Pravin K.

About Pravin K.

I am a results-driven Engineering Leader and Solution Architect with 15+ years of experience designing and delivering scalable, high-availability software platforms, primarily within the travel technology and API commerce ecosystem.I lead the architecture and delivery of large-scale API-driven flight booking and travel platforms, consistently achieving ~99% uptime and booking reliability while improving booking success rates and customer experience.My expertise lies in cloud-native architecture, microservices modernization, and high-performance API ecosystems. I have successfully transformed legacy monolithic systems into resilient Azure-based distributed platforms, reducing infrastructure costs, improving deployment speed, and enhancing system scalability.I specialize in building secure, scalable, and integration-heavy platforms, enabling seamless connectivity with global distribution systems, third-party providers, and multi-channel consumer applications.Key achievements include: • Reducing API latency by 20% through performance optimization and architecture improvements• Migrating legacy systems to microservices and containerized deployments, improving resilience and release velocity• Driving engineering best practices and mentorship initiatives resulting in ~50% reduction in production defects• Designing highly reliable distributed systems supporting millions of travel transactionsMy core strengths include: • Solution Architecture & Cloud-Native Design• Microservices & Event-Driven Architecture• API Platform Engineering & External Integrations• Azure Cloud & Distributed Systems• DevOps, CI/CD & Containerization• Engineering Leadership & Agile DeliveryI am passionate about solving complex scalability challenges, mentoring engineering teams, and aligning technology strategy with business outcomes.I am always open to discussions around Technical Architect, Solution Architect, and Engineering Leadership opportunities, especially in cloud, platform engineering, and high-scale product environments

Experience

1. Senior Development Manager

   Fareportal

   Apr 2021 — Present · Gurugram, IN

   Led the architecture design and development of software solutions using.NET Core, Web API, Cloud and C#, ensuring compliance with industry practices and standards. Designed and developed scalable, highly available, Fault tolerant, self-resilience and reliable APIs with microservice architecture using Azure cloud infrastructure to enhance system performance and system reliability. Migrated legacy.NET Framework applications to.NET Core cross platform technology, enabling a cross-platform model and reducing infrastructure costs by 50% by transitioning from Windows to containerized model. Transitioning legacy code to a Microservices architecture, resulting in improved performance, lesser downtime, decoupled system, resilient and high available system.

Education

• Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University

  Master of Computer Applications - MCA, Computer Programming, Specific Applications

  2004 — 2007

• Board Of High School And Intermediate, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh

  High School, Mathematics

  1998 — 1999

• Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University, Jaunpur

  Bachelor's Degree, Mathematics

  2001 — 2004

• Board Of High School And Intermediate, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh

  Senior Secondry, Mathematics

  1999 — 2001

Skills

• Web Services
• Ssrs
• Databases
• Web Services Api
• Git
• Entity Framework
• Angularjs
• Transact-Sql (T-Sql)
• C#
• .net
• Software Development
• Bootstrap
• Object-Oriented Programming (Oop)
• Agile Methodologies
• Asp.net Ajax
• Enterprise Library
• Amadeus Gds
• Ajax
• Sql
• Asp.net
• Service-Oriented Architecture (Soa)
• Wcf Services
• Wcf
• Jquery
• Web Applications
• Web Development
• Ado.net
• Xml
• Database Design
• Microsoft Sql Server
• Linq
• Asp.net Mvc
• Gds Systems
• Javascript
• Internet Information Services (Iis)
• Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)
• Asp.net Web Api
• Team Foundation Server (Tfs)
• Iis
• Vb.net