# Pranav Angara

> Principal Software Engineer @ Autodesk | Passionate About Building Impactful Products | Software Development, Cloud, MicroServices

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/pranavangara

I am a principal software engineer at Autodesk with over 9 years of experience in backend development and platform engineering.

I am passionate about software architecture, development and leadership.

## Work Experience
### Principal Software Engineer @ Autodesk
Jan 2023 – Present | San Francisco, CA

### Senior Software Engineer @ Autodesk
Jan 2020 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco, CA
As a senior software engineer in Autodesk's E-Commerce Platform Engineering team, I've had the opportunity to work on projects that helped application development teams scale and ship products faster.

Some of my major contributions include:

* Designing and developing a Python based software development kit (SDK) that helps orchestrate and provision infrastructure for a wide variety of applications on AWS. This SDK reduced go-to market time for application development teams from 2 weeks to 20 minutes.

Fun fact: this SDK is what helps provision infrastructure that powers Autodesk.com

* Leading a team of 3 engineers to deliver an automation system to harden and keep all AWS EC2 instances compliant with Autodesk' security policies.

Technologies used: Akamai, AWS CloudFormation, CloudFront, CloudWatch, DynamoDB, EC2, S3, Route53, ECS, & Lambda.

### Senior Software Engineer @ Autodesk
Jan 2015 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area
I've had the opportunity to work on a wide variety of projects impacting Autodesk's e-commerce & digital platforms.

* Designed and developed the backend for a user verification system for Autodesk's education sites that helped prevent $1bn worth of product leakage.

* Built & launched Autodesk’s first ever progressive web app for the Indian e-commerce site

* Designed & built push notification services using Google's Firebase API to increase customer engagement rate by 4 fold

* Launching the PWA experience has resulted in a 50% decrease in the cart abandoment rate

### Software Development Intern @ Autodesk
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014
During my second summer internship with Autodesk, I worked on a different platform and on a more web-centric project.

I built a Pinterest-inspired web application that beautifully visualized customer submitted projects for Autodesk's Fusion 360 product.

With a Java enterprise stack, I used a couple of open sourced projects such as Apache Sling & Apache Jackrabbit to power the backend services of my project.

On the frontend, I utilized AngularJS, HTML, & CSS to dynamically organize the contents/interface in a card-like fashion.

### Software Development Intern @ Autodesk
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013
Designed and developed a Java client library to facilitate application development around the AutoCAD as a service API. Using this API, developers can programmatically initiate AutoCAD drawings on the cloud.

One of the interesting challenges that I encountered involved integrating Autodesk's internal authentication service into the client library.

To demonstrate a use case for this client library, I developed a web-based DWG file generator application using the Play! framework.

### Software Engineering Intern @ Pascal Metrics
Jan 2012 – Jan 2012
My internship project involved developing a data visualization application that analyzed clinical data and generated interactive charts for clinicians to examine. 

This project culminated into an active sprint, where I had the opportunity to work alongside senior engineers.

One of the interesting features that I built involved converting the visualizations (SVG format) into PDF and Open Office Presentation documents.

The technology stack included: Play! framework, Java, JavaScript, MySQL, and Highcharts.

### Founder @ A Red And Yellow Affair
Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 | Blacksburg, VA
A Red And Yellow Affair was a weekly soccer podcast service. A Red And Yellow Affair featured articles related to fans' opinions and any soccer related issue. 

• Designed and developed the website using HTML5 and CSS3 for the front end
• Integrated the Joomla content management system  (back end) with the website
• Designed, recorded, and hosted weekly podcasts using Audacity
• Maintained and updated social media profiles on Facebook, Twitter, and SoundCloud


## Education
### Master of Science - MS in Computer Science
Santa Clara University

### Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science
Virginia Tech


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/apranav19

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Last updated: 2026-03-30