Hello, I'm

Vivek Rai

Director of Engineering

Dallas, TX

Enterprise engineering leader with 19+ years delivering mission-critical platforms across mortgage servicing, financial services, and cloud-native transformation.

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Vivek Rai

About

Who I Am

Enterprise engineering leader with 19+ years delivering mission-critical platforms across mortgage servicing, default servicing, claims, and broader financial services ecosystems. Known for combining deep domain expertise with modern cloud-native platform transformation and enterprise-scale engineering leadership. Trusted partner to executive leadership in defining future-state platform strategy aligned to regulatory, operational, and customer experience outcomes.

  • ▸Deep Mortgage Servicing + Default + Claims Platform SME
  • ▸Led cloud transformation for enterprise servicing platforms (on-prem → Azure / cloud-first)
  • ▸Cross-domain financial technology experience across investment, credit, servicing, and fintech
  • ▸Proven global team leadership across US, India, and China
  • ▸Trusted executive stakeholder partner for future-state platform strategy
19+
Years Experience
4
Enterprise Companies
3
Cloud Platforms
7+
Personal Projects

Education

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Bachelor of Technology

Computer Science & Engineering

▸

PGP in AI/ML

McCombs School of Business · UT Austin

Skills

Technical Arsenal

Cloud & Infrastructure

AWSAzureGCPKubernetesDockerHelmOpenShiftArgo CDIstioApp Mesh

Architecture

MicroservicesEvent-Driven SystemsCQRSDomain-Driven DesignClean ArchitectureMicro-FrontendsServer-Driven UI

Backend

C#.NET / ASP.NETWeb APIPythonJavaWCF

Frontend

ReactTypeScriptAngularNode.js.NET MAUIXAML

AI / ML

RAGVector DatabasesOCR / Document IntelligenceGoogle Vertex AIGoogle VisionWorkflow Automation

Data

SQL ServerPostgreSQLOracleRedisMongoDB

Integration

Kafka (MSK)RESTGraphQLSOAPAPI GatewayAPIMApigee

DevOps

CI/CDGitHubJenkinsAzure DevOpsGitOpsDynatraceDatadogSonarQubeOAuth2 / Okta

Projects

What I've Built

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FinanceOS Local

Local-first AI-powered personal finance PWA with offline-capable architecture, AI insights, and transaction tracking.

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Experience

Career Journey

Leading next-generation cloud modernization initiatives for banking and mortgage servicing platforms. Architecting and delivering enterprise-scale cloud-native systems for claims, document intelligence, and servicing lifecycle.

  • ▸Architected cloud-native claims platform using microservices on Azure + AWS
  • ▸Implemented AI-powered OCR ingestion pipelines with Google Vertex AI and Vision
  • ▸Designed event-driven systems using Kafka (MSK)
  • ▸Delivered Kubernetes-based deployment architecture across multiple regions
  • ▸Enabled enterprise observability using Dynatrace and New Relic
  • ▸Guided AI/ML adoption for document processing workflows
  • ▸Led distributed engineering teams across multiple regions
.NETJavaAzureAWSReactTypeScriptKafkaPostgreSQLKubernetesGoogle Vertex AI

Contact

Let's Connect

Open to leadership opportunities, strategic conversations, and collaborations in enterprise engineering and AI-driven platform modernization.

Vivek.shekhar.rai@gmail.comGitHubLinkedIn
Dallas, TX703-559-4026

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