatives, and application re-architecting/refactoring, delivering seamless transitions and optimized systems.
  • ✴️ Progressive Career Growth: Advanced from a production support team member to Portfolio Architect, leading the end-to-end design, architecture, and delivery of multiple high-impact applications in the corporate payments domain.
  • ✴️ Development Excellence: Demonstrated expertise in both Brownfield and Greenfield development, driving innovation, operational efficiency, and measurable results across complex, large-scale projects.
  • #FullStackEngineering #APIDesign #CrossPlatformDevelopment #AgileDevelopment #ContinuousIntegration #CodeOptimization #CloudTransformation
Digital TransformationFull-Stack DevelopmentClient RelationsBFSISoftware Solution ArchitectureCustomer Engagement+14

Ezcommerce

Programmer

Jul 2001 – Nov 2002 · 1 yr 4 mos

Education

Osmania University

MCA — Computer Science

Jan 1999 – Jan 2001

Osmania University, Hyderabad

Postgraduate Degree — Computer Software Engineering

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