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Sanjay Belagodu

@sanjaybelagodu

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I lead global engineering organizations modernizing secure SaaS, fintech, and enterprise payment platforms.

United States

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I've led engineering organizations at Akamai, Nominum, Blackhawk Networks, and JPMorgan Chase, building secure SaaS, fintech, and payment platforms at global scale.

At Akamai, I lead 45+ engineers across four teams and a $12M budget for enterprise security products serving Fortune 500 customers. I established DevSecOps and automated CI/CD practices that increased feature delivery velocity by 65% and reduced production security vulnerabilities by 80%.

I built a Forward Deployed Engineering organization that cut enterprise customization timelines from three months to two weeks, accelerating delivery by 83%. I also led cloud-native SaaS, DNS security, and infrastructure modernization initiatives that improved performance, reliability, support volume, and operating costs.

Earlier, I directed payment and procurement platforms at JPMorgan Chase processing more than $100B annually with 99.99% uptime. I create structured, protective environments for distributed teams while delivering customer-focused outcomes across complex global systems.

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Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Director of Engineering, Enterprise Security Products

Akamai

Feb 2018 - Mar 2026 (8 years 1 month)

Led a global engineering organization of 45+ engineers across 4 teams with a $12M annual budget, reporting directly to VP of Engineering while managing security products serving Fortune 500 enterprises. Led development of a strategic knowledge intelligence system using a private LLM-based RAG application and established DevSecOps practices.

DevSecOps CI CD Security Products Enterprise Security Team Leadership Budget Management LLM RAG

Engineering Director, Enterprise Security Products

Nominum

Jul 2013 - Feb 2018 (4 years 7 months)

Directed Applications Engineering teams for enterprise security division with 35 engineers across 3 cross-functional teams, overseeing $8M product portfolio while reporting to Chief Technology Officer. Directed transformation of complex backend DNS infrastructure into scalable cloud-native SaaS platform.

DNS Cloud Native SaaS Microservices Threat Intelligence Team Leadership Budget Management

Senior Engineering Manager

Blackhawk Networks

Mar 2012 - Jul 2013 (1 year 4 months)

Managed 25-person global Engineering team across Mobile and Web platforms with $5M development budget spanning US and India, reporting to the Director of Engineering while overseeing gift card transaction reconciliation systems. Led modernization of Blackhawk's consumer digital wallet platform.

Mobile Web REST APIs Transactional Systems Team Leadership Budget Management

Senior Application Development Manager

JPMorgan Chase

Feb 2001 - Mar 2012 (11 years 1 month)

Managed enterprise application development for Commercial Card and Procurement businesses under Treasury unit with 40+ developers globally, overseeing $10M annual development budget while reporting to VP of Technology. Led and expanded global development teams in the U.S., India, and Hong Kong and established agile delivery practices.

Payment Processing ACH settlement system ERP Agile Team Leadership Budget Management