Rakesh Samal
AVP Engineering | Building Scalable FinTech Platforms | Agile, Team Builder | Product Architecture & Engineering Leadership
- Role
- Associate Vice President at ICICI Prudential AMC Ltd
- Location
- Mumbai, MH, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Rakesh Samal
Experienced Engineering Manager, 13+ years empowering teams to build scalable fintech solutions that drive business growth. Proven track record of fostering innovation (led the development of AI-powered recommendation engine) and driving successful technology adoption (migrated legacy system to the cloud, achieving 30% cost reduction and improving system performance by 40%), and supercharged team productivity by 25% through implementing Agile methodologies.ACCOMPLISHMENTS- Built FMPP, LendenClub\'s AI matchmaker, for maximized portfolio diversification and higher returns with the scalable algorithm- Modernized IPRUTouch with React Native and APIGEE for a seamless, cross-platform user experience- Architected and built a highly scalable loan and investment platform for BharatPe, automating loan applications and investment transactions using Python, and Django with AWS technologies. This automation boosted transaction volume by 15 Lacs, enabling faster loan processing, 50% higher investment volume, and 70% improved operational efficiency for BharatPe- As a key player in building InstaMoney, I transformed the small-ticket loan landscape, creating a user-friendly app that delivers instant approvals and flexible terms, making finance accessible to millions of underserved Indians- Architected and built Wahed Invest, a halal investment app, automating portfolio management for global stocks, emerging markets, Sukuk, and gold. Leveraged my expertise in React-native and PHP to ensure seamless user experience and compliance with Sharia principles.
Experience
Associate Vice President
Apr 2026 — Present · Mumbai, IN
Education
Biju Patnaik University of Technology, Odisha
Master of Computer Applications - MCA, Computer Science
2009 — 2012
Utkal University
Bachelor's Degree, Physics
2006 — 2009
Skills
- Team Management
- Html5
- Apache Cordova
- Json
- Css
- Mvc
- Web Development
- Mysql
- C++
- Html
- Java
- Sql
- Git
- Linux
- Wordpress
- Mobile Applications
- Cross-Platform Development
- Codeigniter
- Software Development
- React.js
- Android
- Javascript
- Ios Development
- Amazon Web Services (Aws)
- Xml
- Ajax
- Php
- Representational State Transfer (Rest)
- Cascading Style Sheets (Css)
- Windows
- Eclipse
- Ionic Framework
- Databases
- Jquery
- Web Applications
- Jquery Mobile
- Zend Framework
- Phonegap
- Angularjs
- Oop
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