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Anandan ramachandran

@anandanramachandran

I build production-grade payments, stablecoin, and sportsbook platforms for global scale.

United States
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What I'm looking for

I’m open to immediate remote USA-based C2C contract and advisory engagements in fintech, cross-border payments, sports betting, iGaming, crypto, and platform SaaS. I’m interested in building scalable products, advising startups on architecture, GTM, and monetization, and partnering with investors.

I’m building Phodata.xyz, a live cross-border payments platform for remittance, virtual accounts, global payroll, invoicing, and stablecoin-powered settlement.

I build fintech APIs for fiat-to-crypto orchestration, cross-border payouts, crypto on- and off-ramps, and global receiving and payout rails. My focus is practical, compliant financial infrastructure that is live, production-ready, and designed to scale.

Previously, I led global engineering teams at XGC Software and built sportsbook data platforms for Pro League Network using React, Node.js, Flask, PostgreSQL, AWS, and real-time odds integrations. I also bring deep experience in API architecture, cloud infrastructure, DevOps, KYC integrations, and multi-tenant platform development.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Phodata.xyz logoPH
Current

Founder

Feb 2026 - Present (7 months)

Our flagship product is a live cross-border money platform. What started as USD → INR remittance for the Indian diaspora has grown into a full global payments suite:
💸 Remittance — Send money to India via ACH, wire, or card — settled through stablecoin (USDT) rails for near-instant delivery to bank accounts and UPI.
🏦 Virtual US Account & IBAN — Freelancers and remote workers anywhere can receive

Pro League Network logoPN
Current

Senior Full Stack Engineer

Jan 2025 - Present (1 year 8 months)

Jan 2024 – Present | Remote (India – USA Collaboration)
Core developer for PLN’s sportsbook data platform, powering integrations with OpticOdds and OddsJam for real-time odds publishing and sports data delivery.

Built and maintained full-stack applications using React.js, Node.js, Python (Flask), PostgreSQL, and AWS services.

Designed and optimized APIs for odds feeds, player data, and live even

XGC Software Inc, logoXI

VP of Software Engineering (India)

Oct 2020 - Jan 2025 (4 years 3 months)

Led the development and execution of multiple high-impact projects, managing global teams in remote settings.

Pro League Network (PLN) (July 2024 – Jan 2025): Full Stack Development

Developed and maintained key web applications:
Live Scoring Application: Real-time scoring platform for sports leagues.
Player Profile Application: Player management and profile system.
League Operations Application:

XGC Software Inc, logoXI

Vice President of Software Engineering

Oct 2020 - Dec 2024 (4 years 2 months)

Pro League Network (PLN) | Full Stack Development (July 2024 – Dec 2024, Contract/Deputation)

· Live Scoring Application: Developed a real-time scoring platform for sports leagues, enabling instant updates and enhancing fan engagement.

· Player Profile Application: Built a robust player management system, streamlining profile creation and management for players and teams.

· League Operations Ap

XGC Software Inc, logoXI

Backend engineer

Oct 2020 - Jun 2022 (1 year 8 months)

CARERELAY, now a product of XGC software, October 2020 - June 2022
• Developed full-stack MERN application "Carerelay" which includs Kubernetes, Parse Framework.
• Managed backend services with Node.js and Parse, implemented Kubernetes environments on Azure and Digital Ocean.

Blackboard logoBL

Senior Software Engineer

May 2019 - Jul 2020 (1 year 2 months)

• With the sale of the Transact business from Blackboard to Reverence Capital Partners, Transact campus is now an independent company! This new chapter brings with it an elevated commitment from our entire team to continue to serve our clients and their campus communities.

• Worked with Wso2 API gateway, Kong API gateway, docker swarm, Kubernetes, Ansible, Azure Service Fabric, Octopus Deploy, Po

Blackboard logoBL

Senior Software Engineer

Jul 2017 - Apr 2019 (1 year 9 months)

Worked on API development with Postman and Swagger on Kong API gateway/WSO2 API manager.

Worked directly with the Chief Architect of Product Development and Product Management to introduce platform architecture and drove a shift from siloed products to a platform for both Transact Division and Blackboard product portfolios

Object Frontier Software logoOS

DevOps Engineer

May 2016 - Mar 2017 (10 months)

· Implemented CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, StackStorm, Docker, and other DevOps tools.

ObjectFrontier Software logoOS

Senior Software Engineer

May 2016 - Mar 2017 (10 months)

Project for MSCI
MSCI Inc is an investment research firm, Bluebox application project.

Responsibilities:
Collaborate across cross-functional teams and assist in design processes for tactical and strategic initiatives.

Working with Business Stakeholders and development engineers to understand their needs and get more done faster with less effort using state of the art technologies including con

Freelance DevOps Consultant logoFC

Freelance DevOps Consultant

Sep 2015 - Apr 2016 (7 months)

Project for eventus software solutuion http://eventjini.com
Migrated their complete environment from Rackspace to amazon and configured application loadbalance with autoscaling and high availability for the database.
Configured redmine and integrated with GIT and Developed and implemented CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins for automatically provisioning dev/qa/prod environments in AWS with the Amazon C

Blue Light Open Source Service and Research Centre, Auroville logoBA

System Administrator

Sep 2013 - Aug 2015 (1 year 11 months)

Responsibilities:

• Creating branches, labels and performed Merges in GIT.
• Started to learn and implement Devops concept, so we developed processes, tools, automation using Jenkins for build system and delivering SW Builds.
• Managed build results in Jenkins and deployed using workflows.
• Delivered specific versions of various components of an application into target environments.
• Maintain a

iHorse Technologies logoIT

Information Technology Manager

Apr 2011 - Dec 2013 (2 years 8 months)

· Migrated infrastructure to AWS, reducing costs by 70%.

· Managed high-availability web servers, mail servers, and database servers.

iHorse Technologies logoIT

IT Ops Manager

Apr 2012 - Sep 2013 (1 year 5 months)

Lead a team of 4 members:

One of our major client was USWired, as team we worked offshore and supported approximately 600 of thier clients which includes various servers and workstations.

• Installation, Configuration & Upgrade of Solaris and Linux operating system.
• Problems & performance issues; deployed latest patches for Sun, Linux and Application servers, Performed
Solaris and Red Hat Linu

iHorse Technologies logoIT

Lead System Administrator

Apr 2011 - Apr 2012 (1 year)

One of our major client was USWired, as team we worked offshore and supported approximately 600 of thier clients which includes various servers and workstations.

• Installation and Configuration of Redhat, UBUNTU, Centos servers.
• Installation, configuration and management of Apache and Tomcat servers.
• Applying patches to fix the holes that are found during the quarterly scan basis using Nessu

Auronet/Mira computers logoAC

System Network Administrator

May 2007 - Jan 2012 (4 years 8 months)

ON CONTRACT/DEPUTATION with Auronet as System and network Admin from Precision Techserve – Chennai, India. May 2007 – May 2009

Some of the important Task/responsibilities I had over these period as follows:

· Migrated network services, maintained zero downtime, and implemented Google Apps for education.

Auronet-Auroville logoAU

SysOps Administrator

Apr 2009 - Apr 2011 (2 years)

• Carried over the migration of the mail server (Send mail Server) from here to rediff.
• Implementation of Cyberoam CR - 50i in the Network which has the following features like Identity based firewall, Gateway Level Anti – Virus, Gateway Level Anti-spam, IDP – Intrusion Detection and prevention, Content filtering, Bandwidth Management, Multi-link Manager, On-Appliance Reporting.
Successful migra

Auronet-Auroville logoAU

SysOps Administrator

Apr 2007 - Apr 2009 (2 years)

• Successful migration of the Network users from the stat server (gateway and Bandwidth management server) to Cyberoam.
• Migration process of the Avnet web server with financial service’s MySQL data base server to a data centre in Germany.
• Maintaining the Network with zero downtime.
• Immediate solution to the users to their problems in browsing the internet, receiving and sending mails using v

Sutherland Global Services logoSS

Technical support executive

Oct 2006 - Mar 2007 (5 months)

United online is one of the major ISPs in US. My responsibility to support the customers in our client’s ISP network regarding troubleshooting issues like OS problems, browser related problems, connectivity issues, driver configurations software issues, firewall issues, virus, spy ware, malware problems.

Accesstel Consulatancy Services logoAS

Network Engineer

Nov 2005 - Oct 2006 (11 months)

Structured cabling and testing, Server installation and configuration, Switch configuration and installation, router configuration and installation, OS Support, Software issues, new Installations, up gradations (GTL, IBM global Services India Private Ltd etc…)
Providing Information Technology End-to-End support like Facility Management Service, Windows2000 Servers, (which includes

Present Computer Services logoPS

System Engineer

Nov 2003 - Oct 2005 (1 year 11 months)

General Computer service for all the clients, first level trouble shooting for all the computer hardware and software issues, preventive maintenance of the systems.

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

LI

LinkedIn

Building a Diverse Professional Network

Issued Jun 2024

LI

LinkedIn

Machine Learning with Python: Foundations

Issued Jun 2024

PI

Project Management Institute

Leadership Mindsets

Issued Oct 2023

UD

Udemy

Certified Kubernetes Application Developer 2020

Issued Oct 2020

LI

LinkedIn

Overcoming Your Fear of Public Speaking

Issued Jan 2018

SC

Sri Nallalaghu Nadar Polytechnic College

Diploma, Mechanical Engineering

1995 - 1998

Mechanical Engineering

SS

Singaram Pillai Boys Higher secondary school

High School, High school

1991 - 1995

SS

Singaram Pillai Matriculation Higher Secondary School

primary schooling, primary schooling

1986 - 1991

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