OSAMA BARI / CTO

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A builder of systems and the teams that run them.

Biography

LONG FORM

Osama Bari is a Dubai-based technology executive and the Chief Technology Officer of D24 Fintech Group, where he leads engineering across the group's core trading technology — ATLAS, a C++ ultra-low-latency liquidity and matching engine; a white-label exchange platform delivered to external clients; and OFZA.com, a VARA-regulated digital-asset exchange.

A hands-on CTO with more than 14 years in software, financial technology and blockchain, he builds regulated trading systems from zero — matching engines, order management, market data, pre-trade risk, custody and settlement — and has delivered multiple regulated venues end to end across the UAE (VARA), India (FIU-IND) and Mauritius (FSC). Two of those platforms, OFZA.com and BitDelta.com, are independently ranked among the CER.live Top 10 most secure crypto exchanges worldwide.

His web3 practice runs just as deep: on-chain since 2017, he has built private blockchains, enterprise Hyperledger systems for supply-chain and trade finance, Solidity smart contracts for payments, escrow and asset issuance, institutional custody on MPC, HSM and multisig, DeFi integrations with MEV and bridge-risk mitigation — and RaceKingdom.io, a metaverse NFT racing platform with an evolving on-chain economy built on ERC-1155 and Soul Bound Tokens.

He is a builder of teams as much as systems: at BitDelta he joined with no team, platform or infrastructure and recruited an engineering and product organisation of more than 150 people within a year — an in-house core combined with offshore teams across countries and time zones — instituting DORA metrics, MTTR governance and structured handovers so platforms keep scaling independently after launch. He is a regular commentator in the fintech press and holds a BA from Sampurnanand Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya with diplomas in Computer Science from NIELIT and NIIT.

Career

2012 — PRESENT
2023 —

Chief Technology Officer

D24 Fintech Group · Dubai

ATLAS matching engine, OFZA exchange, white-label platform; DORA/MTTR governance; 40% cloud-cost reduction across AWS, Azure and Alibaba Cloud.

2021 — 23

Chief Technology Officer, Founding

BitDelta (formerly DIFX) · Dubai

Built everything from zero; led the DIFX → BitDelta global rebrand with zero downtime; launched BitDelta.pro (MT5, FSC) and BitDelta.in (FIU-IND); scaled the custody and DeFi team 0 → 80+.

2020 — 21

Developer / AWS Solutions Architect

Al Ghurair · Dubai

Tenancy super-app on event-driven AWS microservices — Lambda, SQS, DynamoDB — with Ejari integration and LEAN payments.

2018 — 19

Full-Stack & Blockchain Architect

e-Mal · Dubai

Blockchain payment and digital-wallet infrastructure; Solidity smart contracts for programmable payments, escrow and asset issuance on Ethereum and Hyperledger Fabric.

2017 — 18

Full-Stack / Hyperledger Developer

Block Gemini · Dubai

Enterprise blockchain on Hyperledger Fabric for supply-chain finance, trade finance and KYC automation.

2016 — 17

Senior Software Engineer

TechAhead · Noida

Full-stack fintech and enterprise applications; introduced CI/CD, agile practices and code-review standards.

2012 — 15

Software Developer

Yayavar Tours · New Delhi

First production platform: travel booking with payment-gateway integration.

Credentials

EDUCATION / AWARDS
EducationBA, Sampurnanand Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya (2012) · Diploma in Computer Science, NIELIT · Diploma in Computer Science, NIIT
AwardsCER.live Top 10 Most Secure Crypto Exchanges (OFZA.com & BitDelta.com) · Watts Humphrey Award · Rockstar of the Quarter · Leader of Emerging Future · Best Project of the Quarter
LanguagesEnglish (professional) · Hindi (native)
Open source199 public repositories on GitHub · Arctic Code Vault contributor

Quick answers

FAQ

Who is Osama Bari?

Osama Bari is the Chief Technology Officer of D24 Fintech Group in Dubai — a hands-on builder of regulated trading systems and web3 infrastructure with more than 14 years in financial technology.

What has Osama Bari built?

The ATLAS C++ matching engine, the OFZA.com and BitDelta.com exchanges (both CER.live Top-10 most secure), BitDelta.pro and BitDelta.in, a white-label exchange platform, RaceKingdom.io, and custody, DeFi and enterprise-blockchain systems.

What is Osama Bari known for?

Delivering regulated exchanges end to end across three jurisdictions, ultra-low-latency trading engineering, and recruiting engineering organisations from zero to 150+ people across in-house and offshore teams.

How can I contact Osama Bari?

For media, speaking and industry enquiries: osamabari@hotmail.com, on Telegram at @defidevmaster, or via LinkedIn and X. Product questions about D24 Fintech Group should go to the company directly.

Contact

MEDIA / SPEAKING / INDUSTRY

For media, speaking and industry enquiries.

Email is best for formal requests; Telegram is the fastest route for quick questions.