# Praveen Codur > Software Architect | Principal Engineer | AI Enthusiast | Enterprise Solutions Leader Location: San Jose, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/praveencodur Transformational Software Architect with 22+ years building enterprise-scale solutions that drive business growth. Partner with Product Management to design technical strategies, architect scalable systems, and lead engineering teams delivering 50% cost reductions, 150x performance improvements, and 90% faster integrations at Fortune 500 companies. Currently developing Adaptive AI systems for intelligent catalog management, enabling seamless integration between Account Managers and AI Agents. WHAT I DO: → Architect enterprise-scale platforms serving millions of users → Lead cross-functional teams through complex technical transformations → Translate business vision into scalable technical solutions → Mentor engineering teams to achieve 90%+ test coverage and SLA compliance CORE EXPERTISE: → Enterprise Architecture & Microservices Design → AI/ML Integration & Adaptive Systems → High-Performance Distributed Systems → Technical Leadership & Team Development → Product-Engineering Collaboration RECENT IMPACT: - Reduced catalog onboarding from 10 days to 5 minutes - Achieved 150x performance improvements through optimized architecture - Built authorization platforms reducing integration time by 90% - Generated 50% cost savings through strategic platform redesign Always excited to connect with fellow technologists, product leaders, and innovators building the future of enterprise software! #SoftwareArchitecture #AI #TechLeadership #EnterpriseArchitecture ## Work Experience ### Principal Software Engineer @ Blackhawk Network Jan 2023 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area - Product-Engineering Partnership: Collaborate closely with Product Managers to translate business vision into technical roadmaps, designing Generative AI system architecture that aligns with product strategy and market requirements. - Engineering Leadership: Lead multidisciplinary engineering team of 8+ developers through full software development lifecycle, from architecture design to deployment, ensuring delivery excellence and team growth - Architecture Innovation: Design and implement Generative AI system for intelligent catalog management, enabling Account Managers and future AI Agents to seamlessly integrate with Catalog Hub through natural language interfaces - Enterprise Platform Leadership: Architected and delivered Core Enterprise Services (Catalog Hub) connecting disparate data sources, achieving 50% cost savings and dramatically improved system stability across the organization - Executive Stakeholder Management: Present technical architecture and ROI analysis to C-level executives and Product leadership, securing buy-in for major platform transformations through compelling POCs and strategic blueprints - Technical Architecture & Performance: Delivered 150x performance improvements through standardized SDKs and optimized microservices architecture, enabling seamless integration across 15+ business units - System Innovation: Engineered distributed ID generation system handling billions of unique IDs monthly with 20% reduced memory footprint and significantly faster lookup times - Team Development & Coaching: Mentor 12+ engineers across multiple teams in modern development practices, achieving 90% test coverage and consistent SLA compliance while fostering technical growth and career advancement - Platform Architecture: Built centralized fine-grained authorization platform reducing integration complexity by 90%, enabling domain services to integrate within days rather than months ### Staff Software Engineer @ Guidewire Software Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | San Mateo, California, United States Enhanced enterprise security across Guidewire's insurance platform suite serving 100K+ users. KEY ACHIEVEMENTS: - Security Architecture: Developed enterprise-grade authorization service strengthening security and access control across multiple insurance applications - Platform Modernization: Transformed Open Policy Agent (OPA) into high-performance real-time authorization engine, enabling dynamic policy updates and improving decision-making speed by 60% - Cross-functional Leadership: Led architecture discussions with product and engineering teams, ensuring seamless client integration and driving platform-wide adoption through technical evangelism - Client Integration: Streamlined platform architecture through POCs and cross-functional collaboration, accelerating client onboarding and system adoption ### Staff Software Engineer @ Workday Adaptive Planning Jan 2017 – Jan 2022 | United States Led enterprise-scale platform optimization serving millions of users across global HR and financial planning applications. KEY ACHIEVEMENTS: - High-Performance Systems: Architected cache-based metadata service processing millions of queries daily, reducing lookup times by 90% and improving planning application responsiveness by 70% - Database Migration Leadership: Successfully migrated critical systems from Oracle to PostgreSQL, eliminating 100% of premium database costs while maintaining query performance through automated testing frameworks - Streaming Architecture: Implemented protobuf-based HTTP streaming for real-time data processing, enabling low-latency data retrieval for enterprise planning workflows serving global Fortune 500 clients - Quality Engineering: Designed custom performance testing frameworks using Locust, ensuring SLA compliance and service reliability across multiple production environments - Platform Optimization: Enhanced system performance through custom data structures and memory-intensive cache operations, enabling sub-second response times for complex planning calculations ### Software Engineer @ Intuit Jan 2013 – Jan 2017 | Mountain View Built scalable microservices and data infrastructure supporting millions of small business users across Intuit's financial platform ecosystem. KEY ACHIEVEMENTS: - Microservices Architecture: Developed scalable contact data service using Cassandra, supporting millions of small business users with high availability and sub-100ms response times - Business Intelligence Platform: Designed comprehensive data mart and reporting infrastructure tracking key business metrics (FCI, latency, SLAs, 12-week commits), enabling data-driven decision making for executive leadership across multiple product lines - Real-time Data Pipeline: Architected robust ingestion framework streaming data from Splunk, New Relic, Jira, GitHub, and Jenkins to Hadoop, processing 1TB+ daily and reducing analytics latency from hours to minutes - Enterprise Integration: Built high-performance data processing systems enabling faster analytics and improving operational efficiency across engineering and product teams - Scalability Engineering: Delivered microservices architecture ensuring high availability and consistent performance for critical small business financial applications ### Architect @ Cognizant Technology Solutions Jan 2011 – Jan 2013 Led high-impact software architecture initiatives for Fortune 500 clients including Apple, Ask.com, and Dictionary.com, delivering enterprise-scale data processing solutions. KEY ACHIEVEMENTS: - Apple Platform Development: Architected Liger Platform automating ad-hoc business reports using Hadoop and advanced scripting, reducing manual report generation from days to hours and enabling self-service analytics for business users - High-Performance Data Systems: Built scalable data processing framework for Ask.com and Dictionary.com capable of handling 1TB+ data volumes, transforming report SLAs from 2 days to near real-time delivery - Technical Leadership: Mentored development teams across multiple client engagements, establishing best practices for large-scale data processing, system integration, and enterprise architecture patterns - Client Delivery Excellence: Successfully delivered complex software solutions across diverse industries, building long-term client relationships and driving repeat business through technical innovation - Enterprise Architecture: Designed and implemented scalable solutions for high-traffic web platforms, gaining deep expertise in performance optimization and distributed systems architecture ### Senior Associate @ Cognizant Technology Solutions Jan 2009 – Jan 2011 ### Associate @ Cognizant Technology Solutions Jan 2006 – Jan 2009 ### Programmer Analyst @ Cognizant Technology Solutions Jan 2005 – Jan 2006 ### Contractor @ ASL Jan 2007 – Jan 2013 ### Associate Technical @ Megasoft Limited Jan 2002 – Jan 2005 ## Education ### BES in Electronics CTM College of Arts and Sciences ### XII in Maths Physics Chemistry ComputerScience Sir Siva Swami Kalalaya ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/praveencodur --- Source: https://flows.cv/praveencodur JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/praveencodur/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-12