Engineering · AI · Leadership
Ujjwal
Kohli
I build platforms that protect people at scale. I grow engineering cultures that shape careers. I pioneer AI in places where it actually matters.
London · Global · FinTech · AI
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Engineering · AI · Leadership
I build platforms that protect people at scale. I grow engineering cultures that shape careers. I pioneer AI in places where it actually matters.
"The most valuable engineering isn't written in code. It's built in culture, governance, and the courage to adopt what's coming — before the rest of the industry realises it has arrived."
// Three dimensions of my work
Across fifteen years at two of the world's most complex financial institutions, I've architected platforms that don't just process data — they protect people. Regulatory-grade systems. Real-time intelligence pipelines. Platforms that boards rely on and regulators audit.
The work spans Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan Chase — always at a senior leadership level, always with an eye on the decade ahead, not the next sprint.
I measure leadership not in org charts but in the number of people who grow because of their proximity to me. Engineering communities with 500+ members at JP Morgan Chase. 7,500 hours of hands-on training delivered. Teams scaled from one to thirty across five cities.
Great architecture is temporary. Great engineering culture compounds.
I don't wait for AI to be industry standard. I build the governance models, rollout strategies, and experimentation frameworks that make adoption real — not theatrical. My AI work is now cited at leadership forums as directional strategy for how institutions should move forward.
// The AI Moment
Most organisations are still asking whether to adopt AI. I'm defining how responsible, measurable AI adoption looks inside one of the most regulated industries on earth.
From gamification-driven Copilot rollouts that moved the needle on code quality across hundreds of engineers, to architecting Claude experimentation frameworks, to designing the MCP server tooling that accelerated developer velocity — I'm building the infrastructure for how AI takes hold in financial services.
That work is now cited directionally at leadership forums shaping the strategies of global institutions.
// Engineering as Community
Founded Parallel (AI & developer productivity) and Codehive at JP Morgan Chase — reaching 500+ engineers across business lines. Monthly AI/LLM workshops. Agentic tooling demos. 7,500+ hours of hands-on training. Recognised at firm level.
Ran Java Clean Code Kata workshops for 150+ engineers at Goldman Sachs — shared globally as a quality benchmark. Because how engineers write code shapes how they think.
Core contributor, FINOS Legend. Technovation mentor (Best Poster). Oxfam Trailwalker. STEM Foundation. Leadership doesn't stop at the office door.
// Where I've done this work
Leading engineering strategy for firmwide communications controls and enterprise platform architecture. AI adoption pioneer. Regulatory platform owner. Team builder across four global locations. Three board-level strategy presentations.
A decade building compliance intelligence platforms at global scale — surveillance systems, data pipelines, regulatory controls. Three global technology awards. Open-source contributor to FINOS Legend. The foundation of everything I do today.