Sai Chandan Dhoolam

Software Engineer

Hyderabad, Telangana, India5 yrs 6 mos experience

AI EnabledAI ML Practitioner

Key Highlights

Built high-performance navigation systems for 15B+ requests.
Led initiatives in real-time navigation and geospatial intelligence.
Spearheaded successful international events with 40K+ participants.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Geospatial Intelligence and AI expert with strong leadership in event management.

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Skills

Core Skills

Machine LearningGeospatial IntelligenceReal-time Data ProcessingRouting Engine DevelopmentRouting SystemsEvent ManagementEvent Organization

Other Skills

AIAPIsApache AirflowApache KafkaApache SparkBudget ManagementGoJavaLogistics ManagementMap-Matching TechniquesMicroservicesNatural Language ProcessingOperations ManagementPlay FrameworkPublic Relations

About

Currently working at the intersection of distributed systems, geospatial intelligence, and applied AI; developing routing engines, real-time data pipelines, and AI-driven geospatial solutions. Passionate about building scalable, reliable platforms that create real-world impact, while fostering a culture of ownership, collaboration, and product-focused innovation. Beyond engineering, I’ve developed strong leadership, organizational, and communication skills through key roles at IIT Guwahati - leading Techniche, the institute’s annual techno-management fest, and Technothlon, an international school championship. I also spearheaded the launch of initiatives like the Esports Festival and virtual TechExpo (Imagine - Innovate - Inspire). These experiences have strengthened my ability to lead with clarity, solve complex problems, and execute at scale to deliver lasting impact.

Experience

Krutrim

SDE-2

Oct 2024 – Present · 1 yr 5 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Core engineering member of the Ola Maps Routing Team since its inception, building high-performance, low-latency navigation systems powering 15B+ monthly requests with 25 ms p99 latency.
Leading advanced initiatives in real-time navigation and geospatial intelligence, leveraging AI and machine learning to enable smarter insights.
Real-Time ETA & Data Pipelines :-
Engineered a Spark and Kafka based system for real time ETA computation and traffic analysis, delivering low-latency critical insights from live GPS streams.
Built a Roads Detection & Classification pipeline using GPS pings and trip deviations; surfacing ~10K actionable geospatial signals monthly with 65% impact.
Machine Learning & Intelligent Systems :-
Designed and deployed models for ETA prediction; improved accuracy via geospatial feature engineering and hyperparameter tuning, achieving 60% of rides within 10% ETA deviation.
Designed and built MapGPT, a multilingual location intelligence system using agentic AI framework, interpreting advanced natural language queries and enabling conversational navigation and search features.
Maps MCP: Integrated core routing and location services into the Ola Maps MCP server, empowering AI and LLM applications with real-time geospatial intelligence.
Leadership & Collaboration :-
Mentored interns and new hires, fostering an ownership-driven engineering culture; initiated and led technical learning programs to promote knowledge sharing.
Took end-to-end ownership of components supporting Routing and ETA systems, ensuring reliability, performance, and smooth production rollouts.
Awarded Special Mention Prize (INR 1 Lakh) in Ola Krutrim Internal AI Hackathon 2025 for innovative contributions to AI and Maps integration.
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GoApache SparkApache KafkaMachine LearningAIGeospatial Intelligence

Ola

2 roles

SDE-2

Apr 2024 – Sep 2024 · 5 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Contributed to developing an in-house Routing Engine serving Roads APIs, leveraging memory-efficient data structures and map-matching techniques, achieving 50K RPM with 45 ms p99 latency.
Implemented Route & Fleet Optimizer with dynamic waypoint reordering and assignment logic, improving travel times and operational efficiency for shared mobility and logistics.
Optimized workflows for map refresh and data pipelines, reducing manual preparation by 75% and ensuring city-wide dataset readiness within ~6 hours.
Introduced observability dashboards to monitor routing latency, ETA accuracy, and path deviation, enhancing system transparency and debugging efficiency.
Built benchmarking and A/B rollout frameworks to measure routing performance and compare against external providers.

JavaRouting Engine DevelopmentMap-Matching Techniques

SDE-1

Jul 2022 – Mar 2024 · 1 yr 8 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Contributed to the development of Ola Maps’ core routing and navigation platform, focusing on scalable routing engines, platform reliability, and enhanced user experience.
Developed scalable routing systems and APIs supporting dynamic reroutes and multi-language turn-by-turn navigation.
Delivered improvements in routing UX, including multi-route options, color-coded polylines, and bearing-aware navigation.
Built the foundation for Route Advisory and EV-Aware Routing systems, enabling long-range trip planning with charging stops and real-time ETA delivery.
Implemented microservices for live data updates and caching, improving route efficiency and API reliability.
Deployed Redis caching for APIs, achieving ~60% cache hit rate and thus reducing backend load.

Routing SystemsAPIsMicroservicesRedis

Techniche, iit guwahati

Head of Events

Nov 2020 – Nov 2021 · 1 yr · Guwahati, Assam, India

Techniche aims to provide a platform for students to engage with global pioneers across domains and showcase their innovations at an international level.
Led a three-tier team of 250+ members to organize a fully virtual techno-management fest with a budget of INR 6.5M+.
Drove participation of 40K+ students globally by designing and executing 10+ events and 20+ competitions.
Spearheaded the launch of the Esports Festival, the first of its kind in an Indian tech fest, attracting worldwide participation and driving a 10% YOY increase in social media reach.
Conceptualized and executed TechExpo, the innovation competition, by introducing a virtual exhibition platform for showcasing student innovations online, built around the ideology of “Imagine - Innovate - Inspire.”

Event ManagementTeam LeadershipBudget Management

Technothlon

Chief Organizer

Oct 2019 – Oct 2020 · 1 yr · Guwahati, Assam, India

Technothlon is an International School Championship entirely organized by IITG's student body, recognized as one of the largest events of its kind worldwide.
Responsible for successful conduction of Technothlon-2020 in online mode for the first time worldwide for 25K+ students.
Led 120 organizers in bringing participation from about 60 cities in Southern States by being South Zone Head.
Managed budget of INR 1.6M+, coordinated logistics, and led promotional strategies as PR Head, expanding Technothlon’s presence to 350+ cities and across multiple social media platforms.
Organized a social initiative campaign called LED (Learn Experience Discover) to spread the importance of experimental science by demonstrating simple scientific experiments to underprivileged school students.

Event OrganizationPublic RelationsLogistics Management