Amit Athavale

Amit Athavale is a seasoned technology leader with extensive experience in payments platform engineering at PayPal since April 2007, currently serving as Sr. Director of Payments Platform Engineering. In this role, Amit leads teams focused on the Instrument Processing Platform and the Payments Backend Data Platform, which are critical for processing payments across various financial instruments. Previous positions include Director roles managing core systems and projects focused on modernizing payment infrastructures. Amit's early career included significant contributions at Bloomberg, Symantec Corp., and Persistent Systems, complemented by a Master's degree in Computer Science from Savitribai Phule Pune University.