Summary
Prateek Mehta is a Staff Software Engineer based in Bengaluru with 12 years of experience building large-scale data and cloud platforms across Uber, Apple, and Intuit. He combines deep academic training (B.Tech + MS by research from IIIT Hyderabad) with hands-on expertise in big data, machine learning, and distributed systems to turn research ideas into production-grade pipelines. At Apple and Uber he focused on cloud data platform engineering and site-scale data solutions, while earlier roles at Intuit sharpened his end-to-end data engineering skills. His background includes research internships applying Bayesian networks and neural methods to real-world urban planning and log analytics problems, reflecting a strong foundation in probabilistic modeling and applied ML. Colleagues know him for bridging rigorous research thinking with pragmatic software delivery, often surfacing subtle data-quality and system-design tradeoffs before they become issues. He brings a track record of shipping robust, scalable data infrastructure in high-impact consumer and enterprise environments.
12 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Computer Science and Engineering, Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Computer Science and Engineering at The LNM Institute of Information Technology(LNMIIT)
Secondary Education, Secondary Education at Vivek High School
B.Tech + MS(by research), Computer Science and Engineering, B.Tech + MS(by research), Computer Science and Engineering at IIIT Hyderabad
English, Hindi, Punjabi