Sudeep Pradhan

About Sudeep Pradhan

I’m a technologist at heart, a problem-solver by mindset, and a leader who deeply values the impact of culture, clarity, and care.Over the years, I’ve led high-performing engineering teams at Amazon and Microsoft, building scalable systems that power millions of users and critical services. But if you ask me what I’m most proud of, it’s not the metrics; it’s the trust I’ve built with my teams and the moments when we solved the impossible together.I believe in leadership through modeling: showing up consistently, being transparent even when it’s hard, and investing in people’s growth. I coach, mentor, and amplify those around me because engineering is as much about people as it is about platforms.My core competencies include:Engineering Excellence: Bringing expertise in software architecture, systems engineering, and hands-on development across C#.NET, Python, Java, and cloud-native tech.Platform & Systems Design: Designing scalable, resilient, event-driven platforms with a focus on reliability, security, and operational simplicity.Cloud Infrastructure: Building and operating distributed systems on AWS and Azure with a strong grasp of observability, monitoring, and automation.Technical Leadership: Leading design reviews, driving engineering best practices, mentoring ICs and managers, and setting high technical standards.Customer-Driven Engineering: Rooting technical decisions in customer impact, reducing friction, and shipping solutions that scale with business growth.Operational Reliability: Ensuring strong SLAs, incident response, and system health through data-informed decision-making and proactive investments.Strategic Execution: Delivering multi-quarter roadmaps, aligning engineering direction with business priorities, and driving cross-organizational initiatives.Team Building & Mentorship: Creating high-trust teams where engineers thrive, grow, and deliver with autonomy and accountability.My approach is deeply collaborative. I enjoy cross-team problem-solving, long whiteboarding sessions, and connecting dots across business, product, and engineering.Thank you for taking the time to learn more about me. Let’s connect!

Experience

1. Staff Software Engineer

   You.com

   Jul 2025 — Present · Redmond, WA, US

   Strategic Technical Leadership: Independently led and delivered multiple cross-functional projects, including Audit Logging, Observability Migration, Agent Sharing, and Agent Search Optimization, driving significant organizational impact and aligning with enterprise customer needs.Cost Optimization: Spearheaded initiatives like freemium turndown strategies, reducing operational costs while maintaining product quality and user experience.Collaboration Features: Designed and implemented collaboration feature for You.com Agent Sharing, enabling seamless sharing and improving team productivity.Evals Framework for Sales: Developed an evaluation framework tailored for sales teams, streamlining processes and enhancing decision-making efficiency.Operational Efficiency: Created Claude code skills for the team, enabling efficient handling of live site issues and improving operational reliability.Engineering Excellence: Developed Claude Code Skills for the team to have consitent high-quality pull requests (PRs) with rigorous testing standards, fostering a culture of engineering excellence.Impactful Results: Reduced agent search latency by 10x (from 10+ seconds to under 1 second), improved observability with scalable dashboards, and automated operational tools for tenant and coupon management.Leadership & Mentorship: Fostered a culture of transparency and collaboration, mentoring team members and driving alignment across DevOps, BE, FE, AI, and Product teams.

Education

• COEP Technological University

  B. Tech., Computer Science

  2004 — 2008

• UCLA

  MS, Computer Science

  2010 — 2011

Skills

• Distributed Systems
• Design Patterns
• Object Oriented Design
• Cloud Computing
• Middleware
• Spring
• Python
• Scalability
• Operating Systems
• Concurrent Programming
• Security
• Vmware
• Network Programming
• Virtualization
• Java
• C++