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# Pavan Kumar Ravindranath on Tal

## Headline

Engineering Leader@Booking Holdings \| Fintech \| AI\-Driven Consumer Platforms\| Platform Architecture \| Composable Architecture \| Large\-Scale Distributed Systems \| Ex\-SAP

## About

Engineering leader building AI\-driven consumer platforms and large\-scale distributed systems powering modern travel experiences developing and managing high performance,high scale applications across in multi\-billion dollars valued public listed organizations Currently leading full stack engineering teams at Booking\.com \- Marketplace organisation, building the platform capabilities powering the next generation of connected travel experiences\. I lead engineering initiatives building the platform capabilities that power AI\-driven and highly personalized travel experiences used by millions of travellers worldwide\. This includes composable systems, reusable experience platforms, and orchestration layers that allow multiple travel verticals such as accommodations, flights, cars and attractions to integrate seamlessly\. As consumer platforms increasingly move toward AI\-assisted experiences, these systems are being designed to support intelligent interfaces, dynamic journey composition and highly personalised recommendations at scale\. Experience in using and creating technology for creating impact across Travel,Payments, Fintech,EdTech and automotive platform domains over 13 years\. Previously spent 7\.5\+ years at SAP Labs building teams working on large\-scale enterprise platforms, cloud infrastructure and product architecture\. I also got to be founder at startup in the geospatial analytics space built on SAP cloud technologies at SAP Labs building Areas of interest: • AI\-driven consumer platforms • Platform architecture and distributed systems • Composable product architectures • Engineering leadership across global teams • Developer platforms and large\-scale system design

## Location

Bengaluru

## AI stack

aistudio

claude

cursor

ollama

openai

## Work experience

Engineering leader at Booking Holdings \(NASDAQ: BKNG\), Jan 2023 \- Present · 3 yrs 6 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Leading full\-stack engineering teams within the Marketplace Foundations organization at Booking\.com focused on building platform capabilities that enable dynamic and personalized travel experiences at global scale\. Driving platform architecture and adoption of experience platform systems including screen composition, orchestration layers, and reusable experience components used across multiple travel verticals\. Lead engineers ,Product managers and architects across India and Europe, enabling product and Engineering teams to build connected travel journeys spanning accommodations, flights, cars, and attractions\. Focused on improving developer experience, platform tooling, and architecture evolution to support large\-scale distributed systems powering personalized traveler experiences\.

Technical Engineering Manager at SAP, Oct 2019 \- Jan 2023 · 3 yrs 4 mos, On\-site, Product and Platform Engineering,Program,Release Management,Architecture,Digital Transformation @S4HANA,BTP,Cloud Commerce space,Implementation,Migration,full stack development

Founder at SAP, Jun 2018 \- Nov 2021 · 3 yrs 6 mos, Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India, Startup in Geo spatial space using SAP HCP and IOT

Technical Product Owner/Architect at SAP, Oct 2017 \- Sep 2019 · 2 yrs, Cloud Platform Engineering team now part of BTP Team Built release management cohort focusing to management releases across 3000\+ developers across 18 locations

SE \- SAP Lead Consultant at Hewlett\-Packard, Jan 2014 \- Aug 2015 · 1 yr 8 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Enterprise Applications

Software Engineer \- SAP at IBM, Jun 2013 \- Dec 2013 · 7 mos, Bangaon, West Bengal, India

Microsoft Student Ambassador at Microsoft, Apr 2012 \- May 2013 · 1 yr 2 mos, Bangalore, Organizer and Microsoft \-evangelist @ College and Microsoft Dream spark Yatra

## Education

Executive MBA Candidate 2023\-24, Quantic School of Business and Technology

Bachelor of Engineering, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Visvesvaraya Technological University

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