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Prabhudatta Choudhury

With 17 years of experience as a Director of Engineering, my expertise spans across various technologies including JAVAJ2EE, SPRING MVC, Python, AI-NLP, ML-Ops, Data Analytics, Quality Engineering, Product Roadmapping & Delivery, Microservices, AWS Serverless Application Model and PHP. I excel in leading cross-functional teams, driving innovative solutions, and delivering high-quality products. My technical proficiency, coupled with strong project management skills, have helped me successfully navigate complex challenges and drive business growth.

Key Skills

JAVA/J2EE
Python
AI/NLP
ML-OPs
Data Analytics
Quality Engineering
Product Roadmapping
Product Delivery
Microservices
AWS Serverless Application Model
PHP
SPRING MVC

Professional Experience

Feb 2021
Present
Director Of Engineering
Darwinbox Digital Solutions Pvt Ltd Hyderabad, IN
  • Lead a team of 15 engineers in the development and implementation of cutting-edge software solutions using Java, Php, Python, AI algorithms, Natural Language Processing (NLP), and data analytics.
  • Defined and executed quality strategy to ensure that all software products meet the highest standards of performance, security, and scalability.
  • Played a key role in product development, from ideation to delivery, working closely with cross-functional teams to bring innovative solutions to market.
  • Utilized AI algorithms and machine learning techniques to enhance the functionality and efficiency of our software products, resulting in increased user engagement and satisfaction.
  • Implemented data analytics tools to track and analyze key performance metrics, providing valuable insights that informed decision-making and drove continuous improvement efforts.
  • Successfully Orchastrated major Tech upgrades PHP V6 to V8, ES to MAS, MYSQL to Mongo transition.
Achievements: 
  •  Implemented TDD with Shift left approach leading to 32% decrease in manual QA. 
  •  Successfully led innovative thinking within the QA Engineering, resulting in 73% reduction on Production issues.
Feb 2019
Mar 2021
Associate Architect
Credera (Formerly Known TA Digital India Pvt Ltd ) Hyderabad, IN
Key Result Areas: 
  •  Proficiently delivered high-quality CMS products to esteemed clientele, leveraging JAVA and Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) technologies. 
  •  Architect Test tool using AI/ML NLP to reduce QA overhead by 32%, leading to create an IP for company 
  •  Designed a new test automation framework and reshaped QA strategy to align with customer demand, leading to the retention of big-4 customers. 
  •  Completed Six Sigma and Lean methodology training to ensure the delivery of a defect-free and cost-effective product. 
  •  Acquired skills in Ethical Hacking & VAPT, enhancing deliverables quality. 
  •  Conducted regular scans and assessments of applications to identify security vulnerabilities via simulated cyber-attacks to identify weaknesses, reporting them to stakeholders for actions leading to 21% impacted cost reduction. 
  •  Leveraged a developer background to effectively communicate with the software design team, earning respect as a valuable team member for challenging test cases. 
 
Achievements: 
  •  Engineered an advanced NLP-based AI-enabled script-less QA product, leading to a significant 32% decrease in manual QA workload. 
  •  Successfully led innovative thinking within the QA practice, enhancing the Center of Excellence (COE) by 33%. 
Sep 2017
Mar 2019
Test Architect
OpsRamp Hyderabad, IN
 Key Result Areas: 
  • Accomplished ML-Ops in the product to delivery high quality deliverables. 
  • Implemented state of art unit testing framework using Arquillian, Spring, testng to help Team to move towards shift left culture, leading to increase in code quality.
  • Crafted robust frameworks in Java, Selenium, Rest-Assured, and unit testing methodologies using Arquillian and TestNG. Contributed to the enhancement of Solution QA through the implementation and reinforcement of Test Automation practices leading to 49% reduction on bugs at first hand. 
  •  Innovated a business use case automation approach, leading to a 65% reduction in production issues. 
Mar 2016
Sep 2017
SDET-III
Realpage india Pvt Ltd Hyderabad, IN
  •  Achieved the Zero Bug initiative for the QA team at AOS, achieving a bug-free release milestone; Architected Java and Selenium frameworks, leveraging Rest- 
  • Assured, resulting in a 40% reduction in testing time 
  • Attained a 56% reduction in manual intervention by implementing automated testing tools and processes; guided QA team to successfully launch the company's first Zero Bug initiative, ensuring optimal product quality. 
Jul 2015
Apr 2016
Lead Test Engineer
Thomson Reuters Hyderabad, IN
  • Introduced a new test framework using Selenium and C# and generated reports on a requirement basis to help analyze issues on JIT. 
  •  Created the test framework 83% dev-friendly and increased the product reliability by 13%. 
Jun 2014
Jul 2015
System Analyst-Development
Compugain Solutions India Private Limited Hyderabad, IN
  • Developed Application for energy domain clients using Java/J2E, Angular.
  • Executed complete tech stack migration from older tech(DOJO- to-Angular , C++ to Java) to newer frameworks with zero bugs
  • Responsible for leading initial design to delivery of features, inter-team dependencies, stake-holder management, code reviews using Java, Angular, PostgreSQL and mentoring junior team members.
Nov 2010
Jul 2014
Consultant
Polaris FT Hyderabad, IN
  • Delviered B2B SOA BFSI products for all major Banks across the globe. 
  • Well versed with Capital Markets domain. 
  • Developed code for BFSI clients and released with zero bugs for 9 times. 
  • Successfully engineered and deployed a bug-free application for Major BFSI Clients utilizing Java/J2EE , EJB, Oracle 10g, Weblogic technologies with a MVC architecture. 
  • Migrated EJB to Spring boot for one of the marquee clients.
  • Executed new processes to reduce bugs in clients. 
  • Migrated whole product from JDBC connections to Hibernate 1.2.
May 2007
Dec 2010
Level-G
Accenture Bangalore Urban, IN
  • Successfully engineered and deployed a bug-free application for  clients. utilizing Java/J2EE technologies with a MVC architecture. 
  • Migrated JSP to Struts 2.0 
  • Executed new processes to reduce bugs in clients. 

Education

Sep 2024
Sep 2025
Global MBA in DEAKIN University
DEAKIN University
Mar 2023
Jun 2024
MBA in IMT Gaziabad
IMT
Apr 2003
May 2007
B.Tech in Eastern Academy of Science & Technology
Biju Patnaik University Of Technology

Certifications

2024
Agile Scrum Master
LearnTube.ai
2024
Six Sigma Certifications
LearnTube.ai
2021
Cyber Security :Technology, Application and policy
MIT, Schwarzman College of Computing
2021
Certified Ethical Hacker
EC Council
2020
Adobe AEM 6 Business Practitioner
Adobe
2020
Cyber Security Foundation Proffessional
Certiprof
2019
Testing in Artifical Intelligence
Brightest
2012
Capital Markets-Premier
Polaris FT
2020
Web Application Security Using Burp
Udemy
2021
Certified Ethical Hacker
EC Council

Achievements

2020
Synergy Team Award
Synergy Team Award is given to team for their outstanding quality delivery on time in full.
2012
Zero Bug Delivery
Zero bug delivery was given for delivering bug free solutions to one of the marquee BFSI client for 9 consecutive time

Languages

English
(Fluent)

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