Prahalad Gururajan
McMinnville,United States
Summary
Front-end Software Engineer with experience delivering production React applications at The Home Depot. Strong background in component architecture, state management, and building scalable, user-focused interfaces in enterprise environments. Proven ability to collaborate cross-functionally and ship high-impact customer-facing features. Adaptable Software Engineer ready to support operations from conception through post-release support. Skilled creator of efficient code and exciting user experiences. Eager to elevate ongoing development projects or create novel software solutions geared towards driving increased usership.
Overview
2
2
years of professional experience
Work History
Software Engineer (Front-End)
The Home Depot
06.2025 - 02.2026
- Built and maintained customer-facing features for the Magic Apron Assistant, The Home Depot’s flagship chatbot and AI interface.
- Helped develop modular, reusable React components to support dynamic product recommendations and customizable appliance packages.
- Led front-end implementation for various CSS and Tailwind fixes, ensuring consistent chatbot styling.
- Managed complex UI state and component interactions to ensure compatibility across appliance types and fulfillment options.
- Designed and implemented a cryptographically generated session ID mechanism to support user flows in environments without browser cookies.
- Ensured secure session continuity by generating, validating, and propagating session identifiers across frontend interactions.
- Helped migrate the Magic Apron Assistant chatbot from an embedded iframe to a natively integrated site component.
- Collaborated cross-functionally with product managers, designers, and backend engineers in an Agile environment.
- Participated in code reviews, sprint planning, and production releases.
- Improved usability based on stakeholder and user feedback.
- Magic Apron Assistant Team
Software Engineering Intern
The Home Depot
05.2024 - 07.2024
- Developed React components for customizable major appliance packages used in production flows.
- Implemented dynamic UI logic to support flexible appliance selection across kitchen and laundry categories.
- Integrated GraphQL APIs to fetch and render appliance, package, and fulfillment data.
- Collaborated with senior engineers to ship features within a large enterprise React codebase.
- Contributed production-ready code following established frontend patterns and best practices.
Education
B.A. - Computer Science
Clemson University
Clemson, SC01-2025
Skills
- React
- JavaScript (ES6)
- HTML/CSS
- Component Architecture
- State Management
- Data Structures & Algorithms
- Agile methodologies
Timeline
Software Engineer (Front-End)
The Home Depot
06.2025 - 02.2026
Software Engineering Intern
The Home Depot
05.2024 - 07.2024
B.A. - Computer Science
Clemson University