About

Pradeep Pai is a highly motivated and skilled software engineer with 4.12 years of relevant experience in the industry. He is currently working as a Software Engineer at BlackHawk Network, where he is responsible for developing large-scale systems and working on algorithms, data structures, design patterns, and databases. Pradeep is a computer science enthusiast who loves to put computers to work to get things done. Before joining BlackHawk Network, Pradeep worked at Subex as a Senior Software Engineer and Software Engineer. During his time at Subex, he developed a search library using Elastic Search to power the search across multiple modules, reducing search time by 30%. He also designed and developed an entire framework for real-time streaming on top of Spark using structured streaming concepts to process data pipelines. Pradeep built a tool for scheduling data pipelines based on cron expressions and Rest endpoints to submit Spark jobs on the cluster. He automated end-to-end functionalities, including automated jar deployment using NFS and Docker. Pradeep received an 'A' grade for outstanding performance in the year 2020 and entered the prestigious Ace club of Subex. He has exposure to Elastic Search, Gradle, Docker, Spark structured streaming, Mockito, PowerMock, Jenkins, and Sonarqube. Pradeep has a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from PES Institute of Technology & Management, Shivamoga. His education history includes a degree in Bachelor of Engineering - BE from PES Institute of Technology & Management, Shivamoga. Pradeep's tech stack includes Software Engineering, Search, Spark, Docker, Elastic Search, Jenkins, Spring Boot, Web, Java, and AngularJS. He is a hardworking and dedicated individual who is always willing to learn and adapt to new technologies and challenges.