Sudhakar Prajapati

Senior Engineering Manager | Digital Banking Platforms | Platform & Release Engineering

Role: Assistant Vice President at IDFC FIRST Bank
Location: Mumbai, MH, IN
LinkedIn followers: 500 followers

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About Sudhakar Prajapati

Senior Engineering Manager | Digital Banking Platforms | Release, Cloud & Platform EngineeringSenior Engineering Manager with 14+ years of experience leading large-scale engineering teams and delivering high-availability, secure digital banking platforms in BFSI. Proven leader in cloud-native transformation, platform engineering, DevSecOps, release governance, and SRE practices across Retail and Mobile Banking ecosystems.Recognized as a strong stakeholder leader, partnering with business, security, compliance, and architecture teams to deliver resilient, scalable, and RBI-compliant solutions—improving time-to-market, platform reliability, and customer experience at scale.Areas of Expertise:* Engineering Leadership & Architecture:Engineering Strategy, Team Leadership & Mentoring, Agile Delivery Governance, System Design & Microservices, High-Availability Architecture, Audit Readiness (RBI, ISG, Cyber Security), Capacity & Cost Governance* Digital Banking Platforms: Retail Internet Banking, Mobile Banking, SME/MSME Banking, Payments & eCommerce Platforms, Customer Data Platforms, Wealth Management & Mutual Fund Integrations* Cloud & Platform Engineering: AWS Cloud Architecture, Cloud Migration & Modernisation, Cloud Ingress (DMZ-as-a-Service), Akamai CDN / WAF / WAAP, API Security, Edge DNS, Platform Modernisation* DevOps, DevSecOps & SRE:CI/CD Governance, Build & Release Engineering, Secure SDLC, Observability & Monitoring, Incident & Problem Management, Root Cause Analysis (RCA), Mobile App Releases (Google Play Store & Apple App Store)Technical Depth (Hands-on Understanding):Cloud-native and containerised platforms (Docker, Kubernetes, Helm), Infrastructure Automation, Backend Engineering (Golang, Java, Python), Enterprise Databases (Oracle, PostgreSQL, MongoDB), Distributed Caching & Edge Platforms (Akamai CDN, Redis), ITSM-enabled Engineering ToolchainsAlways open to professional conversations on engineering leadership, cloud platforms, and large-scale digital banking transformation.

Experience

Assistant Vice President
IDFC FIRST Bank
Apr 2023 — Present · Mumbai, IN

Education

Savitribai Phule Pune University
Master's Degree, Computer Science
2009 — 2011

Skills

Javascript
Html
Codeigniter
Css
Backbase
Oracle
Jsp
Ajax
Php
Java
Core Java
Mysql
Pl/Sql
Hadoop
Angularjs
Servlets
Jquery

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Current company

IDFC FIRST Bank

Banking · 53K employees · Founded 2015 · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

**Never share your password, OTP, UPI Pin, CVV etc with anyone.** Formed in December 2018 through the merger of infrastructure finance giant IDFC Bank and retail finance specialist Capital First, we commenced commercial banking operations in 2016. Our core principles: Vision: Building a world-class bank in India, driven by ethical, customer-friendly, digital, and socially responsible banking principles. Universal Bank: Offering a comprehensive range of services like Retail, MSME, Rural, Startups, Cash & Wealth Management, Deposits, Corporate & Government Banking, Working Capital, Trade Finance, and Treasury Solutions. Ethical Banking: We follow a 'Near and Dear' test, ensuring products are customer-friendly enough for employees to recommend to loved ones. We simplify legal jargon for clarity and offer 'ZERO FEE Banking' on all savings account services like SMS alerts, IMPS, RTGS, NEFT, ATM withdrawals, and more, making it India’s 1st & only bank to do so. Customer-Friendly Banking: IDFC FIRST Bank credits monthly interest on savings accounts, offers lifetime-free credit cards with non-expiring rewards and transparent fees. Technology-led Banking: Seamless services across mobile, branches, internet banking, call centres, & relationship managers. Our mobile app, with 250+ features, is rated 4.8 on Google Play & the App Store. Global rating agency Forrester ranked it India’s best & among the world’s top 20 for two consecutive years. Social Good Banking: Focusing on financial inclusion, we serve 40M+ customers, with 16M lifestyle improvement loans,15M loans to 4.3M women entrepreneurs, 6.5M vehicle loans, 1M each for sanitation & livelihood, 300K SME, and 100K home loans. ESG Goals: We hold high ESG scores, demonstrating our commitment to financial inclusion & social responsibility. Creating a new-age, ethical and world-class institution for India is a privilege for its employees.

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About Sudhakar Prajapati

Experience

Assistant Vice President

Education

Savitribai Phule Pune University

Skills

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