Senior Software Engineer& AI Product Manager& AI/ML Engineer
Building LLM-powered financial products and data-driven systems with 8+ years in fintech. Expertise in RAG pipelines, agentic AI workflows, and platforms serving millions of users.
Education
Stevens Institute of Technology — School of Business
MS in Business Analytics and Artificial Intelligence
GPA: 4.0 / 4.0
Graduation: May 2027
Hoboken, NY
Harvard Online
Data Science Professional Certificate
Sept 2025 – Dec 2026
Online
MES Wadia College of Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science
Cumulative First Class
Graduation: May 2016
Pune, India
Professional Experience
Stevens Institute of Technology — School of Business
Student Grader / Teaching Assistant
Management of AI, Augmented Intelligence & Generative AI
- ●Assist in grading assignments, quizzes, and projects in AI/ML and Generative AI coursework
- ●Support students in understanding concepts related to machine learning, LLMs, and applied AI
- ●Help faculty maintain academic standards and improve the course evaluation process
Stevens Institute of Technology — School of Business
Student Grader / Teaching Assistant
Management of AI, Augmented Intelligence & Generative AI
- ●Assist in grading assignments, quizzes, and projects in AI/ML and Generative AI coursework
- ●Support students in understanding concepts related to machine learning, LLMs, and applied AI
- ●Help faculty maintain academic standards and improve the course evaluation process
Wealthrank
AI Technical Product Manager
AI-powered wealthtech platform helping affluent Americans benchmark wealth rank and optimize financial outcomes
- ●Owned end-to-end product strategy and technical roadmap defining vision, priorities, and success metrics across engineering, design, and business stakeholders
- ●Developed LLM and RAG-based recommendation systems, reducing manual advisory efforts by 30%
- ●Led and mentored a distributed engineering team of 5+, establishing sprint cadences that improved release velocity by 25%
- ●Designed a decentralized wealth tracking architecture using the Solana blockchain for transparent digital asset management
Wealthrank
AI Technical Product Manager
AI-powered wealthtech platform helping affluent Americans benchmark wealth rank and optimize financial outcomes
- ●Owned end-to-end product strategy and technical roadmap defining vision, priorities, and success metrics across engineering, design, and business stakeholders
- ●Developed LLM and RAG-based recommendation systems, reducing manual advisory efforts by 30%
- ●Led and mentored a distributed engineering team of 5+, establishing sprint cadences that improved release velocity by 25%
- ●Designed a decentralized wealth tracking architecture using the Solana blockchain for transparent digital asset management
Appsonnet
Full-stack Engineer
Cloud infrastructure monitoring platform enabling enterprises to analyze system health in real time
- ●Led product development of a cloud infrastructure monitoring platform with dashboards, alerting systems, and performance analytics for enterprise IT teams
- ●Owned feature prioritization roadmap using Vue 3 and Node.js, improving dashboard load performance by 35% and reducing time-to-insight for IT operations teams
- ●Collaborated with stakeholders to define and ship 3 major product modules converting customer pain points into measurable improvements
Appsonnet
Full-stack Engineer
Cloud infrastructure monitoring platform enabling enterprises to analyze system health in real time
- ●Led product development of a cloud infrastructure monitoring platform with dashboards, alerting systems, and performance analytics for enterprise IT teams
- ●Owned feature prioritization roadmap using Vue 3 and Node.js, improving dashboard load performance by 35% and reducing time-to-insight for IT operations teams
- ●Collaborated with stakeholders to define and ship 3 major product modules converting customer pain points into measurable improvements
Jan 2019 – Sept 2022
Software Development Engineer III
India's leading digital financial services platform — 172M+ users & 4.5M+ businesses across payments, wealth, lending, and BNPL
- ●Built and scaled fintech products across UPI, lending, BNPL, recharge, wealth, mutual funds, digital gold, and payment gateway systems supporting 4.5M+ merchants and 20M+ users
- ●Developed a mutual fund comparison engine, SIP calculators, and portfolio analytics dashboards — driving 25% increase in investment engagement
- ●Partnered with product managers to ship 15+ features, improving onboarding funnel conversion by 18% and user retention by 12%
- ●Led frontend product expansion for Zaakpay payment gateway, improving payment success rates by 10%+
- ●Reduced production bug rates by 20% and accelerated release cycles by 30% through TDD and CI/CD
Jan 2019 – Sept 2022
Software Development Engineer III
India's leading digital financial services platform — 172M+ users & 4.5M+ businesses across payments, wealth, lending, and BNPL
- ●Built and scaled fintech products across UPI, lending, BNPL, recharge, wealth, mutual funds, digital gold, and payment gateway systems supporting 4.5M+ merchants and 20M+ users
- ●Developed a mutual fund comparison engine, SIP calculators, and portfolio analytics dashboards — driving 25% increase in investment engagement
- ●Partnered with product managers to ship 15+ features, improving onboarding funnel conversion by 18% and user retention by 12%
- ●Led frontend product expansion for Zaakpay payment gateway, improving payment success rates by 10%+
- ●Reduced production bug rates by 20% and accelerated release cycles by 30% through TDD and CI/CD
Clearfunds (Acquired by Mobikwik)
Frontend Engineer
Flat-fee robo-advisory platform offering direct mutual fund investments and personalized financial planning · Now Mobikwik Money
- ●Contributed to robo-advisory platform enabling automated portfolio creation and goal-based financial planning for retail investors — platform later rebranded as Mobikwik Money post-acquisition
- ●Drove migration to a modern SPA using Vue.js, SASS, ES6, and webpack — improving page load time and user retention on the core investment flow
Clearfunds (Acquired by Mobikwik)
Frontend Engineer
Flat-fee robo-advisory platform offering direct mutual fund investments and personalized financial planning · Now Mobikwik Money
- ●Contributed to robo-advisory platform enabling automated portfolio creation and goal-based financial planning for retail investors — platform later rebranded as Mobikwik Money post-acquisition
- ●Drove migration to a modern SPA using Vue.js, SASS, ES6, and webpack — improving page load time and user retention on the core investment flow
Appiness Interactive
Frontend Developer
UX, Design, Blockchain, Mobile, and Technology Consulting
- ●Developed cutting-edge web platforms incorporating blockchain features utilized by 15+ clients, receiving industry recognition for excellence in UX design
- ●Developed and maintained client projects using Gulp, Bower, and CodeIgniter, integrating complex plugins and resolving critical production bugs
Appiness Interactive
Frontend Developer
UX, Design, Blockchain, Mobile, and Technology Consulting
- ●Developed cutting-edge web platforms incorporating blockchain features utilized by 15+ clients, receiving industry recognition for excellence in UX design
- ●Developed and maintained client projects using Gulp, Bower, and CodeIgniter, integrating complex plugins and resolving critical production bugs
Skills
AI & ML Stack
AI Product Management
Product & Analytics
Fintech Domain
Frontend Engineering
Backend & Cloud
Projects
Fintech AI Assistant — RAG System
Designed and built a retrieval-augmented AI system that answers complex financial queries using vector search and LLMs. Implemented multi-turn conversation handling for agentic financial research workflows. Reduced query resolution time by ~60%.
Built an LLM-based NDA analysis system with RAG to extract legal clauses and flag risks, reducing manual review time by ~50%. Enables instant clause identification and risk scoring across complex legal documents.
NYC Uber Demand Forecasting
Built a demand forecasting model using 3.2M+ GPS trip records across 200+ NYC grid zones. Engineered temporal and spatial features including 30-min windows, lag variables, and rolling means. Achieved R² of 0.89 and RMSE of 3.24.
Flight Delay Prediction ML Model
End-to-end ML pipeline using 2.1M+ flight and weather records with 700+ engineered features across weather, airline, airport, and temporal patterns. Random Forest achieved ROC-AUC of 0.76.
Hedge Fund Portfolio Optimization Engine
Portfolio optimization model to allocate capital across hedge fund strategies under liquidity, risk, and market impact constraints. Modeled ADV-based trading limits and transaction costs to simulate realistic execution scenarios.
Awards & Career Enrichment
Achievements
David Bellanger Scholarship Recipient
May 2026
Awarded for excellence and demonstrated potential in Big Data and Artificial Intelligence at Stevens Institute of Technology.
Women Who Code — Speaker
June 2026
Selected as a speaker/panelist at the Women Who Code Conference. Presented "How to Use Generative AI Tools Effectively in Real Life" on June 4, 2026.
CRAFT Technologies Talent Network Member
2026 – Present
Industry talent network participant at Stevens Institute of Technology focused on tech leadership and emerging technologies.
Co-founder — Financial Planning & Analytics Club
2026 – Present
Co-founded the Financial Planning and Analytics Club at Stevens Institute of Technology, building a community focused on financial modeling, data analytics, and applied AI in finance.
CTO Talk
Jan 2022 – Present
Engaged in ongoing discussions, workshops, and panel sessions with CTOs and technology leaders focused on innovation, leadership, and emerging technologies. Contribute to knowledge sharing, professional networking, and exchanges on technology strategy, digital transformation, and leadership.
Interests
Professional Development
Women Who Code
Active speaker & participant in coding workshops, hackathons, and networking events empowering women in tech
zCTO Talk
Engaged in discussions and panels with CTOs and tech leaders on innovation, leadership, and emerging technologies
News & Media
AwardPratiksha Parsewar Named 2026 David Belanger Fellowship Award Winner
June 26, 2026
The David Belanger Fellowship Award is presented annually to a first-year graduate student in the Business Analytics & Artificial Intelligence master's program, selected based on faculty and Industry Advisory Board assessment of the student's potential for a successful career in Big Data and AI.
Read Full Article"Receiving the David Belanger Fellowship is one of the greatest honors of my academic journey. Returning to graduate school after more than eight years in the technology industry was a significant decision."
SpeakingSpeaker: "How to Use Generative AI Tools Effectively in Real Life"
June 4, 2026
Selected as a speaker and panelist at the 2026 Women Who Code Summit. Presented a session on practical Generative AI applications — covering real-world use of LLMs, prompt engineering, and AI tools in everyday professional and creative workflows.
Read Full ArticlePublications
Achieving Flatness by Selecting The Honey Words from Existing User Passwords
International Journal of Engineering Science and Computing (IJESC)
Jun 2016
View PaperSelecting the Honeywords from the History of User Password to Achieving Flatness
The International Journal of Engineering & Technical Research (IJETR)
March 2016
View Paper