Prashant

I’ve 10 years of extensive on-hands experience in Software development ranging from Programming to Cloud technologies. I’ve been part of teams that built some very popular products. I love building quality backend servers for mobile and web apps. I love spending time with friends and family. I am based in India.

What is your role at KUDO?

I’m at KUDO since 2020 and Lead Software Engineer. As such I am leading and managing the KUDO Marketplace, Payments, and Authentication Engineering teams. I provide technical leadership to the software development teams, including defining technical strategies, and architecture, selecting tools and technologies, and ensuring the quality of software development. I work with the product management, quality assurance, and technical operations teams to ensure that software development aligns with the company’s goals.

Most memorable experience in the software development industry?

As a software developer, launching a product can be an exciting and nerve-wracking experience. The KUDO marketplace V1 launch was probably one of the most memorable experiences for me. Back in 2021, Time magazine listed Marketplace as top 50 inventions and I remember holding the print copy of the Time magazine and feeling accomplished about my work having such an impact as it enabled people and businesses to understand each other better and break language barriers.

How did you become acquainted with KUDO?

I was introduced to the then CTO for a part-time assignment, by one of my managers who also happens to be the current VP of Engineering at KUDO.