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Rohit AnandRA

Rohit Anand

CTO, VP Engineering, VP Data, Director Engineering

€800/day
Paris, FR
15+ years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Rohit

I am a results-driven VP of Engineering with 25+ years leading digital transformation in Travel, Fintech, and regulated environments. I have proven expertise defining global Data & AI strategies, delivering sub-millisecond cloud-native solutions, and building high-performing teams through scalable micro services architecture and advanced machine learning implementation.
  • English

    Native or bilingual

  • French

    Conversational

Can work on-site
Paris (up to 50km), Lyon (up to 50km), Nantes (up to 50km)

Experience

  • kreatif.tech
    Independent Consultant
    CIVIL ENGINEERING
    October 2024 - Today (1 year and 8 months)
    Paris, France
    • I consult early stage companies, I audit, modernise and author product architecture, AI (framework & models) & Software engineering strategies to include build vs buy, investment of resources to improve security, scalability & observability. I build & scale engineering teams by aligning strategic vision, code critical and complex modules myself to lay a strong foundation.
    • I successfully delivered V1 for an AI-powered construction contract marketplace SaaS company operating in B2B & B2G space. The Solution has advanced matching, raking, and deep learning based Pricing ML models integrated. As a consequence, two weeks ago we received a pre-seed investment of €350K.
    Machine learning Python AWS Fargate PostgreSQL React.js
  • wefox Group (CH)
    Vice President of Engineering
    BANKING AND INSURANCE
    December 2022 - October 2024 (1 year and 10 months)
    France
    • Spearheaded the strategic reorganization and scaling of a 150-person software engineering unit within a high-growth Fintech environment into user-journey-focused teams, significantly enhancing delivery velocity and fostering a collaborative culture.
    • Directly managed and mentored a distributed 55-person team (Data Product Engineering & Governance + Platform Engineering) across Berlin and Barcelona.
    • Used LangChain (RAG), and Speech to Text to deliver an FNoL assistance solution which optimised Claims processing time by 35%, reducing an operational reinsurance spend of €1 million in two countries.
    • Led the architecture and development of fast (P90 of 40ms) OPA-based authentication and authorization microservices, crucial for securing multi-tenant data and optimizing platform performance.
    • Initiated and drove AWS cost optimization strategies, yielding €1.25 million in savings through strategic contract renegotiation, service migration, resource rightsizing, auto-scaling implementation, and FinOps practices, directly contributing to the company's botom line in a rapidly growing environment.
    • Led the identification and implementation of platform availability and security best practices (defining SLOs/SLIs), resulting in 97% platform availability and achieving ISO 27001 certification, underscoring a commitment to a reliable and secure SaaS offering.
    • Successfully implemented a hybrid LeSS and Scrum@scale agile framework, reducing lead time for API, backend infrastructure, and data/ML use cases by 40%.
    Distributed computing Java AWS Fargate Data Platforms Python
  • HelloFresh,
    Director of Data Engineering
    RESTAURANTS AND FOOD SERVICE
    February 2022 - December 2022 (10 months)
    France
    • Led a global initiative to modernize business metrics across 7 brands in 17 markets, by building foundational reusable, reliable data products enhancing KPI reporting accuracy and efficiency for Marketing, Product, and Supply Chain department's efficiency.
    • €2.5M cost reduction in last mile box delivery: ○ Assembled cross-functional team to deploy neural networks reducing last-mile delivery costs from €3 per box across three markets (delivering 820K boxes/week). Worked directly with HelloFresh France CEO, architecting multi-variate deep learning models processing real-time logistics data for dynamic route optimization. ○ Built end-to-end deep learning pipeline incorporating box classification, reinforcement learning for
    route planning, and delivery preferences.
    Machine learning Python Distributed computing Snowflake AWS

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Education

  • Certified Big Data Architect
    2017
    Certified Big Data Architect
  • TOGAF Certified Enterprise Architect
    The Open Group
    2011
    TOGAF Certified Enterprise Architect

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