Jidhin Raju

Jidhin Raju

Lead Software Engineer

Building scalable distributed systems, leading teams, and delivering impact.

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Principal-level Backend Engineer with over 13 years of experience architecting and delivering highly scalable, secure distributed systems for the global financial services industry.

Expert in Azure, .NET, and C# ecosystems with a proven record of leading technical design from concept to launch for enterprise applications serving thousands of users.

A dedicated technical mentor focused on elevating team performance and fostering a culture of engineering excellence. I believe in hands-on leadership, maintaining 80%+ coding involvement while guiding teams to deliver exceptional results.

Beyond architecture diagrams and code reviews, I'm passionate about continuous learning, exploring the latest tech trends, and finding creative solutions to structural problems. Outside of tech, I value maintaining a balanced lifestyle that fuels creative and clear thinking.

Featured Projects

E-Commerce Platform

Microservices E-Commerce Platform

A highly scalable e-commerce backend built with .NET Core and Azure. Solved critical performance bottlenecks during high-traffic flash sales by migrating to a distributed architecture.

.NET Core Azure API Kubernetes RabbitMQ

My Role: Lead Architect & Backend Developer

FinTech Trading System

High-Frequency Trading Dashboard

Engineered a low-latency data visualization system for Treasury operations. Optimized computational efficiency by 30% for processing real-time market feeds.

C# / WPF SQL Server SignalR Redis

My Role: Senior Software Engineer

Biometric Identity Verification

Biometric Identity Solution

Led the development of a cutting-edge identity verification API leveraging advanced image processing to deliver a 20% increase in biometric validation accuracy.

.NET API OpenCV Docker Python

My Role: Tech Lead

Work Experience

Oct 2025 - Present

Lead Software Engineer

Vente Privee
  • Payment Systems & Financial Operations: Designed and implemented secure payment integrations, automated invoicing, and multi-gateway compliance solutions.
  • Procurement & Technical Leadership: Directed procurement platform development, set technical objectives, and mentored teams to drive performance and innovation.
  • Architecture & API Integration: Led cross-team architecture reviews and evaluated third-party APIs to ensure seamless interoperability and system cohesion.
Team Leadership API Prototyping Cross-Team Negotiation Performance Management
Jan 2023 - Sep 2025

Lead Software Engineer

HitachiEnergy (GlobalLogic)
  • Greenfield Architecture & Development: Led the end-to-end technical design of a scalable, enterprise-level backend architecture, remaining 80% hands-on to implement inter-service communications using WCF, REST APIs, and RabbitMQ, ensuring high reliability for thousands of concurrent users.
  • Engineering Leadership & Efficiency: Managed a cross-functional team of engineers and QA professionals, optimizing workflows to boost sprint goal completion by 20% and improve overall project delivery timelines by 11%.
  • Team Scaling & Stakeholder Management: Scaled engineering capability by conducting technical interviews and onboarding 10+ high-performing engineers, while simultaneously managing stakeholder expectations through regular demos and technical roadmap alignment.
Greenfield Development Distributed Architecture Technical Recruitment High-Concurrency Systems
Feb 2020 - Dec 2022

Senior Software Developer

Credit Suisse
  • FinTech Systems Engineering: Engineered distributed backend systems for high-traffic Trading Desk and Treasury operations, optimizing computational efficiency by 30% to support large-scale data processing requirements.
  • Modernization & DevOps: Orchestrated a strategic migration from monolithic applications to Microservices hosted on in-house Kubernetes, and automated CI/CD pipelines to reduce deployment times by 50% across staging and QA environments.
  • Quality Assurance & Standards: Championed engineering best practices and comprehensive integration testing, achieving an 85% code quality score and ensuring strict SLA adherence for critical global components.
Microservices Migration Core Kubernetes CI/CD Automation Kubernetes Orchestration
Jan 2018 - Jan 2020

Tech Lead & Senior Software Engineer

GBG Plc
  • Advanced R&D Implementation: Led a team of 7 developers in building cutting-edge identity solutions, utilizing advanced image processing and face-detection algorithms to achieve a 20% increase in verification accuracy.
  • Technical Strategy & Mentorship: Defined technical objectives and eliminated single-person dependencies by creating a robust knowledge-sharing framework, significantly reducing onboarding time for new hires.
  • Cross-Team Collaboration: Facilitated virtual cross-team workflows to streamline development processes, delivering complex biometric features that enhanced product competitiveness and team productivity.
Biometric Algorithms Identity Verification Tech GDPR Compliance Computer Vision / Image Processing
Aug 2013 - Dec 2017

Software Engineer & Tech Lead

STC | Al-Aaly
  • Strategic Leadership & Delivery: Served as acting IT Manager to oversee technical roadmaps, budget allocation, and incident management for production environments, successfully delivering 8+ high-impact projects within strict timeline and budget constraints.
  • FinTech & Embedded Systems: Architected a seamless digital wallet and utility payment ecosystem by directing the integration of Payment Gateway APIs across cross-platform interfaces, including Android, KIOSK, and Windows-Embedded devices.
  • Growth Engineering: Developed an SEO-optimized web and mobile application featuring a WhatsApp-inspired referral model and mass campaign system, which drove a 15% increase in user engagement.
Payment Gateway Integration Mobile Development Windows Embedded Technical Roadmap Management
2009 - 2012

Graduation, Computer Science

University

  • Project: Traffic Emergency Contact System

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I'm always interested in hearing about new opportunities, challenging projects, or just connecting with fellow engineers.

Whether you're looking for a technical leader to architect scalable systems, mentor your team, or drive engineering excellence, let's talk.

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