About

Prateek Bhuwania is a driven and passionate Engineer with over 6 years of experience in the software industry. He graduated with a degree in B.E. Computer Science from the prestigious Birla Institute of Technology (BIT Mesra) in 2015 and is currently pursuing his Master's in Computer Science from the University at Buffalo. Prateek has a diverse range of skills, having worked with Java, Python, Go, ReactJs, C#, and more. He has worked on both small and large-scale systems and is known for his outstanding analytical skills, which enable him to quickly understand and debug legacy code with minimal help. In addition to his technical expertise, Prateek has a keen interest in music and finance. He is currently working as a Software Engineer Intern at Tesla, where he is gaining experience in full-stack development using .NET Framework 4.6, .NET Core 2.1, C#, Angular, Golang, and MSSQL Server. Prior to his current role, Prateek worked as a Software Development Engineer II at ZestMoney, a fintech startup that is building a credit lending product for the Indian masses. While there, he led a team of engineers to build the CreditLimit Manager, a core service to every fintech business. He also reduced API query time by ~70% with thread optimization, concurrency, and avoiding duplicate API calls. Prateek has also worked as a Product Engineer and Full Stack Developer at Circles.Life, where he developed three entertainment products building backends using Golang, AWS, and Redis. He leveraged Python and Jenkins to deploy multiple web crawlers for movie showtimes data sources and designed frontend for admin utilities using ReactJs and Redux. Prateek's educational background includes a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science from BIT Mesra and a Master of Science in Computer Science from the University at Buffalo, which he is currently pursuing. He also pursued a Master of Science in Financial Engineering from WorldQuant University. Overall, Prateek has 5.62 years of relevant experience in the software industry and has a strong technical background in software engineering, microservices, web development, and more. He is a proactive problem-solver and a team player who is always willing to learn and grow.