Saptarshi Mukherjee

Saptarshi Mukherjee

Data and ML Engineering Leadership

Professional Summary

I have 20 years of experience in building and managing engineering platforms for quantitative analysis and machine learning in industries such as investment banking and travel marketing. I have led large agile teams and hold a master's degree in software architecture. My technical skills include Python programming, AWS technologies, microservices, MLOps, and Generative AI. My key strength lies in modernizing data and machine learning systems to enhance business value while reducing costs. I am a British citizen; no sponsorship is required.

Work Experience

Expedia
07/2022 - Present | UK

Director of Engineering

  • Lead engineering team for bidding, ML engineering, and marketing experimentation platforms
  • Manage 25 engineers in London and Seattle
  • Enable cross-functional teams to experiment with marketing strategies at scale
  • Achieved $2m in cloud cost savings, 50% improved pipeline reliability, and 20% increase in developer efficiency
Bank Of America
06/2012 - 07/2022 | UK

Director and Head of EMEA for Global Risk Analytics Technology

  • Designed and built loss forecasting engineering platform for CCAR and CCEL regulatory processes
  • Managed team of 20 engineers across UK, USA, and India
  • Built model risk management system for regulatory reporting
  • Achieved full automation of regulatory reporting using ETL and process automation
Goldman Sachs Asset Management
08/2010 - 06/2012 | UK

Analyst Developer

  • Created platform for generating thousands of accurate accounting reports across various asset classes
  • Developed mutual fund reporting system and data-loading platform
  • Increased reporting frequency from monthly to weekly
Open Bet Technologies
06/2008 - 08/2010 | UK

Developer

  • Engineered Fixed Odds Games module for gaming platform
  • Collaborated with game developers, content creators, and statisticians
  • Implemented zero downtime upgrades while maintaining low latency
BNP Paribas
07/2006 - 05/2008 | UK, India

Developer

  • Developed credit risk management products for calculating VaR for derivatives
  • Implemented Test-Driven Development and architectural best practices
Infosys Technologies Limited
06/2005 - 06/2006 | India

Developer

  • Developed Report Engine for Finacle project
  • Designed and coded GUI forms, Drag and Drop module, and data retrieval modules

Education

MSc in Software Architecture and Design

Munster Technological University, Cork, Ireland (09/2019 - 06/2021)

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India (08/2001 - 06/2005)

Certifications

AWS Certified AI Practitioner (2027)

Skills

Management

  • Agile
  • Product Management
  • Program Management
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Team Management

Engineering

  • AWS (EC2, EKS, EMR, S3, SageMaker, Bedrock)
  • Python, Java, Go
  • Microservices, Docker, Kafka
  • PySpark, Databricks, Airflow
  • React, gRPC, SQL

Domain Expertise

  • Machine Learning Engineering
  • MLOps
  • Generative AI
  • Data Engineering
  • Investment Banking