Saurabh Saxena

Software Development Engineer working since February 2012 and exposure to travel eCommerce, telecommunications, and financial domain. Working exposure to AWS, GCP(certified), and Kubernetes(certified) with languages Java and Python.

The Who and What?

I have been working since February 2012 and enjoy working on problems related to real-time streaming. During my most recent last tenure at HotWire (part of Brand Expedia) my team and I handled problem statements including below but not limited to:

• What is the best HotRate Hotel & Car deal a user can get when He/She lands on http://hotwire.com/ landing pages? What segment does the user belong to? Get deals based on their segments, geolocation, User context like "Luxury Hotels under $99**", "Last-Minute Deals for Tomorrow" etc.
• As a Hotel Partner for Hotwire, what is the recommended price that my Hotel room should be sold? What inventory is best for me? What Upsell can be provided to a user? Can I get all these recommendations in real-time? The real-time Recommender system for Hotel Partners was the answer for such related use-cases.
• Architected the design and plan to migrate services from the On-Prem data center to AWS.

I prefer to work in a small team and in an Individual Contributor role, which enables each team member to have a sense of responsibility and ownership to hone the product. Have worked in cross-functional teams with Pacific, Philippines, and Singapore time zones.

Why should I be considered for the role?

My technical and business exposure includes working in travel eCommerce, telecommunications, and financial services domains, with interest from Realtime-streaming to Native cloud and developing light yet high throughput APIs for data ingestion, real-time analysis, native devices, and web/mWeb.

The skill and knowledge gained both from the outdoor and technical front have enabled me to perform any given task/activity with calmness even in the war room or fire-fighting situations.

Note on the sabbatical break.

I'm into Rock climbing, slackline, and off-road motor-biking. In mid-2019 i.e August 2019 I decided to go on a sabbatical break to continue my non-tech passion. Meanwhile, during this period, due to my tech habit, I have been active on the technology front as well. Gaining working knowledge & certifications in Google CloudPlatform and Kubernetes and contributing towards open-source.

Also to add, the decision and sabbatical break was much before when the outbreak of COVID-19 occurred or was known to the world.