About

Kunal Joshi is a Senior Engineer 1 with American Express, working in the Cloud Platform and Product Engineering group. He is responsible for driving initiatives that enhance the capabilities, features, and ease of using the Amex Private Cloud. Kunal leads the Platform Engineering, CICD, and data migration efforts for the Next Generation Amex Payment Network, working towards the vision of "Amex in a Box". He is responsible for design, development, team hiring, mentorship, and team management. Kunal has extensive experience in cloud computing, big data, and microservices architecture. Prior to joining American Express, Kunal worked as a Senior Solutions Architect with Xavient Information Systems, leading the company's Cloud and Big Data initiatives. His responsibilities included evaluating multiple Platform as a Service offerings, establishing and implementing practices for developing new applications, and migrating existing applications onto the Cloud. Kunal also helped clients upgrade their legacy workloads to leverage the advantages of Cloud and Big Data. Kunal has also worked as an Associate Specialist with Synechron, providing subject matter expertise and helping customers architect their applications using Distributed Data Grids, Platform as a Service, and Big Data technologies. He has worked with clients such as Asurion and Broadridge, analyzing existing workloads and coming up with the best possible strategies for an efficient and cost-effective migration to the cloud without sacrificing application performance. Kunal holds a Bachelor of Technology (BTech) from Bharati Vidyapeeth. He has 18.69 years of relevant experience and is skilled in Big Data, Senior Software Engineering, Microservices, Machine Learning, Python, Hadoop, Kafka, DevOps, Apache Hive, Search, and Infra. Kunal is a highly motivated and results-oriented professional with a passion for technology and a strong commitment to delivering high-quality solutions.