Pratik Palnitkar
EM-II Delivery, Product Engineering at Cruise
Kirkland, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolPratik Palnitkar is a seasoned software engineering leader with 14+ years of experience building highly scalable, reliable multi-tier systems across ML/AI, ads infrastructure, finance, and autonomous vehicles. As EM-II at Cruise, he scaled a last-mile driverless delivery platform from founding engineer to a distributed team of 10+, sustaining 99.99%+ availability, 4.75+ CSAT, zero SEV-1s for 6+ quarters and 30x YoY growth that helped secure a multi-hundred million dollar strategic investment. He blends hands-on systems and backend expertise (Python, C++, .NET, cloud, high-throughput scoring) with product delivery and cross-functional leadership, having shipped low-latency ML inference at Microsoft and OTA/vehicle integrations at Lyft. Known for rigorous hiring and mentorship—150+ interviews in a year and active mentorship of senior engineers—he also contributes to culture and DEIB initiatives. Pragmatic about reliability and performance, he holds multiple patents and a Master’s in Computer Science from Stony Brook University.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Engineering at Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI)Masters Degree, Computer Science, Masters Degree, Computer Science at Stony Brook University
English, Marathi, Hindi
Github Skills (7)
r-server10
r-package9
microsoft5
docker3
statsd3
docker-image2
graphite2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (3)
microsoft/microsoft-r
Oct 2017 - Dec 2017
Sample code and Data for Microsoft R Server and Microsoft R Client
Contributions:9 commits, 8 pushes in 2 months
r-packagerstatsr-servermicrosoft
prpalnit/machine-learning-server-docs
Mar 2018 - Mar 2018
Contributions:1 branch in 1 day
publishedproduct-documentationmachine-learning
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