# Prateek Chawla

> Prateek Chawla is a founding and principal engineer at Monte Carlo who joined the company in 2019 and helped build its data platform from scratch. A former Barracuda technical lead and summa cum laude UC Santa Cruz graduate, he has become a practical public voice on data observability, Apache Airflow circuit breakers, developer tooling, and enterprise deployment architecture.

- **Role:** Founding / Principal Engineer at Monte Carlo
- **Organizations:** Monte Carlo, Barracuda Networks, University of California, Santa Cruz
- **Education:** B.S. in Computer Science and Engineering, summa cum laude, University of California, Santa Cruz
- **Known for:** Joined Monte Carlo's founding team and built its internal data platform from scratch., Drives technical strategy for Monte Carlo's data observability platform as a founding / principal engineer., Introduced Monte Carlo's Python SDK, Pycarlo, for programmatic access to lineage, cataloging, monitoring, and management functions.

## Career timeline

- **2015** — Received a Peer Recognition Award at Barracuda Networks.
- **2016** — Graduated summa cum laude from UC Santa Cruz with a B.S. in Computer Science and Engineering.
- **2017** — Received Barracuda Networks' Security MVP recognition.
- **2019** — Earned an FAA student pilot certificate and joined Monte Carlo, where he helped build the company's data platform from scratch.
- **2022** — Announced Monte Carlo's Pycarlo SDK and presented an Airflow Summit session on data circuit breakers.
- **2023** — Published work on developer-friendly observability, transactional-database integrations, and multi-cloud deployment options.
- **2024** — Explained Monte Carlo's customer-driven redesign of its hosting and deployment architecture.
- **2026** — Published technical deep dives on Monte Carlo's enterprise platform and AI-assisted custom ETL integrations.

## Achievements

- Joined Monte Carlo's founding team and built its internal data platform from scratch.
- Drives technical strategy for Monte Carlo's data observability platform as a founding / principal engineer.
- Introduced Monte Carlo's Python SDK, Pycarlo, for programmatic access to lineage, cataloging, monitoring, and management functions.
- Presented 'Beyond Testing: How to Build Circuit Breakers with Airflow' at Airflow Summit 2022.
- Graduated summa cum laude from UC Santa Cruz with a B.S. in Computer Science and Engineering.
- Received Security MVP and Peer Recognition honors at Barracuda Networks.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Published an engineering explanation of AI-assisted custom ETL integrations that turn a Claude conversation into a deployable Monte Carlo integration.
- **2026-06** — Published a technical tour of Monte Carlo's enterprise platform, including its Generic Agent, composable integration framework, networking, identity, and governance controls.
- **2024-06** — Published a customer-driven account of Monte Carlo's expanded hosting and deployment architecture.

## Links

- Website: https://montecarlo.ai/author/prateekc
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chawlaprateek
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfRMQGabCmA

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Last updated: 2026-09-27