Summary
Pratik Anand is a seasoned software engineer with 15 years of experience building high-performance systems across platforms, currently advancing immersive VR in Meta’s Reality Labs. He has deep expertise in native Windows and cross-platform app frameworks from five years at Microsoft, where he shipped on-device GenAI infrastructure, helped launch Windows AI Foundry and WinUI/Windows App SDK, and optimized performance across runtime, rendering, and accessibility. Earlier roles span networking and embedded systems at Nokia and Cisco, full-stack product work at a startup, and research-driven tooling during internships, giving him a rare blend of low-level systems, developer tools, and product-facing experience. He programs fluently in C++, C#, Java, Python, JavaScript and has a track record of moving features from prototyping to production and scaling APIs to enterprise partners. Based in Bellevue, WA, he pairs academic training from Virginia Tech with pragmatic engineering—often surfacing elegant cross-domain fixes that improve both developer experience and runtime performance.
15 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree Computer Science, Master’s Degree Computer Science at Virginia Tech
Bachelor of Engineering Computer Science, Bachelor of Engineering Computer Science at Manipal Institute of Technology
English, Hindi