Pradeep Kumaresan
Bengaluru
Summary
A seasoned technologist with expertise in designing, building and maintaining complex backend applications. Passionate on mentoring and upskilling the team.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Principal Software Engineer
Mimecast
10.2022 - Current
- Created Marketplace for third-party security applications, enabling seamless threat data sharing within Mimecast's ecosystem.
- Developed API components for Mimecast's email security pivot, enhancing integration capabilities.
- Architected and built a user preferences service used across the organization.
- Built authorization platform for web apps to ensure accurate permission querying for logged-in users.
Lead Consultant
Thoughtworks
07.2022 - 09.2024
- Led a team that migrated my client's business critical applications from a legacy API prone to bugs to a modern API system with high availability and reliability with minimal downtime. Potentially saving millions of dollars in future revenue losses and increased sales.
- Led team in building a 360 view of client's engineering organization, including code quality, golden standard, CI/CD, and capabilities, providing a holistic view of system health and performance.
- Mentored team members to upskill and advance in their roles, enhancing overall productive output.
Solutions Architect
Bridgei2i Analytics Solutions
01.2022 - 06.2022
- Converted client's business requirements into viable solutions, proposing technical architecture to meet project goals.
- Created pre-sales solutions aligning with client requirements to enhance engagement.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to define technical requirements and specifications.
- Evaluated emerging technologies to enhance data processing and analysis capabilities.
Technical Manager
Bridgei2i Analytics Solutions
01.2020 - 01.2022
- Led team to develop secure application for international bank in AWS, addressing web application security vulnerabilities.
- Led multiple teams to develop web applications in Azure with Azure AD Authentication, Key Vault, Azure DevOps, etc.
- Designed, developed and deployed apps in the managed Kubernetes cluster in AWS.
- Identified and fixed application performance bottlenecks.
- Assisted data science teams in productionizing ML algorithms using GCP Cloud Functions.
- Mentored team members on technical skills development.
- Facilitated technical brown bag and classroom sessions for skill development across the organization.
Senior Software Engineer
Solifi (previously IDS Software)
05.2018 - 12.2019
- Developed new features enhancing product functionality and user experience.
- Identified and resolved bugs through root cause analysis, improving system reliability.
- Drove code quality exercise in my team and achieved 25% better quality.
- Guided my team to achieve 30% better unit test coverage.
- Utilized agile methodologies to streamline work planning and maintain a well-prioritized backlog.
- Developed and maintained our market leading equipment leasing product.
Technology Analyst
Infosys Ltd
12.2015 - 05.2018
- Developed web dashboard displaying customer's VM and storage mounts disk utilization in real time, enabling informed resource management.
- Built web dashboard reporting run statuses of thousands of jobs scheduled in customer's centralized system, enhancing job monitoring efficiency.
- Developed web dashboard reporting high-volume trade jobs connected to databases, providing historical and real-time insights.
Senior Software Engineer
HCL Tech
08.2010 - 12.2015
- Developed chatbot using JS and Java which uses Nuance's natural language understanding capabilities to convert customer's natural text inputs into actions like money transfer, balance check, loan enquiry, etc.
- Developed virtual softphone for customer contact center agents using Java Swing and Cisco APIs, enhancing communication capabilities.
- Supported applications in production environment, coordinating with multiple teams to resolve major production issues.
- Led projects from client's location in the United States and Mexico.
Education
B.Tech - Information Technology
Anna University
Coimbatore01-2010
Skills
- API design
- Solution architecture
- Web application security
- Java and JavaScript
- Python and Flask
- Spring Boot and Express
- SQL and RDBMS
- AWS and Azure
- Docker and Kubernetes
- DevOps practices
- GraphQL
- Technical leadership
- Mentorship and coaching
Languages
- English
- Tamil
- Kannada
- Hindi
- Spanish
Timeline
Principal Software Engineer
Mimecast
10.2022 - Current
Lead Consultant
Thoughtworks
07.2022 - 09.2024
Solutions Architect
Bridgei2i Analytics Solutions
01.2022 - 06.2022
Technical Manager
Bridgei2i Analytics Solutions
01.2020 - 01.2022
Senior Software Engineer
Solifi (previously IDS Software)
05.2018 - 12.2019
Technology Analyst
Infosys Ltd
12.2015 - 05.2018
Senior Software Engineer
HCL Tech
08.2010 - 12.2015
B.Tech - Information Technology
Anna University