Summary
Kiran Prakash is a director and principal engineer at ThoughtWorks with over 19 years of delivering custom software and leading engineering teams. He specializes in microservices, platform modernization, system architecture, devops, data engineering and data strategy, and currently leads ThoughtWorks' Data & AI practice for large strategic clients. An avid extreme programming practitioner, he champions TDD, refactoring, CI/CD and pair programming to drive quality and velocity. Based in Berlin, Germany, he mentors data engineers, helps win new accounts, and ensures sustainable business outcomes. His career blends hands-on engineering with leadership, including a data science stint at Data Science Retreat and a long track record as a full-stack, senior technical leader since 2005.
11 years of coding experience