Jidhin Raju
Engineering Manager | Lead Software Engineer
Leading high-performing engineering teams to build resilient, distributed systems and drive measurable business impact. Specializing in cloud architecture, C#/.NET, and scaling microservices.
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Background
About Me
Principal-level Backend Engineer with over 13 years of experience architecting and delivering highly scalable, secure distributed systems for the global financial services, identity, and telecommunications industries.
Expert in Azure Cloud, .NET / C#, and microservices ecosystems. Proven track record of leading complex technical designs from initial prototype to global production deployments serving thousands of users.
Dedicated technical manager and mentor focused on elevating team capabilities, optimizing workflows, and championing clean code practices. I balance architecture planning and stakeholder communication with a hands-on approach to engineering leadership, keeping highly involved in core codebases.
Portfolio
Featured Projects
A selected overview of critical distributed platforms and architectures built throughout my engineering career.
E-Commerce Payment & Finance Platform
Engineered secure e-invoicing integrations for France and Belgium markets. Maintained back-office payment reconciliation workflows and multi-gateway integrations. Integrated with enterprise systems like SAP to handle invoicing data securely across internal business nodes.
Treasury & Trading Systems Modernisation
Re-architected treasury operations utilizing event-driven microservices. Implemented CQRS patterns to optimize calculation flows, yielding a 30% computing efficiency improvement. Migrated monolithic systems to in-house Kubernetes clusters with automated pipelines.
Biometric Identity Solution
Led the development of a highly performant image processing API used to automate passport and biometric validation. Developed faces-matching algorithms and optimized processing pipelines to achieve 20% improvement in face-matching verification accuracy.
Telecom Digital Wallet Ecosystem
Architected utility payments interfaces and mobile wallet services integrations. Directed development of API bindings for Windows Embedded terminals, Android mobile applications, and web services, ensuring robust transactions handling.
History
Work Experience
Over a decade of driving engineering quality, scaling databases, leading scrum operations, and mentoring engineers.
Lead Software Engineer
Vente Privee (Veepee)- Payment Systems & Operations: Designed secure multi-country invoice integrations and automated ledger reconciliation routines.
- Procurement & Tech Leadership: Guided architectural goals, optimized database interactions, and aligned cross-team dependencies.
- API Integration: Evaluated downstream transaction service components, decreasing inter-service payload mismatches.
Lead Software Engineer
Hitachi Energy (GlobalLogic)- Greenfield Architecture: Designed a distributed, microservices-oriented backend. Maintained 80% coding involvement to deliver services using WCF, REST, and RabbitMQ.
- Process Optimization: Standardized sprint cycles and code review benchmarks, improving velocity metrics by 20%.
- Team Recruitment: Screened candidates, conducted systems architecture interviews, and successfully onboarded 10+ software engineers.
Senior Software Developer
Credit Suisse- Fintech Systems: Built high-concurrency event brokers for Treasury and Trading desks. Re-engineered cache nodes, enhancing computation throughput by 30%.
- Cloud Infrastructure: Orchestrated cloud infrastructure migrations to Kubernetes clusters. Created automated pipelines, reducing developer integration delays by 50%.
- Quality Benchmarks: Standardized unit testing policies. Achieved 85%+ code coverage metrics on core ledger endpoints.
Tech Lead & Senior Software Engineer
GBG Plc- R&D Biometrics: Coordinated a team of 7 developers focusing on facial validation APIs. Implemented image processing models, raising overall security thresholds by 20%.
- Knowledge Management: Created runbooks, design notes, and technical workflows. Drastically lowered engineering onboarding time.
- Compliance: Maintained security frameworks and biometric handling processes to align with GDPR policies.
Software Engineer & Tech Lead
STC | Al-Aaly- Strategic Operations: Acted as technical coordinator, delivering 8+ projects on schedule while maintaining server health indexes.
- Fintech Integrations: Maintained transactional bindings across Windows-Embedded terminals, Kiosks, and Android platforms.
- Product Growth: Architected campaign sending scripts and referral nodes, driving a 15% increase in user registrations.
Bachelor of Computer Science
Karpagam University- Project: Traffic Emergency Contact System
Capabilities
Technical Skills
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I am always open to discussing engineering operations, system architectures, or technical leadership roles across Europe. Let's connect.
