Saksham Bhatla
Senior Engineering Manager @Expedia Group
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WORK HISTORY
Senior Engineering Manager @Expedia Group
Seattle, WA, US
Multi-tenant Recommendations Platform: Spearheaded the development of a Tier-1, multi-tenant “Recommendation Engine” that unified ML-driven suggestions, merchandized config-driven collections, and sponsored ads into a unified API with strict SLOs. Scaled this config-driven platform across Expedia, Vrbo, and Hotels.com, driving $1B+ in annual attributed profit (20% YoY growth).LLM-Powered Recommendations Infrastructure: Bypassed traditional long-cycle model training to reduce time-to-market from 4 months to 3 weeks, by building a Generative AI orchestration platform, designed for multi-tenancy, low-latency serving, resilience, and rapid iteration without sacrificing production stability.Ads Ecosystem Integration: Partnered with the Ads Org to engineer a shared retrieval and auction-governance system. This integration enabled sponsored content to seamlessly surface within organic recommendation carousels, maximizing real estate monetization across all global brands and white-label platforms.
EDUCATION
Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
B.E., Electronics & Instrumentation
North Carolina State University
Master of Science (MS), Computer Engineering
SKILLS
ABOUT SAKSHAM BHATLA
Engineering Leader with 10+ Years Scaling ML, Ads & AI Infrastructure. Product-first with a proven track record of delivering $1B+ in annual business impact. Expert in leading high-growth organizations to build hyper-scale, Tier-1 systems, robust ML infrastructure, and foundational Agentic AI platforms.Currently leading Recommendations at Expedia. Previously, Amazon and Reddit.
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