Pradeep Davuluri
Full-stack architect with 15+ years designing and delivering large-scale web applications — from early-stage startup products to enterprise platforms serving millions. Currently building an AI-powered museum platform integrating conversational AI, computer vision, and semantic search. Known for bridging frontend and backend boundaries, building engineering teams of 100+ developers, and driving innovation initiatives across VR, blockchain, voice, and AI.
Professional Experience
Technical Architect
Designing and building the full technology platform for a physical non-profit museum, integrating modern AI capabilities to transform the visitor experience.
- Built an intelligent museum guide using conversational AI, enabling visitors to interact naturally with exhibits and receive contextual information in real time
- Integrated computer vision models for automated artifact identification — visitors scan exhibits for rich, AI-generated contextual information
- Designed a semantic search and recommendation engine surfacing relevant exhibits, collections, and content based on visitor interests and behavior
- Architected the platform end-to-end using Next.js frontend with multiple backend services, managing the entire technical stack as solo technical founder
Senior Software Architect
Joined as Frontend Architect; role expanded to Full-Stack Architect based on cross-domain impact. Served as the organization's primary frontend architecture authority.
- Drove end-to-end design and execution of emerging-technology projects spanning VR experiences, blockchain-enabled systems, and voice-driven interfaces
- Evaluated emerging technologies and provided strategic acquisition recommendations to leadership, directly influencing the company's innovation roadmap
- Designed and built standardized HTTP client wrappers and utility libraries in Go and Node.js — covering logging, distributed tracing, observability hooks — adopted across 10–20 services as the organization's internal SDK
- Architected and optimized client-side experimentation frameworks, ensuring Core Web Vitals remained unaffected by A/B testing scripts
- Built and scaled engineering teams — hands-on involvement in hiring, mentoring, and onboarding 100+ developers across frontend and platform roles
Development Lead
Built and led a UI development team of 10+ developers. Architected the Retail Suite of Tools (RSoT) for Advantage Solutions from scratch.
- Replaced multiple legacy applications with a unified Angular 9/NgRx platform
- Delivered the PitchBook module — one of the most complex modules spanning four technology layers: Vanilla JS client API, React editor library, Angular integration, and Ionic mobile client
- Mentored the team on modern design patterns, performance-oriented development, and solid engineering practices
Senior UI Tech Lead
- Delivered Angular and React projects for Sapphire Ventures (SV Explorer) and Daon (DTIS platform restructuring)
- Led migration of Citycheers from Angular 2 Beta to Angular 6 with server-side rendering
Principal Engineer (Contract)
- Led full migration of the IMIconnect product from a jQuery-based stack to Angular 6
- Designed the application architecture for scalability and maintainability
- Trained cross-functional teams (.NET, Java, UI designers) on Angular, accelerating organizational adoption
Technical Project Manager
- Built and scaled InstallMonetizer, a top software distribution network backed by Andreessen Horowitz, SV Angels, and Digital Garage
- Developed the core InstallManager that was central to the product's success
- Managed multiple teams, drove product enhancements, and developed browser extensions for Microsoft Bing partnerships
Team Leader — Game Development
- Built and managed the game development team for OrangeShark's social gaming platform
- Shipped 80+ in-house games, grew the platform to 8 million registered users and a Top 1500 Alexa ranking