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Senior Product Engineer, MakeMyTrip | Former PM Intern, Times Internet

About

I am a senior product engineer at MakeMyTrip, working on the hotel supply ecosystem with a focus on mobile applications. With over four years of experience, I have built user-centric solutions while increasingly exploring the integration of AI into workflows to improve efficiency and decision-making. My professional journey spans diverse internships across product management at Times Internet, Salesforce development at PwC, and social media marketing at a boutique firm. These roles have helped me develop a well-rounded perspective and recognise my inclinations. Beyond my core work, I have actively engaged in a range of initiatives—from leading a college sports club and building an e-commerce platform for my family business to volunteering with NGOs and working on personal projects. These experiences have shaped my approach to problem-solving, ownership, and collaboration. I am particularly interested in understanding how products evolve, and how thoughtful decisions around user experience and data can drive meaningful impact at scale. Open to connecting for thoughtful discussions and exchange of ideas!

Location

Greater Bengaluru Area

AI stack

claude

cursor

gemini

lovable

huggingface

ChatGPT

Work experience

Senior Product Engineer - 2 at MakeMyTrip, Jan 2025 - Present · 1 y 8 mo, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Building product x tech projects at MakeMyTrip, leveraging AI for best outcomes.

Senior Software Engineer at MakeMyTrip, Jul 2023 - Dec 2024 · 1 yr 6 mos, Unifying the mobile apps of the hotel supply ecosystem being involved in discussing roadmaps, presenting estimates and merging modules together; reducing development efforts by about 30% across 2 applications. Contributed in conceptualizing the server-driven UI initiative for hotel-supply front-end teams. Leading the front-end delivery of multiple high priority projects: 1. Homepage revamp, resulting in a 5-7% increase in visitors to multiple modules. 2. Photos management flow revamp, improving content for media tags, space assignments etc on MakeMyTrip. 3. Onboarding standardization support, for integration with international CMs. 4. Revamping rates and inventory module to improve sellability by 15%. Tasks included solutioning, planning, delegation, delivery and stakeholder management.

Software Engineer at MakeMyTrip, Jun 2021 - Jun 2023 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Product Management Intern (Ad-Tech) at Times Internet, Jan 2021 - May 2021 · 5 mos, Communicated with stakeholders, researched and proposed a new roles and permission structure to reduce development efforts significantly. Researched, performed competitive analysis and suggested a Reporting API structure. Assisted a fellow intern in creating a forecasting module.

Intern at PwC India, May 2020 - Jun 2020 · 2 mos, LoS: Advisory Competency: SFDC Developed analysis components using Salesforce LWC (front end framework). Completed 56 trailhead badges covering topics like administration, sales cloud, service cloud, aura, visualforce and automation. Completed a course in Alteryx and PowerBI

Junior Associate Consultant at Marketing OneX Consulting, May 2019 - Jun 2019 · 2 mos, Mumbai Area, India, Handled social media accounts and content creation of 5 brands using tools like Canva and Hootsuite. Assisted with developing marketing strategies and worked closely with digital agencies.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Science, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra

Grade XI-XII, PCM, R. N. Podar School

Public links

akshaydesai.me: https://akshaydesai.me/