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Siddharth(Sid) Ganesh

Platform Architect
Toronto,ON
Siddharth(Sid) Ganesh

Summary

Adept at driving innovation and efficiency, Sid spearheads the design and development of a high-uptime headless API Tier at Zafin Labs Inc, enhancing customer satisfaction through personalized banking solutions. Sid's expertise in Platform engineering led to 60% productivity gains by identifying and leading the adoption of right low code tools. His leadership in adopting Continuous Integration and Deployment practices showcases his commitment to results and team empowerment.

Overview

13
years of professional experience
4
years of post-secondary education

Industry Knowledge

Consumer Banking, SME/Commercial, Corporate Banking

Skills

Front End Engineering

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Tech(Expert Level)

Angular, React, HTML, CSS, Javascript, Clarity Design,

Prime Faces React, Hasura GraphQL, REST,

OpenAPI, NodeJS Python

Jest, Jasmine, Karma, Karate,

Git, Gitlab, Bitbucket,

Argo CD, Docker Compose,

Kubernetes, AKS,

Azure Data Factory, DBT,

Storybook, Chromatic,

Oauth 2, OpenID Connect, NextJS

Work History

Zafin Labs Inc

Platform Architect
10.2022 - Current

Job overview

  • Solutioned and developed an analytical engine which could place customers of a bank in specific cohorts. The solution involved processing large datasets against complex business rules, using DBT and Airflow. This information could greatly help banks increase their customer satisfaction by sending out personalized price plans.
  • Led development of low latency and a highly uptime (99.999%) API Tier for Experience Services consumed by bank’s digital channels.
  • Drove adoption and SDLC integration of low-code tools like Hasura driving 60% productivity gains.
  • Automated manual release processes by implementing tools like commitizen over CI/CD to automate product versioning and changelogs.
  • Implemented GitOps practices by using Kustomize and ArgoCD. This accelerated product deployments to client environments, as development teams could have full control of how their code needs to be deployed.
  • Solutioned and led the development of a reusable design system using React , PrimeReact, Apollo Graphql and storybook. This abstracted critical NFR’s like accessibility, branding, authentication and responsiveness, which could greatly boost developer productivity(around 40%).
  • Designed and Developed key modules around Zafins Core Pricing engine, that could handle real time product subscriptions and support hierarchical pricing arrangements. This greatly helped the accuracy and flexibility of the pricing engine to calculate charges and fees.
  • Anchored NFR initiatives like WCAG certification, Performance/Load Tests, Security/ Penetration tests for all products that were designed and developed.

Intellect Design Arena Ltd

Front End Architect
06.2017 - 09.2022

Job overview

  • Designed and developed a highly composable UI design system using Clarity Design and Angular, leveraging a micro front end architecture. This could greatly boost developer productivity and enforce a consistent look and feel, in an ecosystem that required several teams to operate independently to build a corporate banking channel Application.
  • Led the design and implementation of an isolated component showcase and playground using STORYBOOK. This could help developers understand different states of an atomic component and industrialized usage patterns to a large extent, greatly improving Developer experience.
  • Solutioned the usage of visual regression tests using Chromatic. This could bring down component regression issues by 40%, as component snapshots could be reviewed by UX designers in the earliest stages of SDLC, before a merge request is merged.
  • Led the end to end solution design, development and delivery of Liquidity Management Module for Corporate Banks using Angular, Hasura, Node JS and Graphql. This involved extremely complex sweeping rules and hierarchical visualizations.

Cognizant Technology Solutions, CTS

Technology Lead
11.2015 - 05.2017

Job overview

  • Increased developer productivity using solid design principles and reusable components
  • Performed pixel to pixel migration of legacy applications using Power builder to Sencha EXTJS 6.0
  • Established processes around technical reviews to ensure NFR Compliance

Accenture

Senior Software Engineer
05.2015 - 10.2015

Job overview

Led a team of front end engineers to deliver a robust front end application that used Jquery UI adapters for Siebel Open UI Back end.

Intellect Design Arena Ltd

Lead Engineer
11.2011 - 05.2015

Job overview

  • Minimized resource and time losses by addressing employee or production issue directly and implementing timely solutions.
  • Engineered an SDK built on top of Ext-JS and Jquery Mobile that enables smooth cross platform hybrid applications.

Timeline

Platform Architect

Zafin Labs Inc
10.2022 - Current

Front End Architect

Intellect Design Arena Ltd
06.2017 - 09.2022

Technology Lead

Cognizant Technology Solutions, CTS
11.2015 - 05.2017

Senior Software Engineer

Accenture
05.2015 - 10.2015

Lead Engineer

Intellect Design Arena Ltd
11.2011 - 05.2015

Hindustan College Of Engineering(Anna University)

Bachelor of Engineering from Electrical And Electronics
07.2007 - 07.2011
Siddharth(Sid) GaneshPlatform Architect