Senior Architect & Platform Leader

Abhinav Taduka

Over two decades architecting mission-critical distributed systems across fintech, payments, and government — from statewide healthcare exchanges to high-throughput financial processing platforms.

23+ Years
10+ Orgs
14+ State Agencies
2 Certs
Current Position
Senior Architect, Lead — Operations Technology
iCreditWorks · Aug 2021 – Present · McKinney, TX
Domains
Fintech & Payments · Government Eligibility
Cloud Architecture · AI Integration
Certifications
Certified Software Architecture Professional (CSAP)
SEI · Carnegie Mellon University
Academic Credential
Executive Programme in Algorithmic Trading
QuantInsti · M.Sc Information Systems
Location
McKinney, Texas, United States
abhinav.taduka@gmail.com
"AI doesn't fail in notebooks. It fails in production."
— from medium.com/@abhinav.neo
Core Competencies

What I architect

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Architecture & Platform Leadership
Senior Architect with extensive experience designing and owning large-scale, mission-critical platforms. Defines long-term technical direction at org level, governs reference architectures, and mentors senior engineers across distributed teams.
Domain-Driven DesignRef ArchitecturesADRsGovernance
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Cloud, DevOps & Modernization
Led on-prem to AWS migrations, microservices decompositions, container orchestration, and CI/CD automation. Delivered cost-optimized, resilient cloud-native systems through infrastructure-as-code and DevOps best practices.
AWSKubernetesDockerAnsibleJenkins
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Payments, Integration & Fintech
Deep hands-on experience with ACH, credit cards, virtual cards, ESBs, rules engines, and enterprise messaging. Designed reconciliation frameworks and secure service contracts ensuring regulatory compliance in high-volume financial environments.
ACHVirtual CardMuleSoftIBM ODMReconciliation
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Reliability, Observability & Performance
Established enterprise-grade observability using Splunk, ELK, and Prometheus. Led performance engineering and load testing with JMeter and Gatling, improving system reliability and production readiness at high transaction volumes.
SplunkELKPrometheusJMeterGatling
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Government & Healthcare Eligibility
Architected statewide healthcare exchange platforms under HIPAA, ACA, and CMS regulatory mandates serving millions of citizens. Led eligibility systems integrating 14+ state agencies for real-time eligibility determination.
HIPAAACACMSMedicaidSNAP
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AI Innovation & Emerging Technologies
Driving AI-driven automation research and production integration using LangChain, Ollama, and LLM APIs. Applying enterprise Java architecture expertise to bridge the gap between AI experimentation and regulated production deployment.
LangChainOllamaSpring AILLM APIsRAG
Career History

Two decades of impact

Aug 2021 – Present
iCreditWorks
Fintech · Payments
Senior Architect, Lead – Operations Technology
Mobile-based digital lending & payment processing platform — end-to-end loan origination, servicing, and repayment for healthcare financing across multiple payment networks.
  • Standardized payment integration patterns across ACH, credit card, and virtual card flows; reduced reconciliation risk across heterogeneous payment networks
  • Defined reusable microservices framework adopted as architectural baseline across multiple platform services, influencing service design, security, and deployment org-wide
  • Guided cloud-native architecture decisions under strict availability and compliance requirements; established scalable cloud patterns supporting long-term platform growth
  • Defined observability standards across distributed systems using modern APM stacks; improved production readiness at high transaction volumes
  • Led AI research and responsible adoption of AI-driven automation within regulated financial systems
  • Served as principal technical authority on high-impact architectural decisions; mentored senior engineers and architects
Oct 2020 – Jul 2021
Pitney Bowes
Enterprise SaaS · Cloud
Technical Architect / Full Stack Developer
SendPro Anywhere — cloud-based shipping and mailing platform supporting multi-carrier logistics management and label generation.
  • Conducted feasibility analysis and strategic planning for migrating core Java components to Golang; designed and evaluated multiple POC implementations
  • Delivered full-stack services in Golang and Java with Angular frontend; automated CI/CD pipelines using AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, and Ansible
  • Configured production monitoring and alerting with SumoLogic and Prometheus
Mar 2020 – Sep 2020
Covered California
Government · ACA · Healthcare
Senior Architect
CalHEERS — California Healthcare Eligibility & Enrollment System, statewide ACA health insurance exchange serving millions of California residents.
  • Designed and implemented a comprehensive APM and observability framework using Splunk across the statewide platform
  • Authored multi-year technology refresh and target-state architecture plan; led cloud migration to AWS
  • Designed reusable microservices framework using Spring Boot and Netflix OSS; led system-wide performance testing with JMeter and Gatling
Jan 2020 – Mar 2020
Ocado
Enterprise Integration · ERP
Integration Architect / Framework Lead
Oracle Procurement System Integration — connecting Oracle ERP with Ocado's robotic warehouse management system for near real-time inventory and order data exchange.
  • Designed end-to-end microservices architecture integrating heterogeneous enterprise systems using Netflix OSS
  • Established scalable reference architecture and standardized service design patterns; defined CI/CD and cloud migration practices
  • Implemented production-grade observability with centralized logging and alerting using ELK and Prometheus
Oct 2012 – Dec 2019
7+ years
State of Rhode Island
Government · Eligibility
Integration Architect / Technical Architect
UHIP — Unified Health Infrastructure Platform consolidating Medicaid, SNAP, TANF, and ACA exchange programs across Rhode Island state agencies serving hundreds of thousands of citizens.
  • Architected end-to-end production monitoring and observability framework using Splunk, Zabbix, and JVisualVM across the statewide platform
  • Led design and implementation of full-scale Enterprise Service Bus architecture using MuleSoft, connecting 14+ state agency data sources
  • Translated complex regulatory requirements into well-defined technical service contracts with security, resilience, and compliance built in
  • Led in-depth database performance analysis using AWR reports; designed HIX portal for ACA-compliant healthcare enrollment
Dec 2011 – Oct 2012
Bank of America
Banking · Rules Engine
Technical Architect
Late Charges Enterprise Rules Engine — centralizing fee calculation and eligibility rules for loan and credit card accounts across multiple financial products.
  • Led requirements analysis and translated business requirements into HLD/LLD; developed complex business rules using IBM JRules
  • Built Java integration layers between application components and rules engine; ensured SOA principles and security guidelines adherence
Jan 2011 – Nov 2011
Adobe Inc.
eCommerce · Integration
Integration Lead / Senior Developer
Cayanne eCommerce Platform — Adobe's digital commerce platform supporting product purchasing, subscription management, and entitlements at enterprise scale. San Jose, CA.
  • Designed and implemented REST-based integration framework with abstract service layer decoupling frontend and downstream systems
  • Led development teams in building web services; evaluated alternative integration technologies and conducted performance testing with JMeter
2003 – 2010
Earlier Roles
LDS · Walmart · LendingSpace
Senior Developer → Team Lead
Financial systems, procurement platforms, and mortgage loan origination across LDS Church (Salt Lake City), Walmart (Bentonville), and LendingSpace.
  • LDS Church (2008–2010): Church Unit Banking System — performance engineering, web services, financial reconciliation and reusable component development
  • Walmart (2007–2008): SMAC procurement platform — performance tuning, UI/backend integration, enterprise procurement compliance web services
  • LendingSpace (2003–2006): Team Lead on mortgage loan origination platform — technology evaluation, integration components, reusable frameworks
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Thoughts on craft

Technology Competencies

The full stack

AI & Modern Engineering
LangChainOllamaChatGPTClaudeGeminiSpring AIGolangPythonKafkaMicroservices
Enterprise Java & Frameworks
Java (Expert)Spring BootSpring MVCSpring Data/JPAAspectJ (AOP)JEE / EJBIBM ODMOPA
Cloud, DevOps & Platform
AWSGCPOCIKubernetesDockerAnsiblePuppetJenkinsBambooMaven
Middleware & Integration
MuleSoft ESBApache CXFActiveMQJMSSwagger/OpenAPINetflix OSSXSLT/XPathPentaho ETL
Observability & Performance
SplunkELK StackSumoLogicPrometheusZabbixJMeterGatlingJProfilerJava Flight Recorder
Databases & Storage
OraclePostgreSQLMySQLMariaDBMS SQL ServerMongoDBSQL DeveloperTOAD
Open Source Portfolio

GitHub projects

01 / 06  Live · GitHub ↗🛡️
SecureAI — Compliance LLM Middleware
LLM middleware with PII detection, prompt injection defense, GDPR/SOC2 audit trails, and data residency routing, built on Spring Security's filter chain for regulated environments.
JavaSpring SecurityONNXElasticsearch
20+ years of regulated-systems expertise applied to AI security
02 / 06  In development🔍
JavaRAG — Enterprise RAG Engine
Retrieval-Augmented Generation engine for enterprise document QA, built in Java/Spring Boot with pgvector and no Python runtime dependency.
JavaSpring BootpgvectorOpenAI API
Bridges enterprise Java infrastructure with production LLM capabilities
03 / 06  In development⚡
LLM-Gateway — Java LLM Router
Java API gateway designed to route and load-balance across multiple LLM providers, with semantic Redis caching, Resilience4j circuit breakers, and compliance audit logs.
JavaSpring Cloud GatewayRedisResilience4j
Enterprise-grade LLM infrastructure on the JVM
04 / 06  In development💳
PaymentMesh — Intelligent Payment Router
AI-augmented payment routing engine designed to optimize rail selection, flag fraud, and auto-remediate failed transactions, with fintech-grade compliance built in.
JavaKafkaONNXACH / ISO 8583
Extends iCreditWorks payment architecture expertise to open source
05 / 06  In development🌊
StreamIntel — Real-Time Event AI
Kafka + LLM pipeline for real-time anomaly detection and natural-language alerting on high-throughput event streams.
JavaKafkaSpring KafkaPrometheus
Production observability meets AI-driven incident intelligence
06 / 06  In development🏛️
ArchitectBench — Design Evaluator
AI-assisted tool for evaluating software architecture documents across quality dimensions such as scalability, fault tolerance, security, and cost.
JavaSpring BootLLM APIsPlantUML
Enterprise architecture expertise encoded as a reusable scoring engine
Education & Certifications

Academic & professional credentials

Education
M.Sc — Information Systems
Kakatiya University · Telangana, India
PGDBA — Information Technology
SCDL · Pune, India
BCA — Bachelor of Computer Applications
Kakatiya University · Telangana, India
Professional Certifications
Certified Software Architecture Professional (CSAP)
Software Engineering Institute (SEI) · Carnegie Mellon University
Executive Programme in Algorithmic Trading (EPAT)
QuantInsti
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Open to senior architecture roles, advisory positions, and consulting engagements in fintech, payments, cloud modernization, or AI integration at enterprise scale.

Available for opportunities
Abhinav Taduka
Senior Architect & Platform Leader
Fintech · Payments · Government · Cloud · AI
📍McKinney, Texas, United States
🎓SEI / CMU Certified Software Architect
✍️Published author · medium.com/@abhinav.neo
👥1,000+ LinkedIn followers · 500+ connections