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Amar Potghan

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Engineering Leader at Stripe
📍 London, England, United Kingdom

Amar Potghan is an Engineering Leader at Stripe, focusing on global payment method products. His expertise lies in technical leadership, system and API design, and platformization. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering from Savitribai Phule Pune University and has certifications in functional programming.

His technical interests are deeply rooted in functional programming, having completed certifications in both Haskell and Scala. During university, he was actively involved in programming competitions, showcasing an early passion for software development and problem-solving.

Unique fact: Earlier in his career, he served as an Acting CTO for a peer-to-peer lending platform.

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Experience
12 Years
Current Role
Engineering Leader
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
London, England, United Kingdom
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Global Payments
As an Engineering Leader at Stripe, he is directly involved in developing and scaling global payment method products.
Functional Programming
Holds certifications in Haskell and Scala and has professional experience with Clojurescript, indicating a strong passion for this paradigm.
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Career

Work history

7-2021
Engineering Leader
Stripe
8-2019 - 7-2021
Vice President
MSCI Inc.
2017 - 7-2019
Senior Developer, Tech Lead
uSwitch.com
2017 - 2017
Senior Software Developer
Risk.Ident GmbH
2015 - 2017
Software Engineer, Tech Lead
Capital Match
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Education
2007 - 2011
Bachelor of Engineering (BE)
Savitribai Phule Pune University
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