# Nikita Vignesh Kumar

> Software Engineer @ Robinhood | GHC’23 | Carnegie Mellon University Alum | Formerly at Citi

Location: Redwood City, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/nikitavigneshkumar

Hello there! 
I am a Master of Information Systems Management graduate from Carnegie Mellon University (Class of '23). 

I'm a Software Engineer in the Financial Crimes engineering division at Robinhood Markets, specializing in building and optimizing AML systems for fraud and financial investigation. I design and implement scalable, data-driven solutions that help reduce false positives, automate and streamline investigative workflows and help the AML teams in their day-to-day surveillance activities. 

Previously, I contributed to real-time fraud decision-making at Citigroup in their Enterprise Fraud Detection team for the North America Retails division. Additionally, I also gained valuable experience during my internship at Societe Generale where I helped enhanced trading platform processes 

I thrive on using technology to drive real-world impact and am eager to apply my expertise to innovative challenges. 
Feel free to email me on nikitavignesh97@gmail.com or drop me a message!🌟

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Robinhood
Jan 2024 – Present | Menlo Park, California, United States
Financial Crimes Engineering

### Graduate Teaching Assistant @ Carnegie Mellon University
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023
Digital Service Innovation
Agile Methods
Organizational Design and Implementation

### Student Technology Consultant @ Baton
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Enhanced a Python-based NLP model utilizing SpaCy to process extensive user search queries and achieved an 80% accuracy rate in the search results for small business acquisitions displayed from the Postgres database.

### Technology Analyst Intern @ Societe Generale Corporate and Investment Banking - SGCIB
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | New York, United States

### Teaching Assistant @ Carnegie Mellon University - Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Developing Blockchain Use Cases

### Tech Programme App Developer @ Citi
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Chennai Area, India
- Actimize Developer for the Enterprise Fraud Detection team for North America
- Developed 3+ manual and systemic actions end-to-end, consuming java microservices to trigger operations on fraudulent debit transactions for particular transaction types coming in from different channels.
- Built Actimize utility to generate the data variance report for the EFD data i.e alerts, transactions, and actions to draw valuable insights based on time period and analyze difference in data volumes.
- Primary developer for creation of SQL Loader utility to process transaction data for customer Account Take-Over Detection project and developed Unix shell script for periodic processing of csv input files and data archival .
- Supported end-to-end development of Actimize processes in collaboration with 7-member team for multiple projects and involved in AIS object development, RCM changes, data manipulation in database and shell-scripting for Actimize execution plans.
- Tested and resolved bugs with cross-site teams in SIT and UAT test environments for production delivery

### Tech Program Analyst @ Citi
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021

### Intern @ Kumolus
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Pune Area, India


## Education
### Master's degree in Management Information Systems, General
Carnegie Mellon University - Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy

### Bachelor of Technology in Information Technology
SSN College of Engineering

### Class 12 in Computer Science
Army Public School,Kirkee

### 10th in Computer Science
The Bishops Coed School, Kalyaninagar


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/nikita-vignesh-kumar

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Last updated: 2026-03-29