Akash Raj Pandey

About Akash Raj Pandey

An experienced hand-on software engineering leader with a passion for building great applications and high-performing teams. I play the role of a coach to grow my team, ensure attention to detail, and build enthusiasm for creative problem solving - enabling the team to build robust, high-performance distributed systems that solve challenges at scale, along with innovative frontend solutions.I have expertise across Authentication & Authorization, ERP systems, Payment Card Digitization, and Cloud Platform domains.Away from work, you might find me engrossed in a game of Chess. It has certainly helped hone the critical mindset of \"\", as well as a \"\" attitude.If you\'re interested in exchanging ideas or insights, or even sharing some Chess strategies (I could use a tip or two!), let\'s connect!

Experience

1. Senior Engineering Manager

   Visa

   Jun 2024 — Present

   Currently Leading the Platform Pillar of Visa Cloud Platform IaaS team in India- Led migration of live application with billions of records in zero downtime from NoSQL to RDBMS- Led design and implementation for robust multi-DC active-active architecture for application with high availability and consistency guarantee requirement, having multiple moving parts- Led design of multi-tenant event queuing system with enhanced security, traceability, and ease of use- Leading adoption and system integration usecases of Gen AI into cloud offerings- Driving Observability and Performance optimization initiatives

Education

• Anna University, Chennai

  Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering

  2011 — 2015

Skills

• Programming
• C
• Computer Science
• Electronics
• Embedded Systems
• Electrical Engineering
• Algorithms
• Signal Processing
• Simulations
• Digital Signal Processors
• Python Programming
• Java
• Research
• React.js
• Python
• Html
• Oracle E-Business Suite
• Microsoft Office
• Leadership
• Management