Iraklis Kyriakidis

Software Engineering Manager

Natech Banking Solutions · Athens

June 2025 - present

Leading a team of six engineers delivering and supporting three production systems across the AML and fintech domains: AML, Watchlist/PEP and BancApp.

• Reduced incident rates and deployment failures by 90% through CI/CD improvements, process optimisation and stronger engineering practices.
• Improved AML system performance by 70% through architectural enhancements and database optimisation.
• Delivered the AML Client web modernization project on schedule, coordinating engineering, product and stakeholder teams.
• Modernized legacy IIS-hosted .NET applications by migrating them to .NET 6, containerizing with Docker, and evolving them into distributed, cloud-ready services with APIs, microservices and distributed caching - without interrupting business continuity.

Senior Software Engineer

Natech Banking Solutions · Athens

September 2024 - June 2025

• Engineered backend services for fuzzy matching and semantic search to optimise compliance workflows.
• Extended the AML platform with Watchlist and PEP screening integration.
• Improved service reliability and deployment efficiency through CI/CD automation and containerization.

Senior Software Engineer - Cepal Hellas

Netcompany-Intrasoft, via TechPals · Athens

October 2023 - September 2024

• Built a scalable web application for loan management, designing and implementing payments, ticketing and KYC workflows.
• Deployed and maintained on Azure, with delivery streamlined through Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines.

Senior Software Engineer - IASO

Netcompany-Intrasoft, via TechPals · Athens

October 2023 - September 2024

• Developed a secure admin back-office system supporting e-signature workflows in healthcare.
• Integrated Namirial Digital Signature to meet EU compliance standards.

Senior Software Engineer

hi.health, via TechPals · Vienna, Austria

July 2022 - October 2023

• Back-end development on a new platform automating insurance claims and enabling a global cashless payment experience.
• Developed and maintained core systems on a microservices architecture combining Kubernetes services and AWS Lambda functions.
• Integrated external payment providers to enable online and card-based transactions.
• Maintained strong coverage through comprehensive unit and integration tests.

Senior Software Engineer

Flipdish, via TechPals · Ireland

March 2022 - July 2022

• Reporting and analytics team: internal and external reporting supporting data-driven decisions across the organisation.
• Designed and implemented back-end services and data pipelines underpinning analytics workflows.

Senior Software Engineer

Enartia · Heraklion

February 2020 - March 2022

• Back-end systems and customer-facing websites for Papaki.gr and TopHost.gr, across the full lifecycle of scalable, high-availability web services.
• Built and maintained CI/CD pipelines on CircleCI, migrating legacy pipelines from Jenkins and improving deployment reliability and release frequency.
• Led migration of legacy applications and Windows services from VB.NET to C# and .NET Core, including containerization for Windows and Linux.
• Conducted technical and non-technical interviews as part of growing the engineering team.

Senior Software Engineer

Betsson Group · Stockholm, Sweden

November 2018 - February 2020

• Developed and operated the wallet system handling real-time transactions across all Betsson brands - bets, wins, bonuses, rebalances and refunds.
• Ensured performance, reliability and regulatory compliance in a system processing millions of transactions daily.
• Worked in the player account management team on a distributed, event-driven architecture.
• Conducted interviews for backend engineering roles.

Team Lead

Qliro · Stockholm, Sweden

February 2017 - November 2018

• Led a cross-functional team, owning day-to-day coordination, delivery planning and alignment with business goals.
• Ran 1:1s, salary reviews and performance evaluations, mentoring engineers and supporting their growth.
• Oversaw team architecture decisions and played a key role in technical and non-technical hiring.
• Member of the company-wide architecture committee, shaping technical direction and evaluating cross-team proposals.

Senior Software Engineer

Qliro · Stockholm, Sweden

September 2016 - February 2017

• Built systems for invoice and order management and Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) services.
• Built a Kafka-based system for handling GDPR data requests, routing them to the right teams across the organisation.
• Participated in PSD2 proofs of concept, collaborating with Nordea on open banking use cases.
• Designed and implemented CI/CD pipelines using TeamCity.

Senior Software Engineer

Xylem Inc. · Stockholm, Sweden

January 2015 - September 2016

• Back-end systems and desktop applications for flow calculation and performance testing of water pumps.
• Data processing, system logic and integration with the mathematical models used in simulation and testing.

Software Engineer

Konsultnet · Stockholm, Sweden

February 2013 - January 2015

• Developed Effectplan, a web-based budgeting and forecasting tool used by finance and planning teams.
• Back-end logic, database interactions and front-end components supporting complex financial workflows and reporting.

Software Engineer

Apopsi Group of Companies · Piraeus, Greece

August 2008 - August 2011

• Built a custom CMS used across multiple companies in the group, in C#, ASP.NET and SQL Server.
• Built a system for managing electronic equipment through a map interface, integrating the KNX protocol with Google and Bing Maps.

Software Engineer

EnergyNet · Serres, Greece

June 2007 - July 2008

• Supported, enhanced and reverse-engineered a management system used by 22+ internet cafés, integrating hourly and daily billing with a CDN distributing game files, serial keys and assets.
• Developed a remote lock/unlock mechanism for centralised control across all client machines.

MSc, Information Systems Management

Stockholm University · Sweden

2011 - 2013

BSc, Computer Science

University of Hertfordshire · United Kingdom

2003 - 2006