Rajeev Sethi
Head of Engineering | Platform & Data Transformation | AI-Augmented Delivery | BFSI Technology | GCC Leadership | LSEG • Barclays • UBS
- Role
- Head of Engineering, Business Banking (Director) at Barclays
- Location
- Pune, MH, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Rajeev Sethi
I’m a strategic technology leader with 26+ years of experience driving engineering transformation across global financial services. I specialise in modernising complex systems, scaling high-performing engineering organisations, and enabling AI-augmented delivery at enterprise scale.At Barclays, I led engineering across Business Banking, Retail and Corporate Banking, growing a 210 to 470+ organisation while delivering SME lending transformation, onboarding (CDD/KYC) systems, collections platforms, customer data MDM, global reconciliations, and a credit sanctioning platform for corporate loans. Earlier, I led engineering for fixed income derivatives confirmation at UBS, building institutional trade platforms.I bring a front-to-back understanding of banking and platform operations, having led transformation across growth, risk and compliance, while aligning technology with business outcomes. My work often sits at the intersection of platform strategy, engineering culture and scalable execution. My leadership blends architectural fluency with execution scale. I’ve enabled cloud adoption across AWS and Salesforce, embedded DevSecOps, CI/CD and SRE practices, and introduced AI tooling such as GitLab Duo to elevate developer productivity and reduce incidents.I work closely with architecture, product and control partners to drive delivery agility, platform resilience and sustainable transformation across engineering portfolios. I care deeply about building resilient, inclusive engineering cultures. I see platform thinking, continuous improvement and developer experience as strategic levers, not just tech hygiene.AI is not just a coding accelerator. It is reshaping how complex systems are conceived, operated and evolved.Let’s connect if you’re shaping transformation in financial services, GCCs or product-led platforms and would like to exchange ideas on platform modernisation, engineering excellence or AI-enabled delivery.
Experience
Head of Engineering, Business Banking (Director)
Sep 2023 — Present · Pune, IN
Education
Delhi University
MCA, Computer Science
1995 — 1998
Cranfield School of Management
MBA, Finance, General
2004 — 2005
Find verified contacts for anyone on LinkedIn
Unifers gives sales teams verified emails and direct dials, enriched profiles, and outreach that lands in the inbox.
Free plan included · No credit card required
This profile is compiled from publicly available professional sources. Unifers is not affiliated with or endorsed by LinkedIn. Request removal of this profile.