Charan Thota is a Senior Software Development Manager based in Grand Prairie, Texas, with nine years of experience building data-driven, scalable systems and leading cross-functional engineering teams. He combines hands-on expertise in machine learning, deep learning, and big data engineering with leadership roles at Experian, Rx Savings Solutions, and McKinsey, guiding both R&D and production delivery. A former research and teaching assistant at UMKC and current mentor for Big Data and ML courses, he blends academic rigor (PhD work in Computer Science) with practical productization skills. His background spans end-to-end architecture, microservices, cloud-native deployments, and applied NLP for domain-specific semantic search in telecom. He’s known for translating complex research into deployable solutions and for mentoring junior engineers while maintaining an active interest in data science research and tooling. Notably, he has directly impacted learners and teams through mentorship and a proven track record of moving ML prototypes into production.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
nirmala high school
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at University of Missouri-Kansas City
Bachelor of Technology (BTech), Electrical and Electronics Engineering, A, Bachelor of Technology (BTech), Electrical and Electronics Engineering, A at Koneru Lakshmaiah College of Engineering
Contributions:5 commits, 2 PRs, 7 pushes in 7 months
department
Find and Hire Top DevelopersWe’ve analyzed the programming source code of over 60 million software developers on GitHub and scored them by 50,000 skills. Sign-up on Prog,AI to search for software developers.
Request Free Trial
Charan Thota - Senior Software Development Manager at Experian