Summary
Prajit Madan is a seasoned software engineering leader with 15+ years of experience building high-availability, consumer and B2B platforms from infrastructure to UX. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, he has led large distributed teams at Roku, PlayStation and Univision, shipping commerce, ads and video systems that span device OS, SDKs and cloud microservices. He blends product-driven engineering with SRE and CI/CD discipline—driving performance goals like sub-200ms load targets and reducing rollout time through React-driven UX improvements. At Roku he integrated on-device commerce with partners such as Walmart and Shopify, and at PlayStation he led global launches of PS5 retail and commerce experiences. Known for building inclusive teams and cutting operational costs via strategic vendor and automation choices, he prefers solving cross-functional complexity where UX, privacy and reliability intersect. Trained as an electrical engineer (Syracuse, University of Mumbai), he brings hardware-aware systems thinking to large-scale software products.
11 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Masters Electrical Engineering, Masters Electrical Engineering at Syracuse University
BS Electrical and Electronics Engineering, BS Electrical and Electronics Engineering at University of Mumbai