About
Hi, my name is Lakshmi 👋
I run Platform teams at Alloy.com, an identity decisioning system to help fintech and banks with customer onboarding/kyc, transaction monitoring, and credit underwriting decisions.
Previously, I led teams building reporting and API-based data products for asset managers, portfolio advisors, and consumer businesses for Goldman Sachs Asset Management business.
Early in my career, I built cloud platform infrastructure serving engineering teams from trading desks to human capital management. Throughout my time at Goldman Sachs, I also ran women in engineering community operations focusing on recruiting, retention, mentoring, and engagement.
I spend my time mentoring women exploring tech careers. In my free time, you can find me practicing and teaching yoga, or exploring sneakers and coffee in new york city. I also invest from time to time in early-stage startups.
Side Projects
Speaking
Audience:
Early career and career-changers, mid level and technical leadership
About the panel:
A panel discussion on "Engineering Opportunities" featuring accomplished technical professionals leading the way on tech teams. Gain first-hand insights on current trends, exciting opportunities, and the inside scoop on what it's really like to work in engineering today. Don't miss this invaluable session during Hire Women Week, perfect for those curious about moving into engineering or wanting to understand the dynamics of technical teams better.
Learn about the recent architecture migration of Alloy’s front-end to be a dedicated service, how we executed with minimal disruption, and why that was possible. Often the perception of a front-end architecture is about what’s visible on the app surface, but it can expand beyond onto infrastructure when building mission-critical front-end. Also, it involves a delicate architecture design and approach, and not seeing through those aspects early on could lead to a less cohesive strategy for migrating onto a resilient and modern front-end. Learn about how Alloy planned, researched, and executing migration with the mindset of incremental change and holistic thinking on our stack, and what could have worked better.
About fintech_devcon:
fintech_devcon is a conference for fintech developers and builders designed to unlock knowledge and bring about the next decade of financial innovation. Presented by Moov, this conference covers a wide range of topics and sectors including banking, payments, investing, compliance, and more. Follow this channel or join us each year to get hands-on tools, best practices, and industry secrets used by developers in fintech today.
Awards
I was featured in the PRODUCT BUILDERS category in the 2022 Inspiring Fintech Females list.
NYC FinTech Women’s mission is to connect, empower and promote women in FinTech. The Inspiring FinTech Females list will recognize women who, in their role, are transforming fintech and who are advocates for women and gender equity.
I was featured in the "Technology Professionals" category in Innovate Finance's 2021 Women in Fintech Powerlist.
"Technology Professionals"
These ladies are striving to make a contribution in the heart of the Tech part of FinTech. From designing or implementing complex software packages, to making a really innovative contribution to their firm’s systems or processes, they are taking technology to the next level.
The Women in FinTech Powerlist 2021 shines a spotlight on the women leading innovation in financial services. Now in its 7th year, the Powerlist has increasingly attracted a global audience, resulting in applications and nominations from around the world. The 2021 iteration shines a spotlight on 250 women across 9 categories.
Features
At Alloy, we are proud to share profiles of the stellar talent on our team. We begin this series in March, Women’s History Month — but, for us it’s every month when it comes to uplifting women in engineering, and hopefully inspiring talent and focusing attention on growth opportunities available to women in fintech.
I spoke about my journey into engineering leadership at Goldman Sachs.