# Ankit Kumar

> Ankit Kumar is a software engineer and technical leader at Modern Treasury, the San Francisco-based fintech building payment operations infrastructure for companies moving money at scale. With a Master's in Computer Science from Syracuse University, he built the foundations of Modern Treasury's full-stack Payments product - an integrated payment service provider (PSP) handling fiat and stablecoin payments across ACH, RTP, FedNow, and wire rails. Before payments, his career ranged from AR helmet prototypes for BMW's CES 2016 showcase to Android apps that earned the title 'The Ultimate Camera App' from the tech press.

- **Role:** Engineering Manager at Modern Treasury
- **Organizations:** Modern Treasury
- **From:** Maharashtra, India
- **Nationality:** Indian-American
- **Education:** M.S., Computer Science, Syracuse University, Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Engineering, Pune University, MIT College of Engineering
- **Known for:** Built Android apps ('QuickShot HD', 'Sneaky Cam') that earned coverage from AndroidPIT, Droid-life, Phonearena, and makeuseof as 'The Ultimate Camera App', Earned BuiltForBlackBerry distinction with 5-star rating for app built during BlackBerry internship, Led team of 51 engineering students to 6th place nationally (out of 84 teams) at ABU Robocon-2013

## Career timeline

- **2013** — Summer intern at Rubus Labs (BlackBerry), Gurgaon, India - built app earning BuiltForBlackBerry distinction
- **2013-2014** — Captain of R&D in Robotics at MIT College of Engineering, led 51-student team to 6th place nationally at ABU Robocon-2013
- **2014** — Published research paper on image-based plagiarism detection using perceptual hash in International Journal of Computer Science Trends and Technology
- **2014** — Graduated with B.E. in Computer Engineering from Pune University
- **2014-2015** — Android Programmer at OnRoute Digital Media, Syracuse - built location-aware geo-fenced apps using BreadKrum SDK
- **2015-2016** — Augmented Reality Intern at BMW of North America, Mountain View - built AR motorcycle helmet prototypes for CES 2016 using Unity3D
- **2016** — Graduated with M.S. Computer Science from Syracuse University, GPA 3.64
- **2016+** — Joined Modern Treasury as software engineer
- **2026** — Recognized as key technical leader on team that launched Modern Treasury Payments - an integrated PSP for fiat and stablecoins

## Achievements

- Built Android apps ('QuickShot HD', 'Sneaky Cam') that earned coverage from AndroidPIT, Droid-life, Phonearena, and makeuseof as 'The Ultimate Camera App'
- Earned BuiltForBlackBerry distinction with 5-star rating for app built during BlackBerry internship
- Led team of 51 engineering students to 6th place nationally (out of 84 teams) at ABU Robocon-2013
- Built AR motorcycle helmet prototype for BMW's CES 2016 showcase using C# and Unity3D
- Published research paper on image plagiarism detection in international journal (2014)
- Recognized as key technical leader and mentor at Modern Treasury's engineering team
- Contributed to building Modern Treasury's full-stack Payments PSP - infrastructure that has processed over $400 billion in payments

## Latest updates

- **2026-02** — Modern Treasury launched its integrated PSP product (Payments) - an infrastructure platform for fiat and stablecoin payments that Ankit Kumar helped build
- **2023-09** — Forked Amazon Bedrock Quick Start on GitHub, indicating interest in generative AI infrastructure

## Links

- Website: https://kumarankit.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ankitrkumar
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/ankitkr0
- GitHub: https://github.com/ankitrkumar
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ankitrkumar

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Last updated: 2026-05-27