Upen Bendre
Builds scalable data engineering stack with open source & cloud tech. Bridges gaps between legacy & modern systems driving large-scale transformations to help large enterprises harness AI on modern data platforms.
- Role
- Data Platform Lead at SS&C Technologies
- Location
- Mumbai, MH, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Upen Bendre
Hello! I am Upen Bendre, a seasoned Technology Leader with extensive experience in delivering transformational data platform solutions and leading high-performing cross-functional global teams. Currently at SS & C Technologies, I serve as a tech lead on Data Platforms, where I blend my expertise in open source and cloud-native technologies with strategic leadership to drive enterprise-wide modernization in regulated environments. My journey has equipped me with a deep understanding of designing large-scale data platforms and seamlessly integrating legacy systems with modern architectures. I am equally adept at untangling complex, system-wide challenges for large financial services clients with simple, smart solutions helping them save compute costs. As a trusted SME on US Retirement systems, I have successfully led complex initiatives such as platform migrations and regulatory compliance projects. My technical excellence, combined with my strategic vision, allows me to deliver high-impact solutions that align with business objectives.
Experience
Data Platform Lead
Dec 2018 — Present · Mumbai, IN
In my current role at Global Investor & Distribution Solutions (GIDS), I am responsible for data platform and pipeline builds using nimble teams, driving collaboration, and providing guidance to cross-functional teams such as DevOps, Business Analysts, client-facing testing teams etc.I transformed several tech-debt ridden legacy Data warehouse systems into modern scalable, analytics-ready Data Platforms using open source and cloud technologies. Dynamic data pipelines built for volatile schemas and formats, with robust cataloging, helped several large clients reap the benefits of modern BI/ analytics features of Snowflake, and monetize data assets. Through the demonstration of a cost-efficient Master Data Management solution using open source stack and public APIs eliminating licensed software costs, I helped clinch major deals with a large client.I paved the way for massive Mainframe MIPS elimination through workload re-platforming with GNUCOBOL, FastAPI, Zowe.A hands-on mentor to college grads from top engineering colleges, I helped the GIDS team in India move up the value chain, building a wide range of utilities such as, massively parallel, Docker-Selenoid based automated testing framework with video-evidence capture, a hack-a-thon winning parallelized public data scraping pipeline.With skillsets like Python, Snowflake, Airflow, Spark, Postgres-Citus, Kafka, Superset, Openmetadata, Trino, Pinot, Patroni, Yugabyte, Iceberg, Delta Lake, AWS Glue, AWS Step Functions, dbt, I continue to look for opportunities to build resilient, flexible Data solutions across the organization.
Education
Bharati Vidyapeeth College of Engineering
Bachelor's Degree, Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering
1998 — 2002
KET's Vinayak Ganesh Vaze College Mumbai
HSC, Science
1996 — 1998
South Indian Assosciation School
SSC
1984 — 1996
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