Pranav Badami is a seasoned full-stack engineer and serial founder with 12 years of experience building data-driven products and developer-first infrastructure. As co-founder of Stardex, he’s applying AI-native workflows to reimagine ATS+CRM systems for recruiting firms, and previously scaled community tooling at Dots (YC S21) for customers like Notion and Lattice. His background includes building backend and data systems from the ground up—from Numina’s global IoT data API to a custom simulation engine and web products at CKM Advisors—demonstrating a knack for turning complex data into usable products. Comfortable across Django, Postgres, Python, and end-to-end stacks, he blends hands-on engineering with product-driven leadership. Based in New York and grounded in a Princeton CS education, he combines startup grit with experience shipping production systems that prioritize automation and long-term scalability.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Y Combinator
John F. Kennedy Memorial High School
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science at Princeton University
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