Vivek Chand
@vivekchand1
Tech lead specializing in AI-driven customer service, building scalable distributed systems and MLOps.
What I'm looking for
I am a tech lead with 12+ years building large-scale distributed systems and AI-powered solutions, currently driving AI adoption in customer service at Booking.com.
At Booking.com I led 0→1 AI initiatives including CS Co‑Pilot for summarization, Intelligent Voice Assistants for call deflection, and Automated Quality Evaluation using LLMs, while improving workflow engines and developer experience.
Previously I led engineering teams at ClassKlap, Mobifly and startups, architecting personalization engines, ad‑mediation systems, and full product stacks across backend, mobile and cloud.
I focus on reliable backend architecture, MLOps, observability and developer productivity, and I mentor engineers while influencing strategic technical decisions to improve operational efficiency and customer experience.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Tech Lead, AI in Customer Service
Booking.com
Aug 2022 - Present (3 years 3 months)
Leading 0→1 AI adoption in Customer Service, architecting and delivering features like CS Co-Pilot summarization, Intelligent Voice Assistant call deflection, and automated quality evaluation, improving operational efficiency and reducing support load.
Software Engineer
Booking.com
Jan 2020 - Aug 2022 (2 years 7 months)
Developed and documented APIs for a customer support MVP, led capacity testing and data quality initiatives, and contributed to full-stack components to ensure reliable launch and performance.
Tech Lead / SDE III
ClassKlap
Dec 2016 - Nov 2019 (2 years 11 months)
Led design and development of a personalization engine and multi-platform apps scaling to ~500K students across ~1,500 schools, improving individualized learning and administrative visibility.
Senior Software Engineer
Mobifly
May 2016 - Dec 2016 (7 months)
Redesigned ad-mediation architecture and built a scalable Ad Mediation Engine with Python, Flask, Celery and RabbitMQ, enabling support for many advertisers and adding fraud reporting and admin tooling.
CTO & Co-Founder
Dwellbird
Aug 2015 - Apr 2016 (8 months)
Co-founded and led product and engineering to build a rental lifecycle platform and native Android app for listings, applications, inspections and agreements, driving product-market fit efforts.
Senior Software Engineer
Recruiterbox
May 2013 - Jul 2015 (2 years 2 months)
Early engineering hire who built interview scheduling, advanced search/query parser, public API, and automated server provisioning, improving product capabilities and reliability.
Systems Engineer
Texas Instruments
Sep 2011 - Dec 2012 (1 year 3 months)
Built virtual hardware for early software development in C/C++, enabling parallel development and reducing integration time for embedded systems.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Coursera (course)
Certificate, Artificial Intelligence
2023 - 2023
Completed a short course on Generative AI with Large Language Models focused on practical applications of LLMs.
Udacity
Nanodegree, Autonomous Systems
2017 - 2018
Completed the Self-Driving Car Engineer Nanodegree with hands-on projects related to autonomous systems.
Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC e-Learning)
Certificate, Linux Kernel Programming
2011 - 2011
Completed LKPDD module on Linux Kernel Programming & Device Drivers to deepen low-level systems knowledge.
Dr. Ambedkar Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Science Engineering
2007 - 2011
Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science Engineering covering core CS topics and software development.
KLE Independent PU College, Bangalore
PUC, Pre-University (PCMC)
2005 - 2007
Completed Pre-University Course (PCMC stream) preparing for undergraduate engineering studies.
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