Open To Work
Kapil Gupta
Jersey City,NJ
Summary
Solution Architect with 17+ years of experience delivering cloud-native, scalable, and high-performance systems. Strong expertise in Java, Spring Boot, REST, Graph QL, Angular, and event driven platforms. Proven ability to design distributed, scalable, low latency systems, microservices, API platforms, and real-time event pipelines in fast-paced environments. Skilled in cloud-first architecture, system modernization, and customer-centric solution design. Collaborates effectively with global engineering teams, drives technical strategy and roadmaps, and communicates complex concepts clearly to senior leadership. Consistently delivers secure, resilient, and future-ready solutions with measurable business impact.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
4
4
Certifications
Certification
- AWS Certified Solution Architect Associate
- Sun Certified Web Component Developer (SCWCD)
- Sun Certified Java Programmer (SCJP)
- Oracle Certified Associate (OCA)
Skills
Microservices architecture
Java
Spring Boot / Spring Data JPA
Spring framework
Distributed Systems/Consistent Hashing
REST API design
TDD development - Spring Mocking test
BDD Cucumber testing automation
Spring Cloud Config / SSM
Kafka/ActiveMQ
Rule Engine
Concurrency / Multithreading
EC2/ECS/Fargate
S3(Simple Storage Service)
AWS CDK/SDK
Load Balancer/Amazon API gateway
SQS/SNS
Authorization (IAM policies)
CloudWatch/Alarm
Containerization(Docker)
Aethna
API Security (OAuth2, JWT)
PostgreSQL/SQL Server
Oracle/MongoDB
Redis
CI/CD - Gitlab, Jenkins, Git, jfrog, RHN
Prometheus/Grafana
Distributed Logging & Tracing
Open Telemetry
Observability, Monitoring & Alerting
White Source,sonarQube, pagerduty
Work History
Solution Architect
S&P Global
New York, New York
10.2013 - Current
- Delivered the complete end-to-end index lifecycle, including data ingestion, mastering, index setup, rebalancing, calculation, reporting, and external distribution.
- Led solution architecture and impact analysis for Fixed Income and multi-asset index platforms, ensuring scalable, maintainable, and business-aligned designs.
- Drove modernization of fixed-income systems (iBoxx, FI3, CMBS, ABS, Loans) by optimizing data workflows and transforming legacy components into microservices-based, cloud-ready modules.
- Translated business goals into actionable technical specifications, guiding requirements, solution design, and implementation planning.
- Architected and delivered new platform capabilities, defining end-to-end designs, integration patterns, and architectural blueprints across cross-functional initiatives.
- Partnered with global engineering teams (US/UK/India) to align architecture, ensure consistent delivery, and accelerate high-impact releases.
- Led performance, reliability, and stability engineering, removing bottlenecks, improving throughput for high-volume calculations, and reducing time-to-market for indices.
- Executed POCs for complex requirements and built configuration-driven frameworks to validate new technologies and architectural approaches.
- Provided technical leadership and mentorship, establishing coding standards, architecture guidelines, and team knowledge repositories.
- Presented architectural proposals to senior leadership, influencing technology roadmaps, modernization strategies, and long-term platform direction.
- Enhanced operational efficiency through automation, observability tooling, and troubleshooting frameworks, increasing system resilience and reducing operational overhead.
Track Lead (Software Designer)
Royal Bank of Scotland, RBS
Noida, India
05.2011 - 09.2013
- Contributed to Credit Submission, a critical limit-management and workflow system supporting limit marking and integrations with multiple downstream operational platforms.
- Gathered requirements, designed solutions, and delivered enhancements and upgrades across core application modules.
- Designed and implemented new product features based on client requirements, ensuring functional accuracy, performance, and maintainability.
- Built, packaged, and deployed application releases across environments, troubleshooting issues to ensure smooth and stable delivery.
- Diagnosed and resolved Production Issues (PIs) through detailed root-cause analysis, implementing durable fixes to prevent recurrence.
- Optimized existing software to correct defects, improve performance, support updated interfaces, and align with new Java version upgrades.
Senior Software Engineer
Fiserv
Gurgaon, India
10.2009 - 05.2011
- Improved the eLending platform, delivering enhancements to digital loan workflows and system reliability.
- Developed new product features and resolved defects to ensure stable, compliant loan processing.
- Worked with cross-functional teams to deliver quality releases on schedule.
Software Engineer
Cognizant Technology Solutions, CTS
Pune, India
11.2006 - 09.2009
- Built features for Online Payments (OPP) and User Administration (NUA) systems, including payment processing and access management.
- Performed analysis, coding, testing, and defect resolution using Java/J2EE technologies.
- Ensured smooth, reliable operations through performance fixes and close collaboration with onsite teams.
Timeline
Solution Architect
S&P Global
10.2013 - Current
Track Lead (Software Designer)
Royal Bank of Scotland, RBS
05.2011 - 09.2013
Senior Software Engineer
Fiserv
10.2009 - 05.2011
Software Engineer
Cognizant Technology Solutions, CTS
11.2006 - 09.2009
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
Technical University Kota, Rajasthan
07.2002 - 07.2006
Education
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
Technical University Kota, Rajasthan
Kota, India 07.2002 - 07.2006