Shahid Suri
Director - Staff Architect @American Express
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WORK HISTORY
Director - Staff Architect @American Express
GB
EDUCATION
National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science
City St George’s, University of London
Master of Science - MS, Business Systems Analysis and Design
SKILLS
ABOUT SHAHID SURI
I’m a senior technology leader and product architect with 20+ years of experience building and scaling platforms across fintech, payments, and banking. I specialise in leading architecture and engineering functions from early-stage concept through to enterprise-scale delivery bridging product vision, technical strategy, and business outcomes.I’ve led the development of mission-critical platforms, including real-time payment systems, AI-driven financial tools, credit origination platforms, financial reconciliation engines, and mobile banking apps both for global banks and high-growth fintechs.My work spans the full product lifecycle: defining strategy, designing scalable architectures, aligning cross-functional teams, and launching solutions into complex, regulated environments. I bring hands-on expertise in cloud-native technologies (Azure, AWS), APIs, microservices, event-driven systems (Kafka), and DevOps at scale.Key platforms and products delivered: • Architecture leadership for an AI-based behavioural finance platform at a tier-1 investment firm • ReconSTREAM - Financial reconciliation product (CTO, Timestream) • Nationwide Building Society - Core bank and Payments modernisation • Argos Credit Application System and My Argos Card App (2M+ users) • Visa Europe - modernisation of the card authorisation platform • Avanza Rendezvous Middleware - deployed in 65+ banks as a core payments engineI’m passionate about solving hard problems at the intersection of product and platform, whether modernising legacy stacks or launching greenfield fintech ventures. I bring a track record of delivering resilient, secure, and scalable systems, mentoring strong technical teams, and driving value in highly regulated domains.
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