About

Pratik Thakkar is a highly experienced Software Architect with over 13 years of experience in the field. He is currently working as an SDE3 at Tesco, where he is working on Chatbot technology. Pratik has a passion for his work and believes that when you do what you love, you never work a day in your life. Before joining Tesco, Pratik worked as a Technical Lead at Swiggy, where he was responsible for the engineering leadership of the category sell pod. He was also in charge of design reviews, code reviews, and micro-service design and architecture. Pratik was instrumental in researching and doing proof of concepts about new technologies that could contribute to the overall growth of the company. Prior to Swiggy, Pratik worked as a Software Architect at SAP, where he was responsible for understanding, designing, and developing applications as a part of the microservices architecture. He also co-ordinated with product and customers to understand requirements/enhancements for the platform and provided technical analysis. Pratik mentored and supported team members and was L3 support for the application when required. He also developed automated API/integration/unit/performance tests for the microservices and created pipelines around it. Pratik has a Bachelor of Engineering (B.E) degree in Information Technology from Don Bosco Institute of Technology (VTU). He also has a Diploma in Management in Business Administration and Management, General from ICFAI. Pratik is proficient in a wide range of technologies, including Software Engineering, Microservices, Integration, AWS, Postgres, Javascript, ML, MySQL, MongoDB, Spring Boot, Big Data, Redis, Kubernetes, Docker, SQL, Hadoop, Spring, Jenkins, SRE, NLP, MapReduce, Python, test, Java, Research Scientist, NoSQL, Cassandra, Elastic Search, DevOps, Flask, GCP, Mobile, Frontend, Backend, and Apache Hive. Pratik's extensive experience and technical expertise make him a valuable asset to any team. He is a dedicated and passionate architect who is always looking for ways to improve and innovate.