Hi, I’m Prakash Muniyappa, a software architect and developer based in Sunnyvale, CA, relocationg shortly to Austin, TX. I specialize in software architecture, design and development across web, database and mobile platforms, with more than a decade of experience delivering robust systems. I’ve led offshore engineering teams, collaborated with customers to create new business value, and steered product lifecycles from scoping to delivery and support. I’ve worked across Web/Cloud services, data warehousing/mining, bioinformatics, and geo-informatics, with growing interest in AI, machine learning and deep learning. I’m comfortable estimating effort, costs and margins, and I’ve mentored and grown teams of 25+ engineers to achieve goals for US-based customers.

Prakash Muniyappa

Hi, I’m Prakash Muniyappa, a software architect and developer based in Sunnyvale, CA, relocationg shortly to Austin, TX. I specialize in software architecture, design and development across web, database and mobile platforms, with more than a decade of experience delivering robust systems. I’ve led offshore engineering teams, collaborated with customers to create new business value, and steered product lifecycles from scoping to delivery and support. I’ve worked across Web/Cloud services, data warehousing/mining, bioinformatics, and geo-informatics, with growing interest in AI, machine learning and deep learning. I’m comfortable estimating effort, costs and margins, and I’ve mentored and grown teams of 25+ engineers to achieve goals for US-based customers.

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Hi, I’m Prakash Muniyappa, a software architect and developer based in Sunnyvale, CA, relocationg shortly to Austin, TX. I specialize in software architecture, design and development across web, database and mobile platforms, with more than a decade of experience delivering robust systems. I’ve led offshore engineering teams, collaborated with customers to create new business value, and steered product lifecycles from scoping to delivery and support.

I’ve worked across Web/Cloud services, data warehousing/mining, bioinformatics, and geo-informatics, with growing interest in AI, machine learning and deep learning. I’m comfortable estimating effort, costs and margins, and I’ve mentored and grown teams of 25+ engineers to achieve goals for US-based customers.

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Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Senior Software Engineer Consulting at XG Photonics
June 1, 2025 - Present
Design and development of signal monitoring/control software for fiber optic communications. Implemented resource-constrained CircuitPython solutions for fiberoptic controller modules; worked with CircuitPython, JavaScript, HTML and JSON on microcontrollers.
Senior Staff Software Engineer at Thermo Fisher Scientific
April 1, 2025 - October 15, 2025
Design and development of application software for instruments, including instrument control. Built UI and back-end modules, and coordinated task delegation across extended global teams.
Technical Architect / Lead / Developer at Yelahanka Tech Pvt Ltd
January 1, 2021 - October 15, 2025
Architecture, OO design, development and deployment across multiple domains. Led cloud-based education management solutions (React, Flask, Python) and data reporting modules; deployed desktop solutions (C#, WPF) and mobile/web client development on AWS stack.

Education

Certificate – Bioinformatics at University of California Santa Cruz – SV extension, CA, USA
January 11, 2030 - October 15, 2025
Master of Science in Computer Science at Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA
January 11, 2030 - October 15, 2025
Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Engineering and Science at Bangalore University, India
January 11, 2030 - October 15, 2025

Qualifications

Bioinformatics Certificate
January 11, 2030 - October 15, 2025

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Life Sciences, Professional Services