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Pranav Anbuvanan

Senior Software Engineer
Mangalore

Summary

Senior Software Engineer with 9+ years of experience building scalable backend platforms and distributed systems. Proven track record in delivering real-time streaming pipelines, experimentation frameworks, and observability systems. Known for end-to-end ownership, cross-functional execution, and consistently delivering zero-fallout production rollouts.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Software Engineer

Walmart Global Tech India
10.2021 - Current
  • Led the rollout of Confido’s real-time streaming platform, processing 800M+ events via fault-tolerant Kafka pipelines with Presto integration.
  • Onboarded the first near real-time risk strategy onto Confido platform with 100% data consistency and zero production fallout.
  • Designed and launched Confido’s Experimentation Framework (Shadow and Back-Testing), reducing test time by 85% and enabling analyst self-serve.
  • Built a Prometheus-based Spark metrics server and Kafka lag monitoring, reducing MTTD by 40% across streaming jobs.
  • Drove adoption of a reusable Spark metrics library and launched a platform-wide observability newsletter.
  • Delivered spark job-level cost insights and data load analysis, achieving 15% infrastructure savings.
  • Led quarterly planning and execution using Gantt-based milestone tracking, improving team velocity and reducing scope churn.
  • Resolved P0 KTLO incidents rapidly and drove system stability through design-led fixes.
  • Showcased platform innovations at Demo Days and mentored global engineers on Spark optimization and architecture.

Software Engineer III

Walmart Global Tech India
09.2019 - 09.2021
  • Designed and developed a fraud detection data pipeline from the ground up to identify application and payment frauds in Walmart Marketplace.
  • Built production-grade microservices for real-time risk evaluation, integrating multiple data sources and validation layers.
  • Automated ingestion, scoring, and enrichment flows using Kafka and Spark, improving detection accuracy and system scalability.
  • Collaborated closely with product and risk teams to define rules, thresholds, and data contracts across services.
    • Enhanced platform reliability by implementing job retries, alerting, and failover handling for Spark and Kafka workloads.

Software Engineer

Checkpoint Systems
07.2016 - 08.2019
  • Led migration of legacy systems to microservices, deploying containerized services using Docker, Azure, and Kubernetes.
  • Built scalable APIs and enabled high-throughput messaging via Azure Event Hubs for real-time handheld client integration.
  • Designed high-availability mechanisms using Apache Zookeeper and implemented concurrent request handling with scenario pooling.
  • Set up fully automated CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab) and streamlined multi-environment releases.
  • Owned end-to-end deployment automation and system reliability, driving operational readiness in production environments.

Education

M.Tech - Software Systems

BITS Pilani - WILP
Hyderabad, India
04.2001 -

B.Tech - Information Technology

PSG College of Technology
Coimbatore, India
04.2001 -

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Apache Spark Streaming

Distributed Systems

System Design

Kafka Streams

MongoDB Cassandra

BigQuery GCP Azure

Docker Kubernetes

CI/CD Prometheus Grafana

ACHIEVEMENTS

  • Presented Confido platform at Walmart Demo Days in Chennai and Bangalore, showcasing real-time streaming and experimentation innovations to leadership.
  • Spearheaded Confido’s internal newsletter initiative to drive engineering visibility and observability best practices.
  • Finalist – Avaya Hackathon 2017 (Top 10 innovations across India).
  • Selected in Top 6 nationally for ICICI Trinity Innovation Program for Medroidz – a wearable-based health analytics platform.

Timeline

Senior Software Engineer

Walmart Global Tech India
10.2021 - Current

Software Engineer III

Walmart Global Tech India
09.2019 - 09.2021

Software Engineer

Checkpoint Systems
07.2016 - 08.2019

M.Tech - Software Systems

BITS Pilani - WILP
04.2001 -

B.Tech - Information Technology

PSG College of Technology
04.2001 -

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