Karthickumar Ponnambalam
Lead Software Developer
Singapore
Summary
Trusted Senior Software Engineer excels in languages like C#, Python and Java. 15+ Years of experience working in Banking & financial sectors. Easily communicates complex technical requirements to non-technical stakeholders. Adaptable Senior Software Engineer talented at providing customized and optimized solutions for all needs. Thrives within tight deadlines by applying agile development strategies. Comfortable overseeing large-scale development teams or independently coding complex projects.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Certifications
Work History
Lead, Development
STANDARD CHARTERED BANK
12.2019 - Current
- Developing credit risk and financial stress testing models, Primarily involved in development of IAE in C#
- Also involved in design and development of multiple other models following Microservice architecture using Java SpringBoot and Python based services
- Led architecture discussions, driving innovation in software design and implementation strategies.
- Implemented robust security measures to protect sensitive data and ensure system integrity.
- Led software development initiative as subject matter expert and primary point-of-contact for project management staff.
- Demonstrated experience and good hands-on programming experience C#. NE, Python, Java and AWS/EKS tech stack.
Lead, Development (Credit Risk & Finance Models)
STANDARD CHARTERED BANK (Contractor through Entity Solutions)
12.2017 - 12.2019
- Involved in end-to-end development life cycle in migrating the existing legacy stress testing application which was built with VBA, C# and SQLite technologies into SAS, .NET Core and PostgreSQL.
Consultant
BARCLAYS BANK (Contractor through Sofgen)
07.2016 - 12.2017
- As a Charles River IMST technical consultant involved in Customizing the out of the box functionality of Charles River IMST, Involved in creating custom application/tools in multiple phases of Order management which allow Portfolio managers to achieve custom functionalities like amend proposed cash lines as well as adjusting trade and settlement dates
- Also involved in multiple other application development and support activities (e.g
- Model maintenance server, Funds and Advisory Service Jobs etc.)
Analyst
BARCLAYS BANK
11.2009 - 07.2016
- Involved in multiple project developments with various technology space, projects are as follows: Charles River IMST Support, Barclays Now, Barclays Intranet CMS (sharepoint)
Senior Software Engineer
GOVT OF SINGAPORE INVESTMENT CORP (GIC) [Contractor through CSS, Singapore]
11.2006 - 10.2009
- Involved in performance tuning and troubleshooting MS SQL Scripts in DTS jobs (used for ETL operations for reporting)
- Involved in developing C# app for accessing WCF services and to retrieve data.
System Analyst
CSS Corp, Chennai, India
12.2004 - 10.2006
- Involved in multiple projects during this tenure, mostly worked on Microsoft technologies which includes VB.Net, VB 6.0, VBA, ASP, Posgres and Oracle.
System Analyst
CSS EUROPE Ltd, Manchester, UK
10.2005 - 07.2006
- Involved in developing SharePoint 2003, Lotus Notes, MSSQL, ASP.Net, C# based Document Management system for Anite Public Sector, UK (On client site).
Education
B.SC - COMPUTER SCIENCE
University of Madras
01.1999 - 04.2002
MASTER OF COMPUTER APPLICATIONS - MCA
University of Madras
01.2004 - 04.2007
Ph.D. - Artificial Intelligence
Newcastle University
Singapore 04.2001 -
Skills
Python
Java
Spring Boot
Pandas
WCF
PostgreSQL
Oracle
Jenkins
Docker
ADO
Py Spark
ELK Stack
Hive
Hadoop
Apache Kafka
Solace
Kubernetes
AWS
EKS
Keras
TensorFlow
LangChain
Certification
- AWS Certified Developer Associate
- AWS Certified Kubernetes Application Developer
- Linux Foundation
- B.SC / COMPUTER SCIENCE - University of Madras 1999 - 2002
- MASTER OF COMPUTER APPLICATIONS / MCA - University of Madras 2004 - 2007
- PhD
Accomplishments
- Served as Lead Programmer and SME on Bank's Integrated Asset Engine project
- Rewrite the product's orchestration to improve overall performance and run time of the models
- Received multiple appreciation and recognition emails from senior stake holders
GEM Award for the best team player
Received this for being a cross functional, agile and adaptable team player
Timeline
Lead, Development
STANDARD CHARTERED BANK
12.2019 - Current
Lead, Development (Credit Risk & Finance Models)
STANDARD CHARTERED BANK (Contractor through Entity Solutions)
12.2017 - 12.2019
Consultant
BARCLAYS BANK (Contractor through Sofgen)
07.2016 - 12.2017
Analyst
BARCLAYS BANK
11.2009 - 07.2016
Senior Software Engineer
GOVT OF SINGAPORE INVESTMENT CORP (GIC) [Contractor through CSS, Singapore]
11.2006 - 10.2009
System Analyst
CSS EUROPE Ltd, Manchester, UK
10.2005 - 07.2006
System Analyst
CSS Corp, Chennai, India
12.2004 - 10.2006
MASTER OF COMPUTER APPLICATIONS - MCA
University of Madras
01.2004 - 04.2007
Ph.D. - Artificial Intelligence
Newcastle University
04.2001 -
B.SC - COMPUTER SCIENCE
University of Madras
01.1999 - 04.2002