Ashish P.

Platform & Cloud Architect (GCP) | AI Systems & RAG | Enterprise Banking | Driving Scalable Systems | Lloyds Banking Group

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

About

I am a platform and cloud engineering professional working in the banking domain, focused on designing and evolving scalable, secure, and enterprise-grade systems. Over the years, I have worked extensively on cloud-native platforms, contributing to system design, reliability engineering, and large-scale deployment strategies. My core expertise includes: • Cloud architecture on GCP • Platform engineering for distributed systems • Designing reliable, scalable, and secure infrastructure I have been increasingly focused on AI-driven architectures, exploring: • Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems • Agentic AI workflows • Enterprise AI platform design with governance and security I enjoy working at the intersection of architecture, platform engineering, and business impact, translating complex requirements into scalable technical solutions.

Experience

  • Lloyds Banking Group (Edinburgh)
    • Technical Project Manager
      Nov 2025 - Present · 8 mos

      • Contributed to the design and evolution of cloud-native platforms supporting enterprise banking systems • Collaborated with architects and engineering teams to define scalable system designs and deployment strategies • Led initiatives to improve platform reliability, scalability, and deployment efficiency across teams • Implemented observability and monitoring solutions to enhance system performance and incident response • Optimized infrastructure and platform design with a focus on cost, security, and performance trade-offs • Acted as a technical leader within the team, mentoring engineers and influencing engineering best practices • Exploring AI-driven platform capabilities including RAG-based systems and intelligent automation workflows

    • Lead Engineer
      Jul 2021 - Nov 2025 · 4 yrs 5 mos

      Cloud & Platform Engineering (GCP) As a Lead Engineer, I oversee the end-to-end onboarding of applications onto Google Cloud Platform (GCP), ensuring scalable and secure infrastructure provisioning. My responsibilities include: Cloud Engineering & Infrastructure: Provisioning databases, configuring cloud infrastructure, and setting up CI/CD pipelines for pre-prod and production environments. App Onboarding & DevOps: Leading application onboarding to GCP, managing change requests, and ensuring seamless deployment processes. Collaboration & Stakeholder Management: Working closely with cross-functional teams to align on architecture, discuss platform dependencies, and drive technical decisions during initial design phases. Technical Leadership: Writing and reviewing microservices, assisting team members with blockers, and conducting thorough code reviews to maintain code quality and delivery timelines. Delivery & Operations: Overseeing deployment activities and ensuring platform reliability through proactive monitoring and support.

  • Lead Software Engineer at Insight International (UK) Ltd
    Jun 2021 - Nov 2024 · 3 yrs 6 mos

  • Lead Developer at Metro Bank (UK)
    Jul 2019 - Jun 2021 · 2 yrs

    Project : Payment Services Directive 2(psd2) • Implementing psd2 compliance changes for Retail/Corporate Banking. • Implementing Strong Customer Authentication in HRP and Payment Journey’s. • Integrating with Third party SDK . Tools & Technologies Used BackBase CXP, Angular, Transmit, Jasmine & Karma Project : Self Service Portal • Rewriting legacy app with new technology. • Adding SCA for new customer onboarding • Single app for all channels (Retail/Corporate) Tools & Technologies Used Angular 8+, BackBase CXP, Cucumber, Jasmine & Karma.

  • Senior Software Engineer at Maveric Systems Limited
    Jun 2019 - Jun 2021 · 2 yrs 1 mo

    Used BackBase CXP 6, Widget Collection 3, Angular 8, Bootstrap, Jenkins, gitlabs, jira. Worked on Compliance Changes for Commercial and Retail Banking Products. Designed Strong Customer Authentication for Commercial Product Developed and designed UI Journey’s for Payment Directive Services

  • Module Lead at Mindtree
    Mar 2017 - Jun 2019 · 2 yrs 4 mos

    BackBase FrontEnd Development For U.S Bank Used Out of Box Widgets Collection Retail Banking. Creating Front End User Interfaces using BackBase CXP 5.7.2+. Creating, Custom widgets, Containers, Themes, Charts for Custom Requirements. Creating Content Widgets, ICE Content Widgets. Overall applications design and mapping the business requirements to technical specifications. UI Development Project Creating UI Dashboard Using Angular4+, Bootstrap, Jquery, node.js Creating Test Suite Using Protractor. Creating Functional Test Case Using Jasmine, Karma. Developing, maintaining and enforcing standards across the development team. Designing and implementing Web solutions with industry best practices and design patterns. Agile project planning and management in JIRA. All technical aspects of solution delivery including business requirements gathering. Performed regular code reviews and assisted other team members to learn how to do the same Ensured that code was clean, effective, simple, and follows coding standard.