Prathap Chandran
London
Summary
A seasoned technology leader with a strong background in aligning technical strategies with business objectives, fostering a collaborative engineering culture, and ensuring the timely delivery of technical solutions. With hands-on experience in data engineering, data strategy, and technical management for over 18 years, I am keen on contributing to your mission through effective technical leadership, strategic planning, and execution.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Certifications
Work History
Enterprise Engineering Manager
Meta
London
2022.02 - Current
- Managed a cross-functional Engineering team to ensure timely delivery of supply chain logistics software, adhering to Engineering Excellence standards driven by SLIs/SLOs and error budgets
- Achieved SLOs on all critical services with an impressive error budget of 0.025%
- Demonstrated a strong ability to provide technical guidance, prioritizing key projects to meet business needs and eliminate distractions, aligning closely with broader organizational goals
- Consistently met OKRs on a half-yearly basis, including multiple ship goals, reflecting a strong focus on executing deliverables and advancing organizational objectives.
Head of Technology, Investment Analytics
Liquidnet
London
2019.05 - 2021.08
- England Metropolitan Area
- Built and managed a 40-person engineering team across multiple timezones, successfully integrating products from three acquisitions and establishing unified agile processes and technology stacks
- Led the architecture and maintenance of data ETL pipelines, enabling near real-time analytics, and spearheaded a data governance program to document data dictionary and lineage
- Collaborated closely with Data Engineering and Data Science teams to develop data marts, aligning data strategy with business objectives
- Consistently met OKRs on a half-yearly basis, including multiple ship goals, showcasing the ability to drive team performance towards meeting and exceeding set targets.
Head Of Technology
RSRCHXchange
London
2018.10 - 2019.05
- Established engineering best practices, matured data ingestion pipelines, and enhanced system availability and throughput by identifying and addressing bottlenecks in data and delivery pipelines
- Guided the transition from manual SSH deploys to EC2 to ECS over a period of 2 years, steadily increasing release cadence and reliability
- Implemented continuous learning through mentoring, peer-coding sessions, and lunch and learn sessions to foster a culture of knowledge sharing and professional growth within the team.
Co-founder
Mathscraft
London
2015.01 - 2018.10
- Built an ed-tech startup focusing on creating Maths games for primary school children, in collaboration with MEI, a Maths charity. The games had over 100,000 downloads on the App store
- Contracted with various agencies and startups in both edtech and fintech space, often being the first Engineer helping through pre-seed to pre-Series A phases
Software Architect
Howsy
2018.05 - 2018.09
Senior Developer
Circus Street
2017.03 - 2017.11
Senior Developer
Firesouls
2016.08 - 2017.02
Senior Developer
Steer37
2016.04 - 2016.08
Co-Founder
Entrepreneur First
2014.09 - 2014.11
Senior Developer
Moni Technologies
2014.01 - 2014.09
Senior Developer
Somo Ltd
2013.06 - 2013.09
Senior Developer
Flooved
2013.03 - 2013.05
Senior Developer
Ascensus Ltd
2012.01 - 2013.02
Chief Technology Officer
SmartLearn Telcomp
2009.06 - 2010.07
Founder
Silver Vine
2008.10 - 2009.06
Team Leader
Keane
2005.08 - 2008.09
Education
Nano Degree - Data Architecture
Udacity
2021.08 - 2021.05
MSc - Education Technology & Society
University of Bristol
2010.01 - 2011.04
B.E - Computer Science Engineering
Anna University
2001.01 - 2005.04
Skills
Timely Technical Solution Delivery
Fostering Engineering & Operational Excellence
Technical & Strategic Guidance
Org structure & alignment
Certification
Machine Learning, Stanford Online
Volleyball
I play indoor volleyball for a league in London. I also play beach volleyball whenever the sun is out.
Timeline
Enterprise Engineering Manager
Meta
2022.02 - Current
Nano Degree - Data Architecture
Udacity
2021.08 - 2021.05
Head of Technology, Investment Analytics
Liquidnet
2019.05 - 2021.08
Head Of Technology
RSRCHXchange
2018.10 - 2019.05
Software Architect
Howsy
2018.05 - 2018.09
Machine Learning, Stanford Online
2018-02
Neural Networks and Deep Learning, Stanford Online
2018-02
Structuring Machine Learning Projects
2018-02
Senior Developer
Circus Street
2017.03 - 2017.11
Senior Developer
Firesouls
2016.08 - 2017.02
Senior Developer
Steer37
2016.04 - 2016.08
Co-founder
Mathscraft
2015.01 - 2018.10
Co-Founder
Entrepreneur First
2014.09 - 2014.11
Senior Developer
Moni Technologies
2014.01 - 2014.09
Senior Developer
Somo Ltd
2013.06 - 2013.09
Senior Developer
Flooved
2013.03 - 2013.05
Senior Developer
Ascensus Ltd
2012.01 - 2013.02
MSc - Education Technology & Society
University of Bristol
2010.01 - 2011.04
Chief Technology Officer
SmartLearn Telcomp
2009.06 - 2010.07
Founder
Silver Vine
2008.10 - 2009.06
Team Leader
Keane
2005.08 - 2008.09
B.E - Computer Science Engineering
Anna University
2001.01 - 2005.04