Ganapathiram Arumugam

Lead engineering delivery across multiple data platforms supporting regulatory reporting, risk analytics, and core banking operations.

Impact & Achievements:

• Accountable for engineering delivery of a core batch data platform, leading cross-functional teams and delivering £3–4 million per annum in change
• Led large-scale Sainsbury’s to NatWest migration, delivering engineering for transfer of:1.2M customers | 800K credit cards | 200K savings & loan accounts
• Delivered enterprise-scale batch data pipelines, processing millions of records with strong data quality, reconciliation, and audit controls
• Designed and implemented data reconciliation engine and data quality frameworks, strengthening regulatory compliance and data integrity
• Drove data platform modernisation, transitioning legacy systems toward cloud-aligned architectures
• Delivered engineering contributions to key banking initiatives including Travel Account and Budget POTS, supporting customer product capabilities and platform integration

AI-Enabled Engineering Contributions:

• Delivered Agentic AI capability for Airflow DAG generation, accelerating pipeline development and reducing manual engineering effort
• Built AI-powered data quality automation frameworks, enabling intelligent validation, anomaly detection, and stronger control mechanisms
• Developed RAG-based solution to support data analysts with data lineage discovery and metadata exploration, improving data accessibility and insight generation
• Applied Generative AI techniques to enhance engineering productivity, automation, and operational efficiency across data platforms

Leadership & Delivery:

• Own end-to-end delivery across Agile teams, accountable for quality, pace, and outcomes
• Define and execute engineering roadmaps aligned to business and regulatory priorities
• Mentor and develop engineers, embedding strong engineering standards and best practices

Delivered data engineering and analytics solutions across enterprise clients, progressing into leadership roles.

Key Contributions:

• Built and delivered data pipelines, analytics platforms, and reporting solutions
• Developed data validation, testing, and automation frameworks
• Implemented platform monitoring dashboards (Tableau) to improve operational visibility
• Managed capacity planning, cost estimation, and delivery governance
• Led and mentored teams (up to 10 engineers), driving consistent delivery against KPIs

• Supervised and mentored 10 direct reports.
• Recruited, trained and developed team members.
• Developed integration and automation testing procedures.
• Authored and maintained well-organised, efficient and successful manual test cases for entire team.
• Created accurate and successful test scripts to manage automated testing of certain products and features.