Prasad Wangikar

Prasad Wangikar, Principal Engineer at Stripe, leads Payments Intelligence, applying AI/ML to detect fraud and improve conversion in real-time transactions. With over two decades of experience in fintech, including building high-frequency trading systems, he excels at creating resilient, high-scale architectures. At Affirm, he scaled the fraud detection system, drove vendor resiliency, and led platform modernization, saving millions. Prasad’s expertise spans AI/ML implementation, robust data pipeline design, and intelligent infrastructure development. His background in low-latency, high-throughput trading systems informs his approach to building pressure-resistant architectures. Through strong architectural thinking and hands-on leadership, Prasad consistently elevates organizational reliability and engineering standards.