Engineering Manager Principal Engineer

Pranav Garg

Software Engineering Lead Bay Area, California

+1-917-***-**** ***********@*****.*** https://www.linkedin.com/in/garg-pranav EXPERIENCE

Stealth Startup Fremont, CA

Co-Founder Nov 2023 - Present

Developed LLM-powered chatbot with RAG, enhancing information extraction and reducing hallucinations. Technical Skills: Python, PyTorch, Large Language Models, Langchain, FineTuning, RAG, PineCone, AWS BedRock Courses: Generative AI with Large language models, LLMOPs, Machine Learning in Production LegalZoom Mountain View, CA

Senior Engineering Manager May 2023 - Nov 2023

● Automated LLC incorporation system from manual workflow thus reducing LLC incorporation from a couple of days to < 1hr, increasing customer satisfaction (CSAT) score by 35%. This enhanced efficiency led to increased business via upselling and cross-selling opportunities.

● Scaled 2 teams from 8 engineers to 20 engineers across the US.

● Enhanced developer productivity across the organization by investing in automated CI/CD deployment pipelines, reduced build time and used Cypress testing framework to improve product experience. Technical Skills: Camunda, Kotlin, Kafka, Kubernetes, ArgoCD, Docker, ReTool, AWS Comprehend, PostgresQL Cornerstone OnDemand Dublin, CA

Senior Engineering Manager Oct 2021 – Feb 2023

● Empowered and coached two engineering teams across iOS, Android, and Server teams split between the US and India, to achieve $33 million in ARR and acquire over 1200 clients.

● Spearheaded content ingestion pipeline refactoring by transitioning from Angular to React. This initiative resulted in better performance, reduced time spent on content curation.

● Led continuous integration/continuous deployment CI/CD for accelerated deployment thus improving MTTR.

● Led application migration, transitioning to dockerized containers and AWS Lambda, resulting in a 75% reduction in infrastructure costs and improved application availability across 7 regions.

● Improved application security from cyberthreats by industry standard practice adoption of SOC2 standard, automated Prisma scans for CVE and fixes, Pen test. Technical Skills: Javascript, React, PhP, SQS+SNS, ECS, Jenkins, .Net, GoLang, Scala, Splunk, Mongodb, Dynamodb Engineering Manager Nov 2018 – Sep 2021

Cornerstone OnDemand acquired Grovo, elevating me to the role of Engineering Manager. I spearheaded the development of the Grovo Delta Learning Management Software (LMS) product and assumed responsibility for Content Authoring (CreateTool) functionality in Cornerstone OnDemand LMS. Successfully launched CreateTool at the annual developer event, achieving an impressive growth rate of over 200% quarter-over-quarter in its inaugural year of 2019. As of 2022, CreateTool has generated over $5 million in ARR.

● Led a team of 5 full stack engineers.

● Expanded CreateTool into EMEA, FedRAMP and APAC regions, opening opportunities for upselling and compliance support for existing Cornerstone customers with regional data laws like GDPR.

● Prioritized WCAG and Application Localization in 16 languages to support compliance and support geographies.

● Hiring, coaching, goal setting and led succession of team members in achieving their professional growth and true potential.

Grovo San Francisco, CA

Principal Engineer April 2018 - Nov 2018

Senior Software Engineer Jan 2017- Mar 2018

Designed and built micro-services for Grovo Delta, a distributed learning management platform by Grovo

● Developed asynchronous, highly available, and fault-tolerant microservices for content domain that supports over 10 million lessons.

● Build integrations with third-party platforms like ADP. The integration allowed Grovo Delta enterprises to use their HRIS to sync user information in their Grovo Delta account directly. Additionally, helping to generate over 6000 leads of potential ADP clients interested in buying Grovo Delta for their internal training management.

● Improved application scalability by removing hotspots which allowed it to scale 3 times its previous workload.

● Enhanced metric collection that reduced debugging across distributed microservices by 20%. EdLab - Teachers College, Columbia University New York, NY Senior Solutions Architect (Lead Engineer) Jan 2014 - Apr 2016 Solutions Architect (Senior Engineer) Feb 2010 - Dec 2013

● Developed a video discussion platform using Python, django that increase learner engagement by over 50%.

● Devised user uploaded assets pipeline based on user priority allowing adaptive streaming using nearest edge location for learner, allowing learners to watch video on 3G.

● Created a distributed search engine using SOLR/Lucene for making personalized search results.

● Built article recommendation engine based on user’s interests which improved reader engagement by 45%.

● Engineered an iOS math game with adaptive learning for kids, enhancing skills through personalized content.

● Initiated peer code review process, facilitated brown-bag sessions, implemented agile development, invited industry speakers to share their experiences.

Microsoft India, SQL Server group Engineer Bangalore, India Feb 2007 - Dec 2007 Infosys Technologies, Software Engineer Bangalore, India Aug 2004 - Jan 2007 AWARDS & CERTIFICATIONS

Coached the team who received first prize out of 90 teams in the 2022 hackathon for trust and safety release. Led team which got 3rd prize among 137 teams in the 2020 hackathon. Amazon Web Services Certified Developer Associate 2020. Awarded Apple WWDC Scholarship for iOS app Fluensee. Recipient of Masters Teaching Assistant Fellowship for Fall 2009 Columbia University. EDUCATION

Columbia University – School of Engineering Arts and Science New York, NY Masters in Computer Science

Delhi University - Bachelors in Computer Science New Delhi, India

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