Summary
Prathamesh Degwekar is a software engineer with nine years of experience currently building Discover within Google Search, bringing deep expertise across code efficiency, high-performance computing, streaming infrastructure, and product development. He has practical experience with ML/AI systems and has applied those techniques in production-facing features as well as in media algorithms using complex GStreamer pipelines to cut footprint and improve resource utilization. Prior roles at Amagi and MathWorks honed his skills in video encode/decode, Kubernetes, Docker, and Python, while internships exposed him to Rasa-based deep learning chatbots—reflecting a blend of research curiosity and delivery focus. His background in hardware design and HCI gives him an uncommon systems-to-surface perspective that surfaces novel solutions for performance and usability trade-offs. Based in Bengaluru, he describes himself as an "algorithmist" and app developer, continuously learning and seeking experiences that stretch both engineering depth and product thinking. That hybrid viewpoint lets him spot cross-domain opportunities others might miss, turning efficiency and design insights into measurable product wins.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Computer Engineering, Master's degree, Computer Engineering at Indian Institute of Information Technology Design & Manufacturing Kancheepuram
12th Grade, 12th Grade at National Public School Koramangala
12th, Computer Science, 95%, 12th, Computer Science, 95% at national public school koramangala