Ganapathy Swaminathan
Dubai
Summary
Professional with over 18 years of experience in Software Development, specializing in Modern Java (17+) and the Spring ecosystem. Led a team of over 10 Product Engineers at Emirates NBD, delivering corporate banking applications across various domains, including payment processing and escrow management. Demonstrated expertise in project management, ensuring alignment with business objectives through effective scope, schedule, budget, and resource management. Developed a Mock API using Node JS to enhance corporate banking product releases.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Technical Lead
Emirates NBD
Dubai
11.2021 - Current
- Led integration of banking systems within corporate banking applications, improving user experience and operational efficiency.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to define project scopes and deliverables, ensuring alignment for product enhancements and integrations.
- Managed corporate banking businessONLINE platform
- Administered RCP thick and thin client systems
- Oracle OLVM upgrade
- Set up KSA localization environments by migrating data from UAE data centers in Abu Dhabi and Meydan to KSA data center in Jeddah.
- Established PILOT testing environment
- Implemented procedures for cardless cash withdrawals
- Cash on Demand - (Transguard cash delivery / pick up & LuLu Cash pick up)
- UAEPGS - Merchant payment gateway management system
- Performed checks for UAE IBAN compliance
- Implemented updates to Swift copy ISO protocols
- Beneficiary cooling on single & bulk beneficiary registration in corporate banking
- UAE DDS - OIC registration, Mandate creation, Amend & refund
Project Leader
Etisalat
Sharjah
12.2019 - 10.2021
- Led requirement gathering from business team, defined timelines with development team for end-to-end solution implementation.
- Developed internal portal EPP for Etisalat field engineers to effectively plan and provision connectivity between two sites.
- Coordinated interaction of EPP with applications like NRM & MDSO to allocate resources and provision connectivity between two sites.
- Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Technical Lead
Emirates NBD
Dubai
12.2014 - 10.2019
- Started as a developer on some of the key banking applications like Retail & Corporate banking, Escrow management system, Remote cheque printing, Cheque chain and Mastercard tokenization.
- One of the major project which I worked to integrate the Trust Account System with the Emirates NBD Escrow Management System to do the payments raised by the developers in the TAS application.
- Created web services using Spring framework to be consumed by the TAS application through Noqodi (Emaratech).
- Consulted on the integration of advanced banking solutions, providing technical expertise and strategic advice for product enhancement and system performance optimization.
- Leading the team of size 10.
- Involved in Requirement Gathering.
- Understanding business requirements and developing the features.
- Technical design, database design & development.
- SIT, UAT and Go-Live support.
- Dubai
Senior Software Engineer
Renault Nissan Technology & Business Centre India Pvt Ltd
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
10.2012 - 10.2014
- As a Senior Software Engineer, was leading the operational team to solve the problem tickets raised by customers in the production environment.
- Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Senior Software Engineer
Honeywell Aerospace
Madurai
07.2011 - 06.2012
- Worked as a senior engineer in production support application with content management.
- Madurai
Software Engineer
In Solutions Global Pvt Ltd
09.2007 - 11.2010
- Worked on Debit card management system and created a parser to read EJ files to show the details in the debit card management system at FAB.
Software Engineer
IBM Pvt Ltd
Bangalore
12.2010 - 06.2010
- Worked as a software engineer in developing backend modules for a telecom company.
- Bangalore
Education
Master of Computer Applications - Information technology
07.2006
Bachelor of Computer Science - Computer Science
07.2003
Skills
- Modern Java (17) expertise
- event-driven architectures
- Microservices (Spring ecosystem)
- Backend - Python
- Backend - Node js
- Database - MySQL
- NoSQL - MongoDB
- Frontend - HTML
- Frontend - CSS
- Project Mgmt - JIRA
- Project Mgmt - Git
- Agile methodologies
- Project management
- Technical leadership
- Team performance management
Certification
Microsoft Azure - AZ900T0X, 2020-03-01, Cloud concepts, Core Azure services, Security, Privacy & Compliance
Languages
English
Hindi
Tamil
Websites, Portfolios and Profiles
linkedin.com/in/ganapathyswaminathan-44993031
Awards
- Best Innovation / Transformation award, For implementing CARDLESS CASH WITHDRAWAL module to corporate customers
- Best Engineering / Design award, For upgrading the corporate banking database with Oracle 19c
- Best Engineering / Design award, For building a PILOT environment for business users to certify the business cases before launching to customers
Interests
Sports, 2024-12-01, Participated in the Digital Products Olympics internal games Volunteering, 2025-03-01, Iftar Meal distribution at Port Saeed
Personal Information
Passport Number: V2157150
Date of Birth : 18-Jun-1983
Visa expiry : 8th Jan 2035
Interests
Sports
EmiratesNBD, Dubai
Participated in the Digital Products Olympics internal games
Volunteering
EmiratesNBD, Dubai
Iftar Meal distribution at Port Saeed
Accomplishments
Successfully led the OLVM database upgrade from Oracle 12 to Oracle 19c having a data volume of 8 TB of Corporate banking application. Collaborated with cross-functional and cross-border teams to set up the KSA localization environment for a corporate banking from the scratch which involves coordination with the network teams from UAE & KSA.
Designed and implemented a bulk file upload feature that integrates the payments with the Payment hub system in corporate banking applications. Managed a technical team to build a PILOT environment from the scratch to replicate the production like env which enables the business users for their seamless testing of business cases before launching to the actual customers.
Timeline
Technical Lead - Emirates NBD
11.2021 - Current
Project Leader - Etisalat
12.2019 - 10.2021
Technical Lead - Emirates NBD
12.2014 - 10.2019
Senior Software Engineer - Renault Nissan Technology & Business Centre India Pvt Ltd
10.2012 - 10.2014
Senior Software Engineer - Honeywell Aerospace
07.2011 - 06.2012
Software Engineer - IBM Pvt Ltd
12.2010 - 06.2010
Software Engineer - In Solutions Global Pvt Ltd
09.2007 - 11.2010
Alagappa University - Master of Computer Applications, Information technology
V H N S N College - Bachelor of Computer Science, Computer Science