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Mohin Lakdawala

Engineering Lead / AWS Certified Solutions Architect

15+ years of experience in software development, architecture, and team leadership. AWS Certified Solutions Architect adept at building scalable cloud-native systems, leading high-performing engineering teams, and driving technical excellence across the full stack. Proven track record delivering solutions for fintech startups and enterprise-scale applications.

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Experience

Oct 2023 — Present

Technical Director

Aecor Technologies, India

Leading technical strategy and product development for Prolius SaaS platform, driving architectural excellence and team growth.

  • Led technical strategy and product development teams for Prolius, a SaaS solution, driving architectural decisions and ensuring seamless integration and scalability
  • Developed and enforced best practices in code quality, CI/CD pipelines, and security standards, significantly improving efficiency and reducing time-to-market
  • Conducted technical reviews, mentoring, and training for developers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and technical excellence
  • Optimized project workflows and resource allocation, successfully balancing in-house product development with client service demands
  • Enhanced product reliability and performance through rigorous testing, proactive monitoring, and health checks, leading to a 15% reduction in post-launch incidents
Dec 2022 — Oct 2023

Associate Engineering Manager

Aspire Financial Technologies, Singapore

Led engineering team for Aspire's all-in-one finance operating system, serving 10,000+ businesses across Southeast Asia.

  • Led and motivated a team of software engineers, ensuring productivity, professional growth, and overall success in a collaborative, high-performing environment
  • Spearheaded planning, execution, and delivery of key software development projects, coordinating with cross-functional teams to ensure milestones were met
  • Collaborated with stakeholders to translate requirements into actionable engineering tasks, ensuring alignment between technical and business objectives
  • Responsible for analyzing, architecting and developing cutting-edge features for the neobank helping 10,000+ businesses manage their finances
Aug 2021 — Dec 2022

Senior Software Engineer

Aspire Financial Technologies, Singapore

Worked in a globally distributed team building and maintaining spend management features for the fintech platform.

  • Responsible for analyzing, architecting and developing cutting-edge features for the neobank platform
  • Built and maintained spend management features serving 10,000+ businesses across the SEA region
  • Technologies: Laravel, NodeJS, React, MySQL, MongoDB, DynamoDB, Redis
Jan 2021 — Aug 2021

Team Lead, PHP - GEVME

GlobalSignIn, Singapore

Led backend development for GEVME, a platform managing the entire event lifecycle before, during, and after events.

  • Part of a global backend developer team responsible for maintaining and enhancing the flagship product GEVME
  • Responsible for tracking and reviewing existing projects to identify bottlenecks, bugs, and performance issues
  • Technologies: Laravel, CakePHP, NodeJS, React, jQuery, EmberJS, MySQL, MongoDB, DynamoDB, Redis, Docker
Oct 2019 — Jan 2021

Team Lead, PHP - VIOOH

Rishabh Software, India

Backend development for VIOOH (JCDecaux) – a global independent automated planning and trading platform for outdoor advertising.

  • Collaborated with UK-based team on VIOOH content platform enabling media buyers to schedule and manage dynamic content based on data and inbuilt rules
  • Contributed to system analysis, design, documentation and development of complex features and microservices integration
  • Technologies: Laravel, React, jQuery, MySQL, Cassandra, Redis, ElasticSearch, Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins
Feb 2014 — Oct 2019

Team Lead, PHP

Aecor Technologies, India

Led cross-functional teams of web developers, mobile developers and QA on large-scale projects, managing client relationships and technical roadmap.

  • Managed client interactions for clarifications, feedback, approvals and project status updates
  • Supervised architecture and led efforts to develop the technical roadmap of the overall system
  • Computed estimated size and scope of development efforts and ensured deliverables were completed on time
  • Guided, coached and mentored junior team members throughout project execution
  • Technologies: Laravel, CakePHP, VueJS, jQuery, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, Algolia
Nov 2009 — Nov 2013

Senior Software Engineer

Infosys Limited - Bank of America

Developed and maintained complex financial applications for Bank of America using mainframe technologies.

  • Developed program logic for new applications and modified existing applications based on technical design and coding standards
  • Coded, tested, debugged, implemented and documented highly complex programs
  • Conducted peer reviews and design walkthroughs of solutions
  • Technologies: COBOL, JCL, CICS, EasyTrieve, DB2, jQuery, PHP, PostgreSQL
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Skills & Expertise

Backend & Frameworks

PHP Laravel CakePHP CodeIgniter NodeJS COBOL

Frontend

VueJS React JavaScript jQuery HTML/CSS SASS/LESS Bootstrap

Database & Storage

MySQL MongoDB DynamoDB Redis IBM DB2 Cassandra ElasticSearch

Cloud & DevOps

AWS Docker Kubernetes Jenkins CI/CD Linux

Leadership & Management

Team Leadership Mentorship Architecture Design Code Review Agile/Scrum
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Education & Certifications

2005 — 2009

Bachelor of Engineering

Gujarat University — SVIT, Vasad

Graduated with 79% aggregate. Foundation in software engineering, programming, and computer science fundamentals.

AWS Solutions Architect - Associate
Amazon Web Services
Certified
PMP Certification
Project Management Institute
In Progress (Q1 2026)