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Biplab Banerjee

MORRIS PLAINS,NJ

Summary

Engineering leader with 20+ years of experience in software development, architecture, and team leadership, spanning healthcare, finance, and travel domains. Currently serving as Director of Software Engineering at UnitedHealth Group (Optum), where I lead high-performing teams, drive cloud transformation, implement enterprise-grade security, and remain hands-on in coding. Skilled at building products from scratch in startup-like environments and scaling them into enterprise-ready platforms. Strong believer in fostering transparent, empowered teams and leveraging AI-driven productivity tools for modern engineering. Experienced with leading software development projects and engineering teams. Utilizes advanced technical skills to streamline processes and enhance product quality. Track record of implementing effective project management strategies and fostering team collaboration.

Overview

22
22
years of professional experience

Work History

Director of Software Engineering

UnitedHealth Group, Optum Technology
11.2021 - Current
  • Lead three engineering teams in the Financial Services domain, developing and maintaining applications for lending solutions and benefit account management.
  • Partner with product owners and business stakeholders to ensure engineering execution is aligned with strategic priorities and product vision.
  • Drive engineering excellence by enforcing industry standards, enterprise security requirements, and cloud compliance across hybrid infrastructure (Azure + private cloud).
  • Provide hands-on technical leadership, actively contributing to architecture, coding (Node.js, TypeScript, React, Java, Spring Boot), and reviewing critical designs.
  • Champion a culture of transparency, accountability, and collaboration, ensuring high-performing teams with strong morale and productivity.

Greenfield / Startup-Style Initiative:

  • Hired to explore a new business concept in a startup-like environment; built the MVP from scratch, contributing 80% of backend code.
  • Architected using Event Sourcing with the Booster open-source framework; worked directly with Booster contributors to extend functionality essential to the product’s success.
  • Partnered with Stripe to integrate secure banking and payments functionality.
  • Scaled the MVP into an enterprise-wide flagship platform, expanding the team, implementing feature/story tracking with Product & Scrum Masters, and establishing sustainable support and development processes.

Leadership & Process Improvements:

  • Introduced feature/story tracking and delivery workflows to improve visibility and prioritization.
  • Drove adoption of AI-powered developer tools across teams, boosting productivity and enabling focus on innovation.
  • Mentored engineers and managers, fostering a high-performance culture where individuals enjoy ownership and growth.

Principal Architect

ADP
11.2016 - 11.2021
  • Lead Architect for a global integration platform built on AWS, designed to connect multiple Human Capital Management (HCM) systems — including ADP’s internal applications and third-party platforms such as Microsoft, Workday, and Oracle — with various payroll engines across countries.
  • The platform enables a unified global payroll experience for multi-national clients by orchestrating data exchange, configuration, and workflow automation across regional systems.

Key Responsibilities & Achievements:

  • Defined application architecture and design standards in close collaboration with architects from HCM and payroll product teams.
  • Designed scalable, cost-efficient cloud infrastructure in partnership with DevOps, ensuring reliability, performance, and compliance.
  • Partnered with Enterprise Security and Architecture teams to ensure adherence to ADP’s global security and compliance frameworks.
  • Collaborated with Product Management to create and refine the product roadmap, translating business strategy into actionable technical milestones.
  • Led and facilitated architecture workshops with internal and external teams to define integration strategies and system design patterns.
  • Mentored development leads, providing hands-on guidance to resolve technical challenges and ensure delivery quality.

Machine Learning Initiatives for Multi-Country Payroll:

  • Led a cross-functional initiative to address complex business challenges in multi-country payroll through machine learning solutions.
  • Developed models and frameworks to proactively detect and forecast payroll anomalies, improving accuracy and client experience.
  • Managed the end-to-end lifecycle — from problem definition and research to algorithm evaluation, prototyping (POC), and production deployment.
  • Contributed hands-on coding to critical components, including reusable frameworks, ML pipelines, and workflow automation tools.
  • Partnered with business and data science teams to prioritize use cases, aligning delivery with leadership goals and market needs.

Lead Developer

Citigroup
07.2016 - 11.2016
  • Contributed to the design and development of microservices-based trading applications as part of Citi’s FinTech innovation group.
  • Implemented RESTful services using Spring Cloud, Hystrix, Zuul, Oracle, and Jenkins; integrated external APIs such as Reuters and Pershing.
  • Mentored junior developers and promoted best practices in unit testing and service resiliency.

IT Architecture Consultant

UnitedHealth Group
07.2012 - 07.2016
  • Delivered multiple enterprise-scale security and IAM initiatives, including Optum ID (centralized identity) and Security SDK for SSO.
  • Designed and implemented OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect integrations using PingFederate, Spring, and Java microservices.
  • Built reusable Java/Spring frameworks to standardize integration, auditing, and exception handling across enterprise APIs.
  • Evaluated emerging technologies (Docker, OpenShift, Spring Cloud) and contributed to early adoption and CI/CD automation.

Technical Architect

Cognizant Technology Solutions
09.2003 - 06.2012
  • Led architecture and development of large-scale travel and hospitality applications, including recommendation engines, booking systems, and web analytics.
  • Designed and implemented integrations using Java/JEE, CXF, Oracle, Endeca, and Omniture SiteCatalyst.
  • Directed offshore and onsite development teams to deliver secure, high-performance web applications.

Education

Master of Science - Information Technology

Indian Institute of Information Technology & Management
Gwalior, India
08.1999

Skills

  • Microservices architecture
  • Event Sourcing
  • Asynchronous data processing using messaging framework
  • Relational and Document DB

Timeline

Director of Software Engineering

UnitedHealth Group, Optum Technology
11.2021 - Current

Principal Architect

ADP
11.2016 - 11.2021

Lead Developer

Citigroup
07.2016 - 11.2016

IT Architecture Consultant

UnitedHealth Group
07.2012 - 07.2016

Technical Architect

Cognizant Technology Solutions
09.2003 - 06.2012

Master of Science - Information Technology

Indian Institute of Information Technology & Management
Biplab Banerjee