Keerthi Nelaturu
Engineering Lead at Scotiabank
Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolKeerthi Nelaturu is an engineering lead with 16+ years designing secure, high-performance distributed systems across blockchain, payments, and cloud infrastructure. He has architected protocol-level components, microservices, and cryptographic workflows for central-bank–scale platforms, driving throughput and correctness in mission-critical settlements. Comfortable in Rust and Python and fluent with cloud-native stacks, he blends performance engineering (10k+ TPS work) with pragmatic observability and CI/CD practices. His recent roles span advising the Bank of Canada on CBDC and settlement architecture, leading AI-driven product development, and mentoring cross-functional squads to deliver resilient systems. Deeply aligned with privacy-first and open-source philosophies, he pairs rigorous academic training (PhD work at University of Toronto) with hands-on delivery across both startups and major financial institutions. An understated strength is his ability to translate protocol research into deployable, verifiable systems that regulators and practitioners can trust.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Engineering at University of TorontoMaster’s Degree, Computer Science, Master’s Degree, Computer Science at University of OttawaBachelor’s Degree, Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science at Osmania University
English, Telugu, Hindi, French, Tamil
Github Skills (102)
strict10
interoperability9
buttons9
contract9
corda9
kotlin9
blockchain9
ethereum9
datepicker8
collapse8
distributed-ledger8
modals8
dlt8
typeahead8
widgets8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
anmavrid/smart-contracts
Jun 2019 - Jan 2021
Contributions:21 commits, 31 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year 6 months
nelaturuk/BCDV-4033
Feb 2024 - Feb 2025
Contributions:38 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year
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