Pradeep Yadav
Chicago,IL
Summary
(H1B-i140 Approved)
Results-driven Engineering Manager and Senior Software Engineer with 10+ years of experience leading cross-functional teams, designing scalable systems, and delivering high-impact solutions. Proven track record of driving platform stability, increasing team efficiency, and spearheading API development to generate multimillion-dollar revenue growth. Skilled in Python, Go, AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, and Agile methodologies. Passionate about mentoring teams, optimizing workflows, and delivering innovative technical solutions.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Engineering Manager
Equifax
01.2024 - Current
- Lead 3 teams of 12 engineers, ensuring seamless integration of external clients onto the disputes platform and maintaining platform stability, which supports $90M in annual revenue.
- Spearheaded the design and development of new APIs for user account management, enabling the transition of a product with 100K+ live commercial users to a new platform.
- Implemented SSO between Okta and Keycloak, streamlining user migration and enhancing security.
- Designed and developed a cross-account data ingestion API with end-to-end encryption, increasing potential revenue by $4M/year. Secured the API using OpenID Connect with Keycloak.
- Increased team throughput by 25% through JIRA analytics, regular retrospectives, and skip-level 1:1s to optimize team dynamics and project pairings.
- Hands-on Engineering Manager, providing technical guidance, resource management, and liaison between product, customer support, and security teams.
- Mentored engineers on best practices, aligning with company culture and improving team contributions.
Senior Software Engineer – Team Lead
Equifax (acquired Midigator)
06.2022 - 01.2024
- Promoted to Team Lead within 8 months, leading the integration of 5 major payment portals and gateways, including the top 2 revenue-generating clients.
- Collaborated with the product team to gather requirements and create technical designs for new integrations.
- Served as Terraform SME on team, maintaining infrastructure and migrating legacy Terraform modules to reusable, versioned modules, improving efficiency and maintainability.
Senior Software Engineer
Midigator
09.2021 - 06.2022
- Developed and maintained microservices written in Python and Golang.
- Deployed containerized applications on AWS EKS, leveraging Helm charts to streamline deployment processes and improve scalability.
- Implemented observability solutions using Prometheus, Grafana, Jaeger, and Elasticsearch for metrics, dashboards, tracing, and logging, enabling robust monitoring, alerting, and debugging.
- Built reusable mock APIs with Wiremock to streamline end-to-end testing and enhance development velocity. Also created a Node.js prototype to automate internal support tasks, boosting efficiency and reducing manual workload.
Software Engineer → Senior Software Engineer
Convr
11.2017 - 09.2021
- Promoted to Senior Software Engineer in 03/2020, leading a team of 6 engineers to design, develop, and maintain highly scalable web applications for delivering risk data to insurance clients.
- Deployed containerized applications on AWS EKS and integrated Sentry and Datadog for monitoring UAT and production environments, ensuring system reliability and performance.
- Planned cross-functional requirements with product owners, drove sprint velocity, and delivered projects within tight deadlines.
- Developed a framework to answer 500+ insurance underwriting questions while meeting strict latency SLAs of 500ms.
- Designed and contributed to the back-end development of 2 web applications using Flask, Python, SQLAlchemy, and Marshmallow, enabling efficient data processing and scalability.
Engineering Consultant
John Deere
03.2017 - 11.2017
- Provided technical expertise and consulting services to support engineering projects.
Associate Engineer
Rustic Realities
09.2012 - 07.2014
- Supported engineering projects and contributed to technical solutions in a startup environment.
Education
Master of Science - Information Technology Management
The University of Texas At Dallas
Richardson, TX05-2016
Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science
University of Mumbai
Mumbai, India06-2012
Skills
- Technical Skills: Python, Go, Flask, MySQL, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, Terraform, Databricks, Grafana, Prometheus, Jaeger, Elasticsearch, API Development, GitHub Actions, Agile Methodologies
- Leadership Skills: Team Leadership, Resource Management, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Mentorship, Strategic Planning, Project Management
Certification
AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Timeline
Engineering Manager
Equifax
01.2024 - Current
Senior Software Engineer – Team Lead
Equifax (acquired Midigator)
06.2022 - 01.2024
Senior Software Engineer
Midigator
09.2021 - 06.2022
Software Engineer → Senior Software Engineer
Convr
11.2017 - 09.2021
Engineering Consultant
John Deere
03.2017 - 11.2017
Associate Engineer
Rustic Realities
09.2012 - 07.2014
AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Master of Science - Information Technology Management
The University of Texas At Dallas
Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science
University of Mumbai
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