About

Pranav Rao is an Engineering Manager at Housing.com, with a passion for solving problems that are uniquely Indian. With over 8 years of relevant experience, Pranav has a strong background in software engineering and product development. As the manager of the Communications Cluster at Housing, Pranav oversees a range of critical services, including RealTime platforms, Chat Services, Email/SMS/Push-Notifications, and CallMasking/Feedback. He has a deep understanding of the challenges involved in delivering reliable, high-quality services to users on flaky networks and budget smartphones. Pranav is also an accomplished open-source contributor, having built a cross-platform tool from scratch to design interfaces with the Kivy framework. This project was aimed at making it easier for amateur developers to build applications with Kivy, which was a relatively new framework at the time. This experience gave Pranav a strong grounding in writing production code in Python, developing familiarity with version control systems, debuggers, and Python package management. Pranav's educational background is equally impressive, having earned a BS and MS in Mathematics and Computing from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. Overall, Pranav is a highly skilled and experienced engineering manager with a passion for solving complex problems and delivering high-quality products to users. He is always eager to talk about software and product development that directly impacts the lives of 10 million or more people, and is a valuable asset to any organization.