Devendra Bisht

Devendra Bisht

Engineering Leader | Trading & Wealth Tech, AI/Data Platforms, Payments at Scale | CTO, Kotak Securities

Kotak Securities•Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

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Experience21+ Years
LevelCXO

Executive Overview

2+ decades building cloud-native platforms in regulated financial services — across capital markets, retail banking, payments, and consumer fintech.Currently CTO at Kotak Securities, where I lead technology across the Kotak Neo trading platform, the firm's wealth management technology stack, and shared data and AI infrastructure.Previously, as Head of Technology for Payments & Consumer Propositions at Kotak Mahindra Bank, I led the engineering charter that drove a 100x improvement in payments success rate.Earlier roles: data platform leadership at Ola; built JPMorgan's first public-cloud big-data pilot for the Investment Bank; led core banking transformation programs at RBS for 6 years.What I care about: regulated-fintech platforms that are reliable, observable, and built on sound architecture; AI deployed responsibly with proper guardrails; teams that ship.

Career Timeline

Professional employment history
  • Feb 2026–Present· 8 mos
    • Chief Technology OfficerCurrent
      Feb 2026–Present
  • Dec 2023–2026· 2 yrs 1 mo
    • Head of Technology - Payments & Consumer Propositions
      Dec 2023–2026
  • Nov 2020–Dec 2023· 3 yrs 1 mo
    • Head of Digital Engineering & CX
      Nov 2020–Dec 2023
  • 2020–Nov 2020· 10 mos
    • Principal
      2020–Nov 2020
  • May 2018–2020· 1 yr 8 mos
    • Principal Engineer
      May 2018–2020
  • Aug 2015–May 2018· 2 yrs 9 mos
    • Vice President
      Aug 2015–May 2018
  • Aug 2009–Aug 2015· 6 yrs
    • Specialist, Technical
      Aug 2009–Aug 2015
  • Apr 2007–Jul 2009· 2 yrs 3 mos
    • Senior Developer, Software
      Apr 2007–Jul 2009
  • May 2005–Apr 2007· 1 yr 11 mos
    • Software Developer
      May 2005–Apr 2007

Education

B.Tech

Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University

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