# Pradeep Kumar Rangineni > Principal Engineer at Publicis Sapient Location: Milpitas, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/pradeepkumarrangineni Software engineer and technical lead with 15+ years of experience building eCommerce platforms, cloud-native systems, and AI-powered automation. Recent focus on Generative AI, agentic workflows, and LLM-integrated services using Google ADK, LangChain, and LangGraph. Proven track record leading large-scale B2B and B2C engineering efforts, delivering measurable business outcomes, and growing high-performing engineering teams through hiring, mentorship, and hands-on technical leadership. ## Work Experience ### Principal Engineer @ Publicis Sapient Jan 2025 – Present | California, United States • Led the build of an AI-powered image and video processing pipeline that fully automated ad compliance review, enabling business and ops teams to validate creative assets and cutting time-to-market by a third. • Designed and built a digital ad specification platform from the ground up — including a creative template library and a pre-built connector suite covering all major cloud storage providers. • Built a multi-stage workflow that automated the full creative intake and ad trafficking process across On- and Off-Platform channels — from asset ingestion and compliance validation through to delivery on Google Ad Manager and DV360. • Built a proof-of-concept agentic AI system that autonomously applies ad spec rules and flags compliance issues — reducing manual creative-ops dependency and setting the stage for AI-driven ad ops at scale. ### Principal Engineer / Tech Lead @ Publicis Sapient Jan 2021 – Jan 2025 | California, United States • Architected a subscription platform from scratch using a rule engine and cloud-native technologies, driving a 30%+ reduction in cancellation rates. • Led the team to decouple the eCommerce storefront (headless architecture), separating UI and Search modules — reducing average time-to-market for new features by 30%. • Containerized the application and led infrastructure migration to Google Kubernetes Engine, cutting server startup time by 50%. • Enhanced eCommerce search capabilities using Solr, resulting in measurable improvements in search and commerce conversion rates. • Grew the engineering team from 5 to 20 developers while actively mentoring junior and mid-level engineers. ### Senior Software Engineer - SRE @ Publicis Sapient Jan 2017 – Jan 2021 • Developed software processes and automated handlers for recurring-order issues, generating an annual revenue uplift of $1 million. • Introduced SRE practices that reduced operational toil by 200 hours, cut critical incidents by 15%, and lowered application error rates by 80%. • Designed and automated data correction jobs based on business rules, reducing 4xx/5xx error rates by 65%. • Led SRE L2 and L3 teams across three consecutive Thanksgiving seasons with zero major incidents. ### Senior Software Engineer @ Publicis Sapient Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Boston, MA • Developed and enhanced B2B and B2C features and microservices for the client's eCommerce and IoT platforms. • Led the integration for Amazon auto-replenishment of pods, expanding the subscription ecosystem. ### Lead Software Engineer @ Cognizant Jan 2011 – Jan 2016 | United States • Led requirement analysis, design, estimation, and development for a major initiative unifying seven in-house storefronts into a single platform using SAP Hybris. • Implemented payment gateway integrations with Chase Paymentech, Authorize.net, and PayPal. • Built the production support framework and established site health processes. ### Associate - projects @ Cognizant Jan 2007 – Jan 2011 | Hyderabad Area, India ## Education ### Bachelor’s Degree in Electronics and Computers Engineering Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/pradeep-kumar-rangineni-71b93256 --- Source: https://flows.cv/pradeepkumarrangineni JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/pradeepkumarrangineni/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-12