Building high-throughput payment systems and cloud-native architectures that scale to 5,000+ TPS.
Scroll to exploreI'm Praveen Prasad, a Senior Performance Engineer based in Pune, India. For nearly two decades, I've been the person teams call when systems need to handle real-world scale — from payment gateways processing thousands of transactions per second to cloud-native microservices serving millions of users.
My work sits at the intersection of deep technical expertise and strategic thinking. I don't just find bottlenecks — I architect solutions that prevent them. From tuning JVM garbage collection to orchestrating complex 26-leg workflow testing, I bring a holistic approach to performance.
I'm passionate about mentoring the next generation of engineers and leveraging modern tools like Gen AI to accelerate workflows and deliver results faster.
Architected a Gen AI solution to resolve database performance bottlenecks, reducing tuning time by 80%.
Drove performance engineering for ACI's first Microservices UPI system, achieving 5,000 TPS using Docker and JMeter.
Initiated Non-Functional testing for Immediate Payments, deploying AppDynamics/Dynatrace with Kubernetes.
Resolved high WAN latency by tuning Active-Passive topology, doubling VM resources to reach 2,000 TPS.
Led design of an automated testing framework with CI, cutting testing time by 60%, boosting coverage by 40%.
Directed a 2-week Bank Indonesia engagement, improving system stability with containerized deployment.
Orchestrated testing for 26-leg workflows, reducing WestPac escalations and improving client outcomes.
Mentored 12+ engineers in performance engineering, conducting knowledge transfer sessions.
Redesigned testing workflows using Test Automation and Left Shift, cutting cycle time by 30%.
Led assessments to close knowledge gaps, enhancing operational excellence by 30%.
Identified and resolved 50+ bottlenecks before production deployment across critical apps.
Led automation using SilkPerformer, boosting application performance by 30% under peak loads.
Tuned SQL queries with Statspack, improving response times by 20% across 50+ queries.
Built a Perl-based framework, boosting automated testing efficiency by 60%.
Engineered Ansible scripts to automate deployments, boosting setup consistency by 60%.
Foundation Level — International Software Testing Qualifications Board
YCMOU Nasik, Pune, India
GTTC, Mysore, India
Whether you're scaling payment systems, optimizing cloud infrastructure, or need a performance engineering leader — I'd love to talk.