Sanjeev Rai

About Sanjeev Rai

I am a technology leader who believes that great engineering is as much about people as it is about code.With 14+ years of experience across enterprise, telecom, banking, and product-driven environments, I have grown from a hands-on engineer into a Solution Architect and Technology Leader, consistently trusted to design, build, and scale platforms that matter to real users and real businesses.Over the years, I have led teams through complex problem spaces—whether it’s architecting Spring Boot–based microservices, building secure and scalable eKYC platforms, designing master aggregator payment systems for telco and non-telco partners across multiple countries, or delivering AI-driven voice chatbot solutions used in high-volume, customer-facing scenarios. I enjoy simplifying complexity, asking the right questions early, and designing systems that are resilient, maintainable, and human-friendly.WHAT DEFINES MY APPROACH• Clarity over cleverness in system design• Strong platforms built on trust, ownership, and calm leadership• Mentoring engineers to think beyond tasks and take pride in outcomes• Aligning technology decisions closely with business goals and customer impactAREAS I WORK DEEPLY IN• Architecture: Spring Boot Microservices, RESTful APIs, Event-driven systems• Languages: Java, Python• AI / Automation: eKYC (AWS Rekognition), Voice Bots (Speech-to-Text & Text-to-Speech)• Messaging & Data: Kafka, Elasticsearch, Oracle, MySQL• Cloud & Integration: AWS, Payment and Telephony integrations• Delivery: Agile engineering, scalable product developmentI have been fortunate to grow into leadership roles through consistent delivery, people development, and technical ownership, progressing from engineering leadership into senior technology roles.

Experience

1. Dgm(Enginnering)

   U2opia

   Apr 2025 — Present

   Own technology strategy, architecture direction, and delivery for multiple business-critical platforms across telocs, payments, eKYC, and conversational AI domains.• Lead and mentor senior engineers, driving strong ownership, decision-making, and engineering maturity across teams.• Define scalable microservices and event-driven architectures using Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, and AWS, ensuring resilience, performance, and long-term maintainability.• Act as the final escalation point for complex architectural, delivery, and production challenges, balancing technical trade-offs with business priorities.• Partner closely with product, compliance, and business stakeholders to align technology platforms with multi-country business growth and regulatory needs.

Education

• Indira Gandhi National Open University

  PGDCA, Computer

  2005 — 2006

• University of Allahabad

  BA, Art History,

  2000 — 2003

Skills

• Web Services
• Hibernate 3.1
• Spring 3.0
• Design Patterns
• Icefaces
• Dwr
• Mysql, Oracle
• Eclipse
• Agile Methodologies
• Java Enterprise Edition
• Weblogic
• Javascript
• Json
• Swing
• Jsf
• Jsf 2.5
• Xml
• Struts 1.x Struts2.x, Hibernate3.0
• Opache Shiro Security
• Investment Banking
• Jsp
• Jboss Application Server
• Servlets
• Spring Security
• Struts
• Ejb
• Jdbc
• Spring
• J2ee Application Development
• Oracle
• Requirements Analysis
• Hibernate
• Core Java
• Tomcat
• Unix
• Core Java,
• Ajax
• Banking and Finance
• Pl/Sql
• Microsoft Sql Server