Pratik Velhal

Senior Software Engineer at Google

San Francisco Bay Area

About

I am a software engineer working on Google Play Search. I graduated with a Master's in Computer Science degree from Stony Brook University. Previously, I have worked as a Software Engineer at Credit Suisse on proprietary trading applications. I am passionate about working on high stake and high impact projects that affect millions of end users. Skillset: C++, Java, Python, C#, C, Shell, HTML, CSS, PHP, Selenium, SQL Miscellaneous: D3.js, Android Development, Windows and Linux Operating Systems, Git, SVN, Agile

Experience

  • Senior Software Engineer at Google
    Jan 2021 - Present · 5 yrs 6 mos

    Play Search and Discovery

  • SDE Intern at Nomura
    Jun 2020 - Aug 2020 · 3 mos

    • Developed a chatbot for incident management that automated manual procedures and reduced manual effort per incident • Provided data monitoring and warehousing capabilities by integrating external application data queries using REST API calls

  • Technology Analyst at Credit Suisse
    Jul 2017 - Jul 2019 · 2 yrs 1 mo

    • Worked as a developer for the Systematic Strategies US team and Shared Components team. • Designed and developed many key features and architecture for modules within the team’s market virtualization application • Independently developed an application for reconciliation of Corporate Actions on stocks to adjust equity positions. This application automated whole pre-marketopen reconciling process saving up to two man hours a day.

  • Developer at SweeDelight
    Jan 2016 - Apr 2016 · 4 mos

    • Developed an android application for an e-commerce startup • Conducted user research and modeled paper prototypes for the application • Performed UI development in accordance with agile software development methodology

  • Software Development Intern at Tech Mahindra
    Jun 2015 - Jul 2015 · 2 mos

    • Worked on Application and UI development using JAVA FX for an automation testing framework. The application went on to be used by a whole department for automation web testing. • Contributed to writing scripts in Selenium for browser based automation testing for urgent deliverables.