Headline

Building AI-native companies | 20 Years in Software Engineering | Ex-Engineering Manager at Priceline

About

I design and build AI solutions that transform how B2B companies work. MY BACKGROUND: 20 years building enterprise software at scale: - Engineering Manager at Priceline - Led 12+ engineers building a B2B flights platform serving Fortune 500 partners - Project Manager at Mindtree/Cognizant - Delivered mission-critical systems for travel and CPG industries I combine deep technical expertise (architecture, implementation, deployment) with a focus on business impact. I don't just build AI solutions - I build solutions that deliver measurable ROI and scale across enterprise organisations.

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

anthropic apis

claude code

codex

cursor

mcp

Supabase

Work experience

Director of Innovation at Spherical Lab, May 2026 - Present · 3 mo, Bengaluru

AI Architect at Morphing Machines, Sep 2025 - Present · 11 mo, Bengaluru

Artificial Intelligence Consultant at Full-time, Dec 2024 - Aug 2025 · 8 mo, Bengaluru, As an AI Consultant, I helped SMBs leverage AI to boost growth and streamline operations. - I designed and built a Women Entrepreneurship platform (a web app) that uses AI to provide personalised business guidance for aspiring women entrepreneurs based on their personal and business data. - I built a medical education platform (a web app) for a healthcare startup that helps medical students strengthen their diagnostic and prescription analysis skills through voice-based interactions with an AI avatar using Vapi.ai.

Career transition at Career Break, May 2024 - Nov 2024 · 6 mo, Bengaluru, I used these 7 months to plan my career transition, figure out my niche and upskill myself on AI and automation. - I experimented with AI and created a Career Clarity Assessment platform that provides personalised AI-driven career guidance based on a person's strengths, skills and vision. - Here is the link: https://clarityai.gautamsrikrishna.com/

Book Author at The Wealth Launchpad, Nov 2023 - Apr 2024 · 5 mo, Bengaluru, This was the time I actively worked on writing, editing, typesetting, publishing, and marketing my first printed book: "The Wealth Launchpad". The book was launched by Kashesh Chhabbria, a renowned manifestation and mindset coach on 6th April, 2024. https://thewealthlaunchpad.com

Engineering Manager at Priceline, Jul 2022 - Oct 2023 · 1 y 3 mo, Bengaluru, Mumbai

Project Manager at Mindtree, Feb 2019 - Jul 2022 · 3 y 5 mo, Bengaluru

Project Manager at Cognizant, Aug 2015 - Jan 2019 · 3 y 5 mo, Bengaluru

Senior Associate at Cognizant, May 2011 - Jul 2015 · 4 y 2 mo, Bengaluru

Associate at Cognizant, Nov 2007 - Apr 2011 · 3 y 5 mo, Bengaluru, Chicago

Programmer Analyst at Cognizant, Apr 2006 - Oct 2007 · 1 y 6 mo, Bengaluru

Programmer Analyst Trainee at Cognizant, Aug 2005 - Mar 2006 · 7 mo, Bengaluru

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Mechanical Engineering, B. M. S. College of Engineering

Vijaya College, RV Road, Bangalore-4

Public links

github: https://github.com/gautamsrikrishna