Summary
Vishal Varghese is a data engineer specializing in real-time streaming platforms with eight years of experience building scalable, low-latency data pipelines across finance, retail, and public health sectors. Currently driving streaming platform engineering at Starling Bank, he has a track record of designing Kafka- and Spark-based systems and integrating cloud-native services across AWS and Azure. He led national-scale COVID-19 vaccination reporting at NHS England and built high-throughput IoT and retail data solutions that cut processing times by 60% and supported sub-second telemetry dashboards. Certified in HashiCorp, Azure, and AWS, Vishal blends DevOps and Infrastructure-as-Code practices to improve reliability, security, and operational efficiency. Colleagues value his ability to translate complex stakeholder needs into production-grade pipelines and pragmatic monitoring for business-critical insights. Based in London with an MSc in Advanced Computer Science, he enjoys solving thorny data problems that require both systems thinking and rigorous data quality controls.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
MSc Advanced Computer Science Computer Science, MSc Advanced Computer Science Computer Science at Cardiff University / Prifysgol Caerdydd
BSc Computer Applications Computer Science, BSc Computer Applications Computer Science at Mahatma Gandhi University
A-Levels Physics Mathematics Chemistry & Computer Science 66%, A-Levels Physics Mathematics Chemistry & Computer Science 66% at St. Paul's Public School
English, Malayalam, Hindi, Tamil