Ankit Kumar Mishra
7+ years building production systems, most of them in regulated FinTech and RegTech: Staff Software Engineer at TechPassport, before that Engineering Lead at Vested Finance after two promotions in 12 months. Remote-first with teams in the US, UK and EU.
London, UK (Remote) · May 2023 to Present
Stack: Stripe, Node.js, React, PostgreSQL, D3.js, Figma
Berkeley, CA, USA (Remote) · June 2021 to May 2023
Stack: KYC, Stripe, Razorpay, Ledgers, Node.js, System design
Bengaluru, India (Remote) · Jan 2021 to June 2021
Stack: React, Node.js, Automation
Bengaluru, India (Remote) · Aug 2020 to Jan 2021
Stack: React, Frontend
The platform needed a monetization layer and none existed. Designed the billing schema, integrated Stripe, and built subscription management. I architected it from scratch and own it end to end.
TechPassport's complete monetization stack, built and run by one owner.
Critical, high-traffic endpoints were too slow. Caching strategies, query optimization, and async refactoring across the hot paths.
Response times down 75 to 80% on the endpoints that matter most.
Built buyer-driven dynamic forms so supplier workflows can be configured per buyer, and complex relational data visualizations in D3.js.
Expanded the product's core analytical capabilities.
Own the design-to-engineering pipeline end to end, from Figma concept through implementation and release.
10+ features shipped from concept to production.
Onboarding only worked for a single market. Integrated alternate KYC providers and built region-aware compliance and verification flows.
Onboarding opened to global users, unlocking the platform's international expansion.
Shipped payment processing, ledger systems, and curated multi-asset investment collections on a platform handling real investor money.
Production money-movement features where correctness is non-negotiable.
Unified subscription management across Stripe, Razorpay, Google Play, and Apple in-app purchases.
A single subscription model across web and mobile.
Led the KYC/Compliance and Premium Management squads as Engineering Lead and de facto product owner. Scoped roadmaps, ran delivery end to end, and owned the platform's entry-point flows. Set technical direction for a 5+ engineer squad inside a 15+ member cross-functional team: system design documents, query optimization, structured logging, and internal training.
Promoted twice in 12 months; recognized with the company's "Owning the Problem" award (Jan 2023).
Subject Matter Expert and lead instructor across several engineering schools. I'm an engineer first. Teaching live courses across 50+ batches and 1:1 coaching sessions is why I can take someone from stuck to shipping, write a review that teaches rather than blocks, and set technical direction a squad will actually follow.