Pranav Gupta

Director of Engineering

Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India12 yrs 7 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Proven track record in building high-performing software teams.
  • Expertise in cloud migration and scalable architecture.
  • Strong leadership in cross-team collaboration and strategic planning.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech and SaaS expert with strong engineering management capabilities.

Contact

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Skills

Core Skills

Software ManagementEngineering ManagementCloud MigrationSoftware DevelopmentData ProcessingAlgorithm Development

Other Skills

3D ModelingAWSAfter EffectsCC++Coding ExperienceHTMLJavaJavaScriptMapReduceMayaMicrosoft ExcelMongoDBNatural Language ProcessingPHP

About

Pranav Gupta is a dynamic and accomplished engineering leader with a proven track record of building and scaling high-performing software teams. As a Senior Software Engineering Manager at Microsoft, Pranav leads with a strong sense of purpose, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement. His leadership style is rooted in clarity, energy, and results—fully aligned with Microsoft’s principles of Create Clarity | Generate Energy | Deliver Results. With deep expertise across engineering management, scalable architecture, cloud security, CI/CD, and telemetry, Pranav brings both technical depth and strategic foresight to every initiative. His skill set spans .NET in Azure, Azure and AWS Cloud Migration, incident and outage management, and quality assurance processes, making him a versatile leader in both development and operations domains. [Pranav Gupta] Pranav has led transformational efforts in service delivery management, feature prioritization, and cross-team collaboration, consistently driving business impact through thoughtful planning and execution. He is known for his presentation skills, technical recruiting acumen, and ability to manage remote teams effectively. Pranav holds a leadership role in Microsoft Hyderabad. He is actively involved in strategic planning, including hackathons and transition initiatives, and continuew to grow his impact through cross-team initiatives. Outside of work, Pranav is known for his thoughtful mentorship, keen interest in data-driven decision-making, and commitment to team excellence. His ability to balance technical rigor with empathetic leadership makes him a trusted and inspiring figure across the organization. The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge. ~ Stephen Hawking

Experience

12 yrs 7 mos
Total Experience
1 yr 6 mos
Average Tenure
6 yrs 5 mos
Current Experience

Microsoft

3 roles

Software Engineering Manager

Promoted

Sep 2024 – Present · 1 yr 7 mos

Software ManagementSoftware Solution ManagementEngineering Management

Senior Software Engineer

Promoted

Mar 2021 – Sep 2024 · 3 yrs 6 mos

Software Engineer 2

Nov 2019 – Mar 2021 · 1 yr 4 mos

Nutanix

Member Of Technical Staff - 4

Aug 2017 – Nov 2019 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Bangalore

Visa

Software Engineer

Aug 2016 – Aug 2017 · 1 yr · Bengaluru Area, India

  • 1. Implemented industry standard JSON Web Encryption(JWE) and JSON Web Signature(JWS), using Spring Framework in Java and SQL.
  • 2. Doubled the number of authentication mechanisms from 2 to 4 (Added 2 new schemes: Oauth2.0 and JWS) for Visa Developer Platform.
  • 3. Successfully migrated 100% traffic of Visa Tokenization Service(VTS) and Visa Checkout (VXO) to Visa Developer Platform.
  • 4. Performed A/B testing before migration.
  • 5. Coded the migration tool and went onsite(USA), to perform live migration of clients and debugging issues in production.
  • 6. Performed functional-testing(TestNG framework), penetration-testing and performance benchmarking (using AWS EC2 instances and Akamai).
  • 7. Implemented Outbound Traffic Migration of Visa Consumer Transaction Controls (VCTC) over IBM's Datapower boxes.
  • 8. Fixed multiple security bugs in the existing infrastructure of Visa Developer Platform.

Nutanix

Member Of Technical Staff

Jan 2016 – Jul 2016 · 6 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

  • 1. Implemented BIOS/BMC Upgrade for HyperV hypervisor using multithreading and zookeeper concepts.
  • 2. Implemented one-click Simplified SSD break-fix procedure for HyperV using Windows Powershell 4.0 cmdlets.
  • 3. Implemented one-click SATADOM break-fix for HyperV, ESXi and KVM hypervisors using clone/restore concepts.

University of southern california

Research Assistant

May 2015 – Aug 2015 · 3 mos · Greater Los Angeles Area

  • 1. Developed an IT system to automatically predict Semantic Labels of an uploaded database.
  • 2. Trained the system on over 25 terabytes of schema.org ontology data
  • 3. Developed a Fast Linear Scan Algorithm enabling processing of huge data volume through efficient computer memory management

Student faculty council, bits pilani

2 roles

Member

Promoted

Jan 2015 – Dec 2015 · 11 mos · Rajasthan, India

  • 1. Implemented the policy decisions taken by the council
  • 2. Voicing student concerns to the faculty.

Treasurer

Apr 2014 – May 2015 · 1 yr 1 mo · Rajasthan, India

  • 1. Financial Management of the student body having more than 60 inmates.
  • 2. Implemented Techniques which allowed the organization to hold more events within the same budget.

Association for computing machinery

Code Relay Project Coordinator

Jan 2015 – May 2015 · 4 mos · Rajasthan, India

  • 1. Coordinated CODE RELAY, an APOGEE ( technical festival of BITS Pilani ) event.
  • 2. The event saw a participation of over 300 students.

Tata institute of fundamental research, mumbai

Intern

May 2014 – Aug 2014 · 3 mos · Mumbai Area, India

  • 1. Developed Semantic Search using MapReduce and Natural Language Processing Techniques
  • 2. Used Collaborative Filtering Algorithm to improve relevance of search results
  • 3. Indexed using MongoDB(dynamic schema) to improve search speed
  • 4. Code Optimization using Search Engine Optimization(SEO) practices

Departement of visual media

Team Member

Jan 2013 – May 2014 · 1 yr 4 mos · BITS Pilani

  • My responsibilities include creating 3D videos for websites, orientation and fests of BITS Pilani

Education

Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

Bachelor of Engineering - BE — Computer Science

Jan 2012 – Jan 2016

Ahlcon Public School

Jan 2006 – Jan 2012

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