Sandeep Goyal

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Gurugram, Haryana, India21 yrs 3 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Led a 100+ member cross-functional team at Expedia.
Developed a unified Checkout platform for 150+ countries.
Transformed legacy systems into scalable micro-services.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and E-commerce technology leader with extensive experience in platform transformation and team management.

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Skills

Core Skills

Platform TransformationTeam ManagementProduct ManagementDistributed SystemsEngineering ManagementSoftware Development

Other Skills

AIOps SolutionsAffiliate Advertising SystemsAgile MethodologiesAlgorithmsAmazon Web Services (AWS)Apache KafkaApache SparkArtificial Intelligence (AI)Big DataCC++ChatGPTCheckout PlatformCloud ComputingCloud Native Transition

About

Technology executive with 20+ years of global leadership, specializing in building high-performing engineering teams and scalable platforms. Currently spearheading the Checkout Platform at Expedia Group—powering 1M+ daily room nights and driving $100B+ in annual bookings. My career spans strategic leadership roles at Microsoft, Amazon, MakeMyTrip, and Expedia, where I’ve delivered market-leading innovations, modernized legacy systems, and unified multi-brand platforms. Expertise in distributed systems, platform transformation, and enhancing developer productivity. At Expedia, I’ve scaled a 100+ member cross-functional team, launched a multi-product travel cart, and expanded checkout capabilities to 150+ countries and 40+ payment methods—all while aligning engineering with business growth and mentoring emerging leaders. 📍 Gurgaon, India 🎓 NSIT alumnus | AI productivity champion | English & Hindi 🔗 Let’s connect—explore tech, leadership, and platform strategy together.

Experience

Expedia group

4 roles

Senior Director of Technology

Apr 2025 – Present · 11 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

Serving as the site lead for Checkout India, overseeing the strategic initiative to unify the Checkout platform. Leading the consolidation of three legacy systems across Expedia Group brands, enhancing operational efficiency. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to integrate solutions for Lodging, Flights, Cars, and Activities.

Director of Technology

Promoted

Jul 2022 – Apr 2025 · 2 yrs 9 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

Leading cross-functional teams of 100+ members, including Directors and Principal Engineers, for Checkout and Payments platforms.
Leading the strategic initiative to create a unified Checkout platform that consolidates three legacy systems across Expedia Group brands—Expedia.com, Vrbo.com, and Hotels.com—reducing costs, eliminating duplication, and accelerating time-to-market.
The platform supports 150+ countries, 40+ payment methods, processes over 1 million daily room nights, and contributes to $100B+ in annual GBV.
Established Payments org in India from scratch, scaling to 40+ members and extended Payments capabilities.
Introduced the industry first multi-product travel shopping cart product.
Streamlined centralized hiring for vendors in the Core Services Org and introduced an academy model for talent acquisition.
Initiated GitHub co-pilot training for developers and hosted mentorship sessions for 70+ managers.

Cross-functional Team LeadershipCheckout PlatformPayments capabilitiesMulti-product travel cartCost reductionTime-to-market acceleration+2

Director Of Technology

Promoted

Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 · 2 yrs

Developed a real-time data streaming platform and data lake capabilities for bookings across all Expedia Group Lines of Business.
Built a 30+ member team in India and relocated roles from EMEA within record time.
Transitioned legacy products onto a cloud native and stream first platform.
Developed product telemetry and Metadata platform.

Real-time Data StreamingData Lake CapabilitiesCloud Native TransitionPlatform TransformationTeam Management

Software Development Manager

Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 · 1 yr

Microsoft

Principal Software Engineering Manager

Jan 2021 – Jul 2022 · 1 yr 6 mos · Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

Directed shared services for Office Online optimizing scalability across 100+ azure regions.
Led server telemetry processing handling 150 million events per minute.
Led the European Data Boundary (EUDB) charter, ensuring compliance with EU data residency requirements for Office Online.
Led AIOps solutions for automating incident mitigation.

ScalabilityServer Telemetry ProcessingAIOps SolutionsDistributed SystemsEngineering Management

Makemytrip.com

Associate Director of Technology

Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 · 2 yrs · Gurgaon, India

Led a 40+ member geographically distributed team managing domestic and international flights that drove $1.2B GMV.
Re-engineered the Flights platform from monolith to micro-services for enhanced scalability, improved booking success rate from 90% to 97%.
Merged technical capabilities of MakeMyTrip and GoIbibo post-acquisition.

Micro-servicesScalabilityTeam ManagementPlatform Transformation

Amazon

Software Development Manager

Jan 2013 – Jan 2016 · 3 yrs · Bengaluru Area, India

Delivered India-first initiatives such as Amazon Buyback and Hand-to-Hand exchange capability on Amazon.in platform.
Built affiliate advertising systems handling terabytes of data.
Re-architected credit and payment processing engines for affiliates.

Affiliate Advertising SystemsData HandlingSoftware Development

Calypto design systems (acquired by mentor graphics)

Engineering Manager / Member of Consulting Staff

Jan 2006 – Jan 2013 · 7 yrs · Santa Clara, California Area; Noida Area, India

Led development of PowerPro for power-optimization of SoC.
Managed Power Aware Simulation product, enhancing design simulation across multiple power domains.
Collaborated with Berkeley University to integrate their logic synthesis engine into Calypto's product.

Power OptimizationDesign SimulationEngineering Management