Rithish Saralaya

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Bengaluru, Karnataka, India23 yrs 6 mos experience

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Key Highlights

Over 20 years in consumer internet technology.
Leading engineering and AI initiatives at redBus.
Expert in building scalable distributed systems.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a B2C technology leader specializing in scalable systems and AI-driven solutions.

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Skills

Core Skills

Distributed SystemsCloud ApplicationsAws

Other Skills

.NETAgile MethodologiesAmazon Web Services (AWS)ApacheArtificial Intelligence (AI)C#Consumer InternetFull-Stack DevelopmentHTML + CSS + JavascriptJavaScriptLLM ApplicationsManagementMicrosoft SQL ServerMongoDBMySQL

About

Rithish brings over 2 decades of experience working on large scale tech platforms in the consumer internet domain. He is currently Sr Vice President at redBus, overseeing B2C engineering and AI initiatives across various businesses for India and International geographies.

Experience

Redbus, makemytrip, goibibo

6 roles

SVP of Engineering

Promoted

Apr 2021 – Present · 4 yrs 11 mos

Heading consumer engineering, middleware, core platforms and AI initiatives at redBus.

Distributed SystemsCloud ApplicationsLLM Applications

VP of Engineering

Aug 2020 – Mar 2021 · 7 mos

Distributed Systems

VP of Engineering

Mar 2020 – Jul 2020 · 4 mos

Head of Engineering for Ground Transport (Cabs, Rails, Bus, Metro) business at MakeMyTrip & Goibibo.

Distributed Systems

VP of Engineering

Promoted

Apr 2016 – Mar 2020 · 3 yrs 11 mos

Building reliable and scalable platforms for Hotels, Rails, Chatbot and Customer Experiences at Goibibo.

Distributed Systems

Director Of Engineering

Promoted

Apr 2015 – Mar 2016 · 11 mos

Distributed Systems

Associate Director Of Engineering

Aug 2013 – Apr 2015 · 1 yr 8 mos

Mantis technologies pvt. ltd. (www.travelyaari.com)

Engineering Manager / Architect

Mar 2011 – Aug 2013 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Bangalore

Architect, design & develop travelyaari.com and the backend GDS system. Gained hands-on experiences on AWS (EC2, RDS, S3, etc.), Payment Gateway integrations, SOArchitectures using SOAP & REST, etc.
travelyaari.com is an online bus booking service. It acts as a B2C frontend to our GDS, allowing customers to book bus tickets across the country.
The GDS aggregates bus inventory from various providers, and creates a distribution platform to book bus tickets.

Ibibo web pvt. ltd.

2 roles

Engineering Manager

Apr 2009 – Mar 2011 · 1 yr 11 mos

Architect, Design and Develop the Advertising Solutions & Platform of ibibo.com and the Ibibo Ad Network, with core focus on building distributed and highly scalable applications.

Principal Engineer

Jun 2008 – Mar 2009 · 9 mos

Mphasis

2 roles

Project Lead

Apr 2008 – May 2008 · 1 mo

Led a team of 8 people, managing aspects of project estimation, resource allocation, and timely delivery. Was the point-of-contact for the client in the capacity of an offshore coordinator. Was awarded for Delivery Excellence for ensuring projects were delivered on time.

Team Lead

Apr 2007 – Mar 2008 · 11 mos

Tally solutions pvt ltd

2 roles

Assistant Manager

Jun 2006 – Apr 2007 · 10 mos

Led multiple small teams with focus on application development and on platform ownership. Was responsible for, and owned the production, testing and development servers. Participated in Design and Code Reviews, recruitment-training-mentoring processes, etc.