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BGV Prasad

Senior Staff Engineer

Hyderabad

11+ years of work experience

Zinnia
Aug 20251 yr 1 moPresent

Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Zscaler
Dec 20242 mosJan 2025

Hyderabad, Telangana, India · Hybrid

• Contributed to the Recent Activity Ingester system (Java, Kafka, Redis) by enhancing key modules for real-time transaction tracking across customer zones. • Optimised data cleanup jobs, improving performance and efficiency of retention workflows for large-scale transaction data. • Spearheaded the design and implementation of a secure Data Governance Framework, enabling controlled and authenticated customer data downloads. • Architected and built a Nano Log Ingester Framework for all ZPA services, optimizing storage costs while sustaining a throughput of 200K–350K messages/second.
Zscaler
Oct 20222 yrs 4 mosJan 2025

Hyderabad, Telangana, India · Hybrid

Uniphore
Sep 202111 mosJul 2022

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Contributed to the next-generation architecture of the U-Analyze product and other Voice Analytics AI solutions, enhancing scalability and system performance. • Optimised production code with advanced performance tuning techniques for voice call processing, achieving high throughput and low latency. • Designed and implemented a flexible Score Engine supporting dynamic rules for real-time call analytics. • Improved cache management and report processing workflows, delivering faster insights while reducing overall system load.
GE Aviation
Sep 20201 yr 1 moSep 2021

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Designed and developed a scalable Microservices Architecture for media upload applications, enabling seamless integration across GE Aviation platforms and improving system uptime to 99.99%. • Led architecture for the Large Data Processing (LDP) product, empowering users to execute complex analytics on Big Data platforms and reducing processing time by 30%. • Built highly available, fault-tolerant services for large-scale data ingestion and analytics workflows, ensuring reliability and scalability under heavy workloads.
GE Aviation
Apr 20182 yrs 6 mosSep 2020

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Oracle
Jun 20143 yrs 10 mosMar 2018

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Designed and implemented the architecture for an Integration Application to ingest, store, process, and analyze diverse log data using the Hadoop ecosystem. • Built an end-to-end Lambda Architecture–based solution to handle both real-time and batch data from Kafka streams. • Engineered a scalable data pipeline to process and distribute data across multiple targets (HBase, Avro, MySQL, Solr, Elasticsearch, and APIs), enabling advanced analytics and search capabilities. • Developed a custom log processing and analytics framework on Apache Hadoop for hardware and SaaS logs, efficiently handling terabytes of data under peak load with near-zero downtime.

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Education

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University

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Headline

Senior Staff Engineer

About

Senior Staff Engineer with 15 years of experience building distributed, high-performance systems and shaping engineering strategy for complex products. Proven expertise in Microservices Architecture, Distributed Systems, and Backend System Design, with a strong track record of delivering scalable platforms across multiple domains. Recognized for driving end-to-end product development from architecture and design to optimization and delivery while ensuring performance, reliability, and business impact. Skilled in mentoring engineers, guiding cross-functional teams, and influencing technical direction to achieve organisational goals. Core Strengths & Expertise •Software Architecture & Product Engineering •Distributed Systems & Microservices Design •Backend System Design & Large-Scale Platforms •System Optimization & Performance Engineering •End-to-End Product Lifecycle Ownership •Technical Leadership & Strategic Mentorship

Location

Hyderabad

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Work experience

Senior Staff Engineer at Zinnia, Aug 2025 - Present · 1 yr 1 mo, Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Senior Staff Software Engineer at Zscaler, Dec 2024 - Jan 2025 · 2 mos, Hyderabad, Telangana, India · Hybrid, • Contributed to the Recent Activity Ingester system (Java, Kafka, Redis) by enhancing key modules for real-time transaction tracking across customer zones. • Optimised data cleanup jobs, improving performance and efficiency of retention workflows for large-scale transaction data. • Spearheaded the design and implementation of a secure Data Governance Framework, enabling controlled and authenticated customer data downloads. • Architected and built a Nano Log Ingester Framework for all ZPA services, optimizing storage costs while sustaining a throughput of 200K–350K messages/second.

Staff Engineer at Zscaler, Oct 2022 - Jan 2025 · 2 yrs 4 mos, Hyderabad, Telangana, India · Hybrid

Principal Software Engineer at Uniphore, Sep 2021 - Jul 2022 · 11 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, • Contributed to the next-generation architecture of the U-Analyze product and other Voice Analytics AI solutions, enhancing scalability and system performance. • Optimised production code with advanced performance tuning techniques for voice call processing, achieving high throughput and low latency. • Designed and implemented a flexible Score Engine supporting dynamic rules for real-time call analytics. • Improved cache management and report processing workflows, delivering faster insights while reducing overall system load.

Staff Software Architect at GE Aviation, Sep 2020 - Sep 2021 · 1 yr 1 mo, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, • Designed and developed a scalable Microservices Architecture for media upload applications, enabling seamless integration across GE Aviation platforms and improving system uptime to 99.99%. • Led architecture for the Large Data Processing (LDP) product, empowering users to execute complex analytics on Big Data platforms and reducing processing time by 30%. • Built highly available, fault-tolerant services for large-scale data ingestion and analytics workflows, ensuring reliability and scalability under heavy workloads.

Staff Data Engineer at GE Aviation, Apr 2018 - Sep 2020 · 2 yrs 6 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Senior Member of Technical Staff at Oracle, Jun 2014 - Mar 2018 · 3 yrs 10 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Designed and implemented the architecture for an Integration Application to ingest, store, process, and analyze diverse log data using the Hadoop ecosystem. • Built an end-to-end Lambda Architecture–based solution to handle both real-time and batch data from Kafka streams. • Engineered a scalable data pipeline to process and distribute data across multiple targets (HBase, Avro, MySQL, Solr, Elasticsearch, and APIs), enabling advanced analytics and search capabilities. • Developed a custom log processing and analytics framework on Apache Hadoop for hardware and SaaS logs, efficiently handling terabytes of data under peak load with near-zero downtime.

Education

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University