From 5480ed1c284d0709c5417697d63c84777d022061 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Prad Nukala Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2026 17:15:54 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] init(resume): add Prad Nukala's resume in LaTeX format --- ...dNukala_SeniorBackendEngineer_MuralPay.tex | 133 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 133 insertions(+) create mode 100644 src/PradNukala_SeniorBackendEngineer_MuralPay.tex diff --git a/src/PradNukala_SeniorBackendEngineer_MuralPay.tex b/src/PradNukala_SeniorBackendEngineer_MuralPay.tex new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ac6fb70 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/PradNukala_SeniorBackendEngineer_MuralPay.tex @@ -0,0 +1,133 @@ +\documentclass[11pt]{article} +\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} +\usepackage[T1]{fontenc} +\usepackage{geometry} +\usepackage{enumitem} +\usepackage{paracol} +\usepackage[hidelinks]{hyperref} +\geometry{a4paper, margin=0.5in} +\setlength{\parindent}{0pt} +\setlength{\parskip}{2pt} +\columnratio{0.3} + +\begin{document} + +{\centering + {\Huge \textbf{Prad Nukala}}\\[2pt] + {\large Senior Backend Engineer --- Payments \& Distributed Systems} + \par +} +\vspace{14pt} + +\begin{paracol}{2} +\raggedright +\small +{\bfseries Contact}\\[2pt] +\rule{\linewidth}{0.4pt}\\[4pt] +\href{mailto:prnk28@gmail.com}{prnk28@gmail.com}\\[2pt] ++ 1 646-508-7789\\[2pt] +\href{https://prad.nu}{Website}\\[2pt] +\href{https://linkedin.com/in/pradn}{LinkedIn}\\[2pt] +\href{https://github.com/prdlk}{GitHub}\\[2pt] +\href{https://twitter.com/basedprad}{Twitter} + +\vspace{8pt} + +{\bfseries Skills}\\[2pt] +\rule{\linewidth}{0.4pt}\\[4pt] +\textbf{Languages}\\[1pt] +TypeScript, JavaScript, Go (Golang), SQL, Java, Protobufs\\[5pt] +\textbf{Backend \& APIs}\\[1pt] +API Design (REST/gRPC), Backend Systems, System Architecture, Distributed Networking, Test-Driven Development\\[5pt] +\textbf{Cloud \& Data}\\[1pt] +AWS, AWS Lambda, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Cloudflare Workers, PostgreSQL, SQLite, CI/CD\\[5pt] +\textbf{Frontend}\\[1pt] +React, React Native, Full-Stack Development\\[5pt] +\textbf{Blockchain \& Payments}\\[1pt] +Cosmos SDK, IBC, EVM, CosmWasm, DeFi, WebAuthn, DIDs\\[5pt] +\textbf{AI \& Automation}\\[1pt] +Claude, ChatGPT\\[4pt] + +\vspace{8pt} + +{\bfseries Honors}\\[2pt] +\rule{\linewidth}{0.4pt}\\[4pt] +\textbf{Guest Lecturer, Crypto Finance (15.492)}\\[1pt] +MIT Sloan School of Management \hfill \textit{2022}\\[4pt] + +\vspace{8pt} + +{\bfseries Organizations}\\[2pt] +\rule{\linewidth}{0.4pt}\\[4pt] +\textbf{Decentralized Identity Foundation}\\[1pt] +Working Group for UCAN/DWN\\[4pt] +\textbf{World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)}\\[1pt] +Working Group for DID/WebAuthn/WASM\\[2pt] + +\vspace{8pt} + + +\switchcolumn +\normalsize +\raggedright +{\bfseries Experience}\\[2pt] +\rule{\linewidth}{0.4pt}\\[4pt] +\textbf{Co-Founder \& CEO} \hfill \textit{Mar 2021 -- Present}\\ +\textit{Sonr --- New York, USA} +\begin{itemize}[leftmargin=*, nosep, topsep=2pt] + \item \small{Architected a custom Layer-1 blockchain in Go on the Cosmos SDK --- a modular state machine exposing Protobuf/gRPC services and REST gateways --- and secured \$4.7M to build the platform.} + \item \small{Directed a cross-functional engineering team; designed developer-facing APIs and SDKs that onboarded 120+ first-time blockchain developers.} + \item \small{Operated production infrastructure --- 4 distributed validator nodes on Kubernetes, Docker, and Terraform --- sustaining 99\% operational uptime.} + \item \small{Led the company's 2026 pivot to B2B through hands-on customer discovery, repositioning the platform as white-label wallet infrastructure.} +\end{itemize} +\vspace{4pt} +\textbf{Mobile App Developer} \hfill \textit{Aug 2020 -- May 2021}\\ +\textit{Leidos --- Herndon, VA} +\begin{itemize}[leftmargin=*, nosep, topsep=2pt] + \item \small{Shipped features for the Customs and Border Protection Mobile Passport app used by millions of travelers, meeting federal security standards.} +\end{itemize} +\vspace{4pt} +\textbf{Data Science Intern} \hfill \textit{May 2019 -- Aug 2019}\\ +\textit{Unissant --- Herndon, VA} +\begin{itemize}[leftmargin=*, nosep, topsep=2pt] + \item \small{Built a serverless fraud-detection system on AWS --- a SageMaker ML model behind AWS Lambda functions and a client-facing React app.} +\end{itemize} +\vspace{4pt} +\textbf{Founder \& iOS Developer} \hfill \textit{Jul 2016 -- May 2019}\\ +\textit{Britetwist --- Ashburn, VA} +\begin{itemize}[leftmargin=*, nosep, topsep=2pt] + \item \small{Founded an independent app studio, shipping three consumer apps to 1M+ downloads --- owning design through full-stack development end-to-end.} +\end{itemize} +\vspace{6pt} + +{\bfseries Projects}\\[2pt] +\rule{\linewidth}{0.4pt}\\[4pt] +\textbf{Cross-Chain Value Transfer \& Tokenization} \hfill \textit{2022 -- Present} +\begin{itemize}[leftmargin=*, nosep, topsep=2pt] + \item \small{Engineered a ``Gasless Onboarding'' transaction pipeline with custom Cosmos AnteHandlers intercepting and validating WebAuthn passkey credentials at the mempool level, hiding seed phrases and fees behind familiar Web2 flows.} + \item \small{Implemented full EVM compatibility alongside CosmWasm smart contracts, supporting multi-chain token mappings and cross-chain value transfer over IBC.} +\end{itemize} +\vspace{4pt} +\textbf{Token Economics \& Payment Design} \hfill \textit{2022} +\begin{itemize}[leftmargin=*, nosep, topsep=2pt] + \item \small{Structured the token as the means of payment across protocol modules, aligning DPoS validator incentives with cross-chain payments over IBC.} + \item \small{Translated economic models into Layer-1 state-machine and smart-contract logic alongside 6 PhD economists from Prysm Group.} +\end{itemize} +\vspace{4pt} +\textbf{Client SDK \& Edge Orchestration} \hfill \textit{2022 -- 2023} +\begin{itemize}[leftmargin=*, nosep, topsep=2pt] + \item \small{Built an edge orchestration layer on Cloudflare Workers (Durable Objects, KV), managing persistent sessions, routing, and state synchronization.} + \item \small{Bridged WebAuthn passkeys and OAuth 2.0 into a TypeScript client SDK, giving developers passwordless, seed-phrase-free user onboarding.} +\end{itemize} +\vspace{6pt} + +{\bfseries Education}\\[2pt] +\rule{\linewidth}{0.4pt}\\[4pt] +\textbf{B.S. in Applied Math} \hfill \textit{2017 -- 2020}\\ +\textit{Virginia Commonwealth University} +\vspace{4pt} + + +\end{paracol} + +\end{document}