Soham Sen

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Head of Engineering, US (Senior Director) at Fundbox

New York, United States

Overview

Soham Sen is the Head of Engineering, US at Fundbox, where he builds inclusive fintech products to improve financial access for underserved small businesses. A Harvard graduate, he previously co-founded Vaya Technologies, an embedded credit platform. His career is dedicated to applying technology and data to solve the credit gap for small enterprises.

Soham has a passion for travel and reflection, having once taken a professional hiatus to walk the Camino de Santiago across northern Spain. He often draws on personal experiences, such as growing up in Northern Michigan, to explore and write about broader economic concepts like financial inclusion from a historical perspective.

After a previous role, he took time off to be a “Flaneur, ” traveling and walking the famous Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route.

Personality Overview

Fast But Wary

Quality Focused

Objective Thinker

They do not care very much about building rapport or relationships.  They are less concerned about the product and more about its potential impact. They put a lot of effort into ensuring personal success.

Topics They Care About

Inclusive Fintech
His career is centered on building products that apply tech and data to improve financial access for underserved small businesses.
Embedded Lending
He is scaling the embedded lending vision from his prior company, Vaya Technologies, in his current role at Fundbox.
Building Engineering Teams
He is actively building Fundbox's US engineering organization from the ground up and hiring for key roles on his team.

Media Appearances

Soham has no verified media appearances

Work History

6-2025
Head of Engineering, US (Senior Director) at Fundbox
4-2021
Co-Founder and Co-CEO at Vaya Technologies
3-2018 - 9-2021
SVP, Data Science & Product Engineering at Kinara Capital
1-2017 - 12-2017
Director of Credit at Jumbotail
5-2016 - 12-2016
Flaneur at Not All Who Wander are Lost

Education

MPA/ID from Harvard University
Cross registered from MIT Sloan School of Management

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Insights For Selling To Soham

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Be respectful but crisp
  • Help them weigh the risks by sharing objective proof points without becoming too analytical
  • Make sure that you circle back fast on any action items, it wins their trust

DONT's

  • Avoid being too verbose
  • Don’t take too much time in sending them information if they ask for any
  • Do not back off when challenged, respond with a confident, objective answer instead

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Soham is

  • Confidence in impact is paramount to them, followed by a sense of achievement and ROI.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Soham

  • If they are not convinced, they will have no hesitation in telling you the same.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Soham move?

  • If convinced, they can reach decisions quite fast.
  • Can Soham take some risk or not?

  • They do not shy away from taking risks, but can be quite binary about them.

You And Soham

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