Sumit Halder

About Sumit Halder

I’m a seasoned technology leader and engineering executive with over 19 years of experience delivering transformative data platforms, architecting scalable cloud-native systems, and building high-performing teams across the financial services landscape.Currently serving as Senior Vice President at Kotak Mahindra Bank, I lead the modernization of mission-critical core banking and statement systems—dismantling monolithic architectures, designing resilient service layers, and building digital platforms to scale with the future of banking.Previously at Goldman Sachs, I led the design and rollout of large-scale data platforms and GenAI solutions. I built and managed enterprise-grade distributed systems—ranging from low-latency data pipelines and Trino-based query platforms to AI-powered agentic workflows and strategic data lakes serving investment management and private wealth domains. I\'m also a proud open-source contributor to Trino and Legend Engine, and a speaker at global tech forums like the Trino Summit.My core strengths lie in data architecture, distributed computing, LLM & GenAI platforms, and engineering leadership. I combine deep technical expertise with strong product thinking and organizational stewardship, driving alignment between business goals and technology vision. Core Skills: GenAI | Trino | Distributed Systems | Data Lakes | Cloud-Native Architecture | Core Banking | Private Wealth Tech | Apache Spark | Open Source | Team Building | Production EngineeringLet’s connect if you’re passionate about data platforms, engineering strategy, or transforming legacy into future-ready systems.

Experience

1. Senior Vice President

   Kotak Mahindra Bank

   May 2024 — Present · Bengaluru, IN

   Building next generation Core banking stack for scalability and resilience which includes creating a service layer stack from scratch to handle high volume transactions.

Education

• National Institute of Technology Warangal

  Bachelor of Technology (BTech), Computer Science

  2002 — 2006

Skills

• Informatica
• Unix Shell Scripting
• Business Intelligence
• Oracle
• Requirements Analysis
• Unix
• Data Modeling
• Software Project Management
• Perl
• Requirements Gathering
• Data Warehousing
• Sybase
• Databases
• Big Data
• Sdlc
• Shell Scripting
• Performance Tuning
• Sybase Products
• C++
• Business Analysis
• Xml
• Sybase Adaptive Server
• Java
• Pl/Sql
• Spring Batch
• Sql
• Perl Script