# Prudhvi Gadiraju

> Senior Software Engineer, Tech Lead at Thumbtack

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

I love to build. To build software using the language of computers, particularly swift. Ever since I built my first website(which can only be described as 'minimal') when I was 11 and published my first app in high school. I knew what I was going to do. I create incredible UI and UX to build the best modern apps. Always in “pursuit of the perfect product"

With a bachelor's degree in computer science, I have strong engineering skills and software fundamentals. I spent time at various startups such as GEM rapidly prototyping iOS applications with unique user experiences at 2x speed using Agile.

Well versed with various architectural and communication patterns in iOS, I am known to come up with innovative ways to write cleaner more efficient code. Skilled in iOS development in areas such as Memory Management, Concurrency, Cocoa Touch, Animations using Lotte, Networking with Alamofire, and other third-party frameworks and libraries.

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer, Tech Lead @ Thumbtack
Jan 2023 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area

### Software Engineer @ Thumbtack
Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco, California, United States

### Software Engineer @ Yup
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area
E-Learning Solution for students
- iOS and Android Product Development

### Software Engineer, iOS @ Self Employed
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area
- Birdy: Personality Based Dating App
App Store Link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/birdy-personality-matching/id1497851022

- Tod: Todo Application with Drag and Drop Calendar: 
App Store Link: http://bit.ly/todthetodoapp
Github Link: https://github.com/gadirajup/24Todo

- Jobber: Match Freelancers with Projects 
Github LInk: https://github.com/gadirajup/JobMatchingApp

### Software Engineer, Mobile and Co-Founder @ G.E.M.
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Bengaluru Area, India
Consumer Electronic Company working to create a smart watch
- Built iOS App to track user location and find nearest help in swift using MapBox
- Extensively used the Delegate Protocol Communication Pattern
- Negotiated down manufacturing & software costs by 20%
- Managed operations team during creation of the prototype watch
- Set internal communication protocols and built a company culture
- Implemented 'Lean Startup' protocols increasing product feedback and iteration cycles by 4x.

### iOS Engineer @ Kore Bank
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018
Mobile banking app to enable digital transformation in rural India
- Developed Digital Wallet iOS Application using Swift
- Integrated with Payment Gateways & Twilio for customer messaging
- Extensively used Alamofire for Networking
- Performed Market Research and defined functional requirements for app
- Designed initial wireframes and mockups
- Worked with multiple stakeholder to deliver product vision
- Designed and developed data model
- Applied Machine Learning Algorithms for anomaly detection
- Currently in Beta

### Founder and iOS Developer @ DotSchool
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018
A hybrid ERP and LMS system for educational institutions.
- Built iOS App to easily read student information using a custom table view
- Designed & architected software from scratch
- Managed a team of developers to build entire ERP LMS system
- Used OCR technologies to increase teacher productivity by 15%
- Conducted in-depth user research and identified main pain points for teachers, students and administration.

### Sofware Engineer and CEO @ HelpMyPrep
Jan 2013 – Jan 2016 | Vellore Area, India
Acquired by Kautilya Foundation

Aimed at educating the children of India, I was involved with developing and executing different strategies across all boards with a team of 50+ students in order to build a more organized and effective education management website for the youth of India. Used by 1000+ of students.

I was involved in:
- Researching over a 1000 universities across the country.
- Reaching out to schools and students to help them make the best possible decision.
- Algorithm Design for Pathfinder, a one stop solution software for students everywhere.
- Built using HTML/CSS/JS
- Fast prototyping of various software solutions
- Presentations on Peer Education Model for high school students

### Java Developer Intern @ Solix Technologies
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Hyderabad, Telangana, India
- Enterprise Data Management Software Testing
- Selenium Testing


## Education
### Bachelor of Technology (BTech) in Computer Science and Engineering
Vellore Institute of Technology

### Stanford EPGY: Education Program for Gifted Youth
Stanford University
Jan 2011 – Jan 2011

### Diablo Valley College
Jan 2010 – Jan 2010

### Dougherty Valley
Jan 2009 – Jan 2013


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

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Last updated: 2026-03-23