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.
Earnings and projects
An estimate from an earlier read
Last 6 months: $21k
Billed in all: $347,614$348k
$977 in the last 6 months
Across 24 contracts
Across 298 contracts
Earnings, last 30 days
No data since Nov 5, 2026.
Skill rankings: Top 2% in Payment Gateway
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