Shekhar Pradhan

Shekhar Pradhan is an accomplished software engineer with extensive experience in designing and developing scalable systems for the financial and retail sectors. Currently serving as SDE 3 at Tesco since September 2025, Shekhar previously held the position of Senior Software Engineer (Vice President) at AQR Capital Management, where a real-time financial data processing platform was designed and scaled, achieving a 25% reduction in infrastructure costs and a 40% improvement in response times. Earlier roles include Senior Software Engineer at @WalmartLabs India, where scalable backend services for retail and supply chain systems were developed, and various positions at Morgan Stanley, focusing on web-based applications. Shekhar holds a Master's degree in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur.