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Senior Software Engineer specialising in Fintech platform engineering, cloud-native distributed systems, and AI platform engineering. Currently at Checkout.com building the merchant onboarding platform — designing policy engines, automating compliance workflows, and integrating LLMs (Claude AI, Gemini, Cursor) to accelerate risk assessment across 8+ global regions.
Strong hands-on practice with AI tooling and AI integrations — connecting LLM APIs directly into production applications, setting up AI-driven automation pipelines, and embedding intelligence into onboarding and risk workflows. Over 12 years of engineering experience across Fintech, enterprise and SaaS — working with clients including Checkout.com, ASOS, O2, Cigna, Volvo Cars, Arrow Electronics and DocuSign.
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Career Timeline
Senior Software Engineer
Checkout.com
- Designed and built a Policy Engine governing merchant onboarding compliance across 8 regions (UK, US, CA, EU+)
- Built AI-powered URL screening system (MCC classification via LLMs) reducing manual review time by 1–2 hrs per merchant
- Implemented automated merchant requirements flow cutting Time-to-Live from days to hours and significantly reducing agent workload
- Architected event-driven microservices on AWS (Lambda, ECS, API Gateway, DynamoDB) with full observability via DataDog
- Integrated Claude, Gemini, and Cursor AI into onboarding summarisation and risk assessment workflows
Senior Analyst
Cognizant UK&I
- Designed and led end-to-end test automation strategy for ASOS Payment systems using C# and Selenium
- Built and maintained CI/CD pipelines on Azure DevOps, reducing regression cycle time across critical payment flows
Software Development Engineer (SDE)
DocuSign (Seal Software)
- Designed and implemented a microservices test framework from scratch for a SaaS analytics platform (Micronaut, Java)
- Configured Docker/Kubernetes environments on GCP for containerised test execution and Jenkins pipeline integration
Senior Analyst
Infosys Limited
- Developed reusable automation tooling and API test frameworks (Selenium, Java, SOAP UI) for Volvo Cars and Arrow Electronics
- Created and maintained CI/CD pipelines on Azure DevOps; deployed cross-browser execution grids on BrowserStack and Docker
Application Development Senior Analyst
Accenture
- Led a team of 6 engineers building automation tooling for enterprise applications (Siebel, Salesforce, SAP) using Selenium and BDD/Cucumber
- Contributed to NexGen testing framework initiative; automated end-to-end user stories within Agile sprints using Jenkins CI
Skills
Tech Stack
☁️ Cloud & Infrastructure
💻 Languages
⚛️ Frontend
🤖 AI Platform Engineering
📊 Observability & DevOps
🧪 Testing & QA
Featured Work
What I've Built
Policy Engine
Region-aware compliance decisioning system governing merchant onboarding across 8 global markets. Evaluates country-specific regulatory rules in real time for every new merchant.
AI Merchant URL Screener
LLM-powered system that classifies Merchant Category Codes (MCC) directly from URLs, eliminating 1–2 hours of manual review per merchant onboarded.
Merchant Requirements Automation
Automated flow that raises compliance requirements directly to merchants, replacing manual agent review and cutting merchant Time-to-Live from days to hours.
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Open to Senior Software Engineer and Staff Engineer opportunities at Fintechs, payments companies, and cloud-native startups.