Balakumaran Sugumar
AVP, Synchrony Financial
Bengaluru, Karnataka, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBalakumaran Sugumar is an experienced software architect and engineering leader with 11 years designing cloud-native, scalable platforms—currently serving as AVP and lead solutions architect for EIS at Synchrony Financial. He combines a strong backend pedigree in Python and Java with hands-on experience building microservices, platform integrations, and media-management systems across FinTech, manufacturing, and enterprise consulting. Prior roles at Capgemini, Cognizant, and TCS show a track record of moving from implementation to technical project leadership while modernizing legacy stacks. Based in Bengaluru with a BE in Computer Science, he blends pragmatic delivery focus with architecture-level thinking and a penchant for translating complex business needs into reliable, production-ready systems. An engineer at heart who still codes, he brings uncommon continuity across platform lifecycles—from early J2EE and Spring apps to contemporary cloud-native solutions.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates, High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates at S V Union High School PuneSavitribai Phule Pune University
English, Tamil, Hindi, Marathi
Github Skills (22)
selenium10
python10
testing10
acceptance-testing10
automation10
rpa10
bdd10
robotframework10
automation-framework10
test-automation10
pandas9
manipulation9
data-structures8
data-analysis8
frame8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
BalakumaranS/RemoteGDB
Feb 2015 - Mar 2015
Contributions:2 commits, 1 push, 1 branch in 1 month
BalakumaranS/locust
Jun 2017 - Dec 2017
Contributions:4 PRs, 2 pushes in 6 months
testingload-testingpythonscalable
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