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Priankar Paul

Engineering Manager | Global Engineering Leadership | Enterprise SaaS Platforms | Platform Modernization | Digital Transformation | AI-Driven Engineering

Bengaluru

12+ years of work experience

Amadeus
Oct 20214 yrs 11 mosPresent

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Owned end-to-end delivery and modernization of customer-facing product platforms for 5 airline programmes, from requirements to production deployment, including resource planning, ramp-up/ramp-down, and governance across APAC, META, Europe, and Americas. • Managed 10–25 engineers across multiple cross-functional teams; scaled team from 5 to 15 and back with zero attrition driven by dissatisfaction. • Coached new Engineering Managers in customer delivery planning, vendor management, and team scaling — accelerating their effectiveness and building a pipeline of high-performing engineering leaders. • Supported technical direction and platform modernization for 3 enterprise SaaS transformation programmes, guiding architecture decisions, system integrations, micro frontend adoption, scalability initiatives, and cross-team dependencies. • Facilitated 90% reduction in production backlog within 4 months through strategic prioritization and workflow improvements. • Championed GenAI adoption — integrating AI into core development, automation, and documentation practices for all engineering roles. • Drove a 10% increment in team engagement score within a year through structured mentoring, culture initiatives, and individual growth plans. • Set up new Scrum teams within one month via onboarding, buddy programmes, structured technical ramp-up plans, and continuous feedback loops. • Drove operational excellence by establishing a shared QA automation suite and monitoring tool across multiple pipelines, enabling faster detection and alerting of build failures. • Created a knowledge hub that improved onboarding and ramp-up time by 50%. • Partnered closely with Executive and Commercial stakeholders to align technical delivery to business outcomes, influenced at all levels through structured governance and trusted cross-divisional relationships.
Amadeus
Apr 20217 mosOct 2021

Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

• Delivered critical airline milestones while leading and supporting a team of 20 engineers in a complex distributed environment. • Acted as functional expert, SPOC, development manager, and product owner simultaneously; onsite presence improved feature clarity and accelerated development time by 30%. • Created month-on-month analytics to track customer bugs, establishing a benchmark of ≤10 bugs/month. • Led engineering mentorship at Amadeus Labs, achieving a 30% productivity gain by fostering an ownership mindset and individual accountability. • Managed contractual resources and vendor companies end-to-end — from RFP through hiring, purchase order handling, and regular vendor connections. • Supported release management and engineering delivery through Azure Repos, Azure DevOps Pipelines, and CI/CD automation practices across enterprise applications.
Amadeus
Apr 20174 yrs 1 moApr 2021

Bangalore

• Achieved 90% test coverage with JUnit and integration tests, ensuring high-quality, timely releases. • Planned and managed the delivery pipeline for release management; acted as Scrum Master improving team predictability and removing impediments. • Served as Security Whitehat Representative — triaged and resolved security bugs within SLA, set up recurring security scans, and led PCIDSS compliance audit preparation.• Mentored team on OWASP Top 10 and security-by-design best practices. • Mentored team on OWASP Top 10 and security-by-design best practices.
Infosys Limited
Jul 20102 yrs 8 mosFeb 2013

Bangalore

• Ensured high-quality timely deliverables by achieving 90% test coverage with Junit and integration tests. • Actively participated in code reviews, debugging, and deployment activities to ensure high-quality releases. • Handled Frontend and backend solutioning and development along with database integration.

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Education

Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology - SMU

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Computer Engineering

Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology - SMU

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Headline

Engineering Manager | Global Engineering Leadership | Enterprise SaaS Platforms | Platform Modernization | Digital Transformation | AI-Driven Engineering

About

Engineering Manager with 16 years of experience leading enterprise-scale SaaS platforms, globally distributed teams, and customer-facing technology programs across the airline and travel industry. Proven track record in multi-team leadership, platform modernization, digital transformation, team scaling, stakeholder management, engineering excellence, delivery governance, and GenAI-driven engineering practices. SAFe® certified engineering leader with expertise in Agile delivery and large-scale transformation programmes.

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

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Work experience

Engineering Manager at Amadeus, Oct 2021 - Present · 4 yrs 11 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, • Owned end-to-end delivery and modernization of customer-facing product platforms for 5 airline programmes, from requirements to production deployment, including resource planning, ramp-up/ramp-down, and governance across APAC, META, Europe, and Americas. • Managed 10–25 engineers across multiple cross-functional teams; scaled team from 5 to 15 and back with zero attrition driven by dissatisfaction. • Coached new Engineering Managers in customer delivery planning, vendor management, and team scaling — accelerating their effectiveness and building a pipeline of high-performing engineering leaders. • Supported technical direction and platform modernization for 3 enterprise SaaS transformation programmes, guiding architecture decisions, system integrations, micro frontend adoption, scalability initiatives, and cross-team dependencies. • Facilitated 90% reduction in production backlog within 4 months through strategic prioritization and workflow improvements. • Championed GenAI adoption — integrating AI into core development, automation, and documentation practices for all engineering roles. • Drove a 10% increment in team engagement score within a year through structured mentoring, culture initiatives, and individual growth plans. • Set up new Scrum teams within one month via onboarding, buddy programmes, structured technical ramp-up plans, and continuous feedback loops. • Drove operational excellence by establishing a shared QA automation suite and monitoring tool across multiple pipelines, enabling faster detection and alerting of build failures. • Created a knowledge hub that improved onboarding and ramp-up time by 50%. • Partnered closely with Executive and Commercial stakeholders to align technical delivery to business outcomes, influenced at all levels through structured governance and trusted cross-divisional relationships.

Senior Member Of Technical Staff at Amadeus, Apr 2021 - Oct 2021 · 7 mos, Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India, • Delivered critical airline milestones while leading and supporting a team of 20 engineers in a complex distributed environment. • Acted as functional expert, SPOC, development manager, and product owner simultaneously; onsite presence improved feature clarity and accelerated development time by 30%. • Created month-on-month analytics to track customer bugs, establishing a benchmark of ≤10 bugs/month. • Led engineering mentorship at Amadeus Labs, achieving a 30% productivity gain by fostering an ownership mindset and individual accountability. • Managed contractual resources and vendor companies end-to-end — from RFP through hiring, purchase order handling, and regular vendor connections. • Supported release management and engineering delivery through Azure Repos, Azure DevOps Pipelines, and CI/CD automation practices across enterprise applications.

Member Of Technical Staff at Amadeus, Apr 2017 - Apr 2021 · 4 yrs 1 mo, Bangalore, • Achieved 90% test coverage with JUnit and integration tests, ensuring high-quality, timely releases. • Planned and managed the delivery pipeline for release management; acted as Scrum Master improving team predictability and removing impediments. • Served as Security Whitehat Representative — triaged and resolved security bugs within SLA, set up recurring security scans, and led PCIDSS compliance audit preparation.• Mentored team on OWASP Top 10 and security-by-design best practices. • Mentored team on OWASP Top 10 and security-by-design best practices.

Software Engineer at Infosys Limited, Jul 2010 - Feb 2013 · 2 yrs 8 mos, Bangalore, • Ensured high-quality timely deliverables by achieving 90% test coverage with Junit and integration tests. • Actively participated in code reviews, debugging, and deployment activities to ensure high-quality releases. • Handled Frontend and backend solutioning and development along with database integration.

Education

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Computer Engineering, Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology - SMU