I'm Keyur Thakkar, a full-stack software engineer who builds secure, real-time systems for U.S. capital-markets and fintech firms, and applied AI products that stay correct under load and under scrutiny.
Over the past three years at Fintech Global Center I've grown from intern to architect across several flagship platforms. Alongside work I'm pursuing a part-time Ph.D. in Artificial Intelligence, volunteering as a TED Translator, and making videos that explain tech without the jargon.
I joined Fintech Global Center as an intern in January 2023 and converted to full-time within four months. Since then I've built and architected production systems for U.S. capital-markets and fintech clients: trading platforms, account-management systems, and an AI-driven healthcare product, working across Java and Spring, .NET, React, and Angular on AWS and Azure.
On several of these I've worked directly with U.S. client teams as a lead, owning architecture, security, and delivery rather than just writing code. I'm also a founding engineer on CodeSherlock, an AI code-analysis platform that grew from an idea into a certified product.
Outside of engineering I translate TED Talks into Gujarati and Hindi, and I run Tech & Life with Keyur, a channel that explains AI with everyday analogies. Whether the barrier is a language or a concept, I like removing whatever stands between a person and an idea worth understanding.
Backend & APIs / Frontend / GenAI & LLM integration / Cloud & DevOps / Data & messaging / Security & compliance
Java / Spring Boot / .NET / C# / TypeScript / React / Angular / Node.js / NestJS / GraphQL / Kafka / PostgreSQL / Redis / AWS / Azure / Docker / Kubernetes / Terraform
From intern to architect
I converted from intern to full-time in four months, and I now lead architecture and delivery on platforms that U.S. financial firms run their business on.
Still a student, on purpose
Alongside full-time engineering I'm pursuing a part-time Ph.D. in Artificial Intelligence. The research keeps my thinking honest; production keeps it grounded.
Awards, selections, mentions
2026
NPTEL Star Invited by IIT Bombay to the 2026 NPTEL Star session for top-percentile performance.
2024
Company leaderboard The only first-year engineer named on Fintech Global Center's 2024 leaderboard.
2021
TED Translators Language Supervisor Appointed Language Supervisor, reviewing and approving community translations.
2020
TED2020 Translator scholarship Selected to attend TED2020 with travel arranged by TED; the conference moved online in the pandemic.
National Bootathon selection 1 of 11 developers selected countrywide for Virtual Labs, a Govt. of India digital-learning initiative.
Earlier
University UI/UX competition First place in a university-wide user interface design competition.