Sanal K Stephen

Senior Software Engineer

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India14 yrs 6 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Over 12 years of experience in technology.
Expert in scalable and resilient software services.
Proficient in enterprise and consumer search applications.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Backend-heavy Fullstack Engineer with expertise in SaaS and E-commerce solutions.

Contact

sanalkstephen@gmail.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

JavaElasticsearchSpring Boot

Other Skills

AWSAmazon Web Services (AWS)Apache KafkaApache SparkCassandraData StructuresDesign PatternsElasticcacheEnterprise SearchEurekaHBaseHibernateJenkinsJerseyJetty

About

I have been working in technology over 12 years. Experience in design and development of scalable, resilient and high performing distributed software services written in programming languages which includes Java, Kotlin. Experience in design and development of enterprise as well as consumer search applications using the technologies Solr/ElasticSearch/Lucene. Objective To be part of a team that will take full advantage of my skills and learning ability, where I can utilise all skills and expertise, which I have acquired through my work and day-to-day experiences, so as to make a positive contribution and personal commitment to my employer and organisation

Experience

Expedia group

3 roles

Senior Software Development Engineer

Promoted

Apr 2024 – Present · 1 yr 11 mos

Software Development Engineer III

Apr 2021 – Mar 2024 · 2 yrs 11 mos

Software Development Engineer II

Oct 2018 – Mar 2021 · 2 yrs 5 mos

Working on design and implementation of scalable, resilient, high performing typeahead platform serving the travel search needs of users of Expedia and many of its other brands like Hotels.com, VRBO etc.
Technology and Infrastructure : Java, Spring Boot, Elasticsearch, Elasticcache, Kafka, AWS, Kubernetes
Worked on typeahead search solutions for Hotels.com. Improved relevancy by leveraging the Solr/Lucene capabilities, Migrated the services from on-premise data center to AWS Cloud infrastructure, Redesigned the existing system and implemented a solution to Improve performance and to make it scalable in terms of increased user traffic and growing number of records.
Technology and Infrastructure : Java, Spring, Solr, Cassandra, AWS, Kubernetes

JavaSpring BootElasticsearchElasticcacheKafkaAWS+3

Photon

Software Engineer

Aug 2016 – Sep 2018 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Chennai Area, India

Worked on developing backend micro-services for various client products. Developed a multi tenant search platform which can be used across multiple e-commerce sites.
Technology Stack : Java - Spring boot, Jersey, Jetty, Zuul, Eureka, Hibernate, Solr, Mysql, Oracle

JavaSpring BootJerseyJettyZuulEureka+4

Olacabs.com

Software Engineer

Dec 2014 – Jul 2016 · 1 yr 7 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Worked on the Booking Web Services.. Which handles all the transaction paths of a booking from the time its created till the trip is competed and to its billing and reconciliation.
Technology Stack : Java - Spring boot, Hibernate, Jersey, Jetty, Mysql
Worked on designing and developing a rule Engine for adjudicate the booking cancellations. The rule Engine defines a set work flows which can be configured by business based on city zone and type of cancellations . For each cancellation it collects data from various systems across to get driver, customer details, positions at each actions, navigation etc and and derive the work flow to run based on the data points and arrives at a conclusion.
Technology Stack : Kafka, HBase, Spring, Hibernate, Jersey, Jetty, Mongo DB, Mysql

JavaSpring BootHibernateJerseyJettyMySQL+3

Prime focus technologies

Software Engineer

Mar 2012 – Oct 2013 · 1 yr 7 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Pointcross

Software Engineer

Feb 2010 – Jan 2012 · 1 yr 11 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Involved in design and development of software products which includes knowledge discovery, enterprise search, metadata management and decision processes for the Upstream Oil & Gas Exploration and Production industry and the Biopharma Research & Development industry.