Sejal Solanki

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Principal Engineer at MakeMyTrip · Search and ranking · Scala, Python

MakeMyTrip
Pune, India · IST (UTC+5:30)
12+ years experience
IIT Hyderabad
English, Hindi, Marathi
Open to work
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Overview

Principal Engineer at MakeMyTrip, focused on search and ranking. Moved 68% of search traffic off a legacy monolith without a customer-facing incident. Built the experimentation framework 16 product teams use to ship changes safely. Amateur photographer; mostly street and food.

Good reasons to reach out
  • Roles in AI applications
  • Thoughtful intros to people in my field
  • Questions about AI applications
  • Speaking or podcast invitations
Please don't message about
  • Agency or outsourcing pitches
  • Generic networking requests
  • SEO and link-building offers

Best reached early in the week

Skills
PythonJavaScalaA/B testingRTOSElasticsearch
Open to workLooking for a role
closes in 3 months

Next role: Software Engineer in supply chain, Pune or hybrid

Target roles
Software Engineer
Level
Senior
Industries
Healthtech, Logistics
Work mode
Remote
Available
60 days notice
Work authorization
Indian citizen
What I'm looking for
A team that ships weekly and owns fund end to end.
Not interested in
Crypto

22 years in search and ranking. Strongest at Scala and Python. Serving notice now.

Pune, India · remote OKpythonjavaelasticsearch
Open

Experience

  1. Principal Engineer
    Jan 2023 - Present
    MakeMyTrip · 3 yr 9 mo · Full-time · Pune, India
    • Backed 14 founders at pre-seed and seed.
    • Previously an operator for 12 years before investing.
    • Sit on 4 boards.
  2. Staff Software Engineer
    Jan 2021 - Jan 2023
    ITC · 2 yr · Full-time · Pune, India
    • Moved 67% of search traffic off a legacy monolith without a customer-facing incident.
  3. Software Engineer
    Jul 2019 - Jan 2021
    Walmart Global Tech · 1 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Pune, India
    • Cut p99 latency on the search services from 486ms to 55ms.
  4. Engineering Manager
    May 2017 - Jul 2019
    Groww · 2 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Pune, India
    • Mentored 13 engineers through their first promotion.
  5. Senior Software Engineer
    Aug 2014 - May 2017
    Reliance Jio · 2 yr 9 mo · Full-time · Pune, India
    • Grew the search team from 5 to 38 engineers.
    • Cut p99 latency on the search services from 722ms to 70ms.

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Education

  1. IIT Hyderabad
    B.Tech, Computer Engineering
    1999 - 2003

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