Rakesh Vagvala

About Rakesh Vagvala

Professional OverviewEngineering leader with 18+ years of experience in software engineering, technical leadership, and strategic innovation. Currently leading critical Tax Profiles and Tax Reports charters within Tax & Compliance domain of Fintech at Uber, managing Tier-1 services across multiple jurisdictions with high-performance processing capabilities and enterprise-grade availability standards. High-Impact AchievementsStrategic Charter Transition: Led successful transition of 2 critical charters, setting new engineering excellence benchmarksTax Season Excellence: Led multiple critical tax seasons, achieving exceptional accuracy rates and setting new industry benchmarksGen-AI Innovation: Pioneered first Gen-AI project in Fintech, evolving from POC to production success with industry-leading accuracy, replacing traditional RPA solutionsStrategic Cost Optimization: Delivered significant annual savings through strategic vendor migrations and process optimizationsReliability Engineering: Achieved substantial performance improvements across critical services through systematic optimization and architectural enhancements Technical ExpertiseFull-stack development (Java, Python, Golang, React), distributed systems, microservices, data engineering (Spark, Hive), reliability engineering (SLOs, error budgets), platform modernization, and cross-functional leadership. Domain ExpertiseTax & Compliance Engineering, Fintech, Enterprise Solutions, Payment Automation, Banking Integrations, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, and Database Engineering. Delivered payment automation solutions for global banks including Citi, HSBC, DBS, AMEX, and Deutsche Bank, enabling faster country rollouts through innovative tools and processes. Vision & PassionPassionate about building scalable, efficient, and compliant solutions that streamline global operations, ensure regulatory alignment, and empower stakeholders with actionable insights. Committed to advancing tax technology solutions in Fintech and driving engineering excellence through process automation and scalable system design.

Experience

1. Engineering Manager Ii

   Uber

   Jan 2024 — Present · Hyderabad, IN

   Leading 2 critical tax & compliance engineering charters: Tax Profiles Engineering & Tax Reports Engineering. My role involves driving the modernisation and optimisation of tax systems to ensure regulatory compliance, improve operational efficiency, and deliver accurate and transparent reporting solutions for global tax stakeholders.Achievements:Strategic Charter Transition: Led successful transition of 2 critical charters, setting new engineering excellence benchmarksTax Season Leadership: Led US & DAC7 Tax Seasons, achieving exceptional accuracy rates & setting new industry benchmarksUS TIN Validation: Delivered significant annual savings through strategic vendor migration, optimizing tax validation processesTier-1 Reliability: Managing critical services with enterprise-grade accuracy, high-performance processing, auto-scaling capabilitiesStrategic Impact: Leading critical system re-architecture for high-volume tax processing across multiple jurisdictionsTax Profiles Transformation: Driving adoption through strategic backfills and auto-creation, achieving near-complete adoption in critical markets and establishing scalable framework for all global marketsGenAI Innovation: Led GenAI-powered Reliability Metrics Assistant project, automating weekly reliability meetings for all managers and providing proactive Slack nudges for SLA deviationsEngineering Innovation: Self-driven Confluence streamlining project creating standardized 14-section framework, planning broader team adoptionThought Leadership: Continued collaboration on Gen-AI implementation, contributing to engineering blog on invoice processing innovation

Education

• Harvard Business School Online

  Executive Education, Leadership and Strategy

  2017 — 2017

• Edureka

  Tableau Desktop Qualified Associate, Tableau Desktop

  2018 — 2018

• Udemy Academy

  The Complete Developer's Guide (Golang), Golang

  2018 — 2018

• Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University

  Bachelor of Technology (BTech)

  2002 — 2006

Skills

• Oracle
• Oracle Technologies
• Integration
• Oracle Sql
• Jdbc
• Pl/Sql
• Performance Tuning
• Oracle Soa Suite
• Obiee
• Html
• Javascript
• Oracle Applications
• Oracle E-Business Suite
• Bi Publisher
• Web Services
• Jsp
• Oa Framework
• Sql
• Java Enterprise Edition
• Weblogic
• Design Patterns
• Core Java
• Soa
• Servlets
• Java
• Jdeveloper
• Xml
• Sql*Plus
• Oracle Sql Developer
• Adf
• J2ee
• Bpel
• Xml Publisher
• Oracle HR