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Bhavesh D.

17yrs | Architect | Stripe Certified | Payment Gateway | FinTech | AI

CTO | STRIPE CONNECT | STRIPE BILLING | STRIPE RADAR | STRIPE API | STRIPE CHECKOUT | STRIPE TERMINAL | FINTECH | SAAS | AI | PAYMENTS | COMPLIANCE ( PCI DSS, GDPR, HIPAA) XERO | QUICKBOOKS | ACCOUNTING SOFTWARE INTEGRATION CRO | Meta Ads | Google Ads | ROAS | CAC FRACTIONAL CTO SERVICES | SCALABLE MVP DEVELOPMENT | REMOTE TEAM LEADERSHIP | TECHNICAL ROADMAPPING | STRIPE CONSULTING & DEVELOPMENT | AI | AUTOMATION Fractional CTO | 17+ Years IT Leadership | FinTech & Healthcare | Scalable MVPs | Stripe & Payments Expert I bring 17+ years of experience in technology, 10 years in FinTech and 2 years in AI—leading startups from concept to scale. As a Fractional CTO, I specialize in architecting investor-ready MVPs, building and managing remote engineering teams, and aligning technical roadmaps with business milestones. My approach balances speed-to-market with the long-term stability investors expect. As a Certified Stripe Expert, I’ve delivered 200+ projects across SaaS, eCommerce, and healthcare, helping founders design, integrate, and optimize payments that drive revenue and meet global compliance standards. Beyond Stripe, I manage full product lifecycles, ensuring delivery on time, within budget, and aligned with growth objectives. I’m also passionate about AI-driven automation, applying conversational AI, intelligent bots, and no/low-code workflows to simplify operations and create scalable, cost-efficient systems. What I Offer: Fractional CTO leadership & technical roadmapping Stripe consulting, integration, and optimization Scalable MVP development with investor alignment End-to-end project & product management (Agile/Scrum) AI-powered automation for payments, SaaS, and operations If you’re looking for a CTO who blends deep technical expertise with executive strategy, I’d be glad to help shape and scale your product. SKILLS: ✓✓✓ Payment Gateway Integrations ✓✓✓ Payment Gateway Migrations ✓✓✓ Technical Roadmapping ✓✓✓ Startup Fundraising Support ✓✓✓ Cloud Architecture (AWS, GCP, Azure) ✓✓✓ Remote Team Leadership ✓✓✓ SaaS Architecture ✓✓✓ Healthcare Technology (HIPAA, HL7, FHIR) ✓✓✓ FinTech Compliance (PCI DSS, PSD2) ✓✓✓ Scalable MVP Development ✓✓✓ Vendor Management ✓✓✓ AI Software Development ✓✓✓ AI Agent Development ✓✓✓ No/Low Code Development • STRIPE • PAYPAL • Authorize.net • 2 Checkout • Sage Pay • Square • WorldPay • RazorPay • WeChat Pay • iDeal • Klarna • QuickBook TaxJar • Xero • AI • ChatGPT • LangChain Tech Stack & Leadership Capabilities ✓ DevOps & Infrastructure: CI/CD pipelines, Docker, Kubernetes, infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Ansible), monitoring & observability (Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana). ✓ Cybersecurity & Compliance: Identity and access management, encryption standards, SOC2 & GDPR compliance, penetration testing oversight. ✓ Data & Analytics: Data pipelines, ETL, real-time processing (Kafka, Spark), business intelligence dashboards. ✓ Mobile Oversight: iOS/Android (Swift, Kotlin, React Native, Flutter) – leadership & architectural guidance. ✓ Scalability & Reliability: Microservices architecture, high availability (HA), disaster recovery (DR), event-driven systems. ✓ Product Strategy: Product-market fit, UX/UI oversight, customer-driven roadmaps, investor milestone alignment. Core Development Expertise: ✓ Languages & Frameworks: Python, Java, Node.js, Next.js, PHP, Java EE (Servlet, JSP, EJB, Hibernate, Spring). ✓ Web & CMS: WordPress, WooCommerce. ✓ Databases: MySQL, Oracle. ✓ Cloud: AWS, GCP, Azure. ✓ OS: Linux, Windows. ✓ Front-End: JavaScript, jQuery, AJAX, Node.js. ✓ APIs & Integrations: REST APIs, ChartMogul, Twilio, Mailchimp, HubSpot, Facebook Graph, Google Maps, Twitter. ✓ Video Handling: Cloudflare Stream (direct upload, processing, secure playback). ✓ Tooling & Automation: Jenkins, MQ, Agile/Scrum workflows.

🇺🇸San Francisco, United States$75/hr100% JSS4.48 (160)Since Mar 2018

Earnings and projects

MRR (estimate)
≈$3.4k

An estimate from an earlier read

World#10,400 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#2,944 / 62.1k
Revenue, last 30 days
$1.4k

Last 6 months: $21k

World#31,486 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#5,347 / 62.1k
Total earnings
$338k

Billed in all: $348k

World#6,177 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#1,766 / 62.1k
Per project
$1.3k

$977 in the last 6 months

World#107,372 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#18,293 / 62.1k
Projects, last 6 months
21

Across 24 contracts

33% fixed67% hourly
World#5,539 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#956 / 62.1k
Projects in all
270

Across 298 contracts

44% fixed56% hourly
World#5,888 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#1,065 / 62.1k

Earnings, last 30 days

$348k+$1.4k earned in the last 30 daysBilled in all, before Upwork's fee · drag across the chart to see what was earned in any stretch
$346k$347k$348kOct 9Oct 24Nov 8

No data since Nov 5, 2026.

Skill rankings: Top 2% in Payment Gateway

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  8. #10PayPal394 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #3Top 3%