Ayan Sen
About Ayan Sen
Ayan Sen is a Principal Software Engineer at Expedia Group, with extensive experience in software development and a background in Computer Engineering from the National Institute of Technology Durgapur.
Current Position at Expedia Group
Ayan Sen currently holds the role of Principal Software Engineer at Expedia Group in Seattle, Washington. He has been with the company in this role since 2020. His responsibilities include working on Platform Architecture & Acceleration, focused on designing and developing the Control Plane for the Expedia Group Platform.
Career at Expedia Group
Ayan Sen has built a significant part of his career at Expedia Group. He started as a Software Development Engineer in 2012 in Gurgaon, India, and progressed through various roles. Between 2012 and 2015, he worked as a Software Development Engineer, and from 2015 to 2017, he transitioned to Software Development Engineer II. Eventually, he became a Senior Software Development Engineer, serving from 2017 to 2019, also in Gurgaon. Moving to the Greater Seattle Area, he continued as a Senior Software Development Engineer for 10 months from 2019 to 2020, before taking on his current role.
Previous Experience at Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Before joining Expedia Group, Ayan Sen worked at Hewlett Packard Enterprise in Bangalore as a Systems Software Engineer. His tenure lasted from 2011 to 2012. During this period, he focused on developing and maintaining system software, gaining valuable experience that he would later bring to his roles at Expedia Group.
Educational Background
Ayan Sen completed his Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) in Computer Engineering at the National Institute of Technology Durgapur. He studied there from 2007 to 2011. Prior to that, he attended St. Patrick's School in Asansol for his primary and secondary education from 1995 to 2007.
Open Source Contributions
Ayan Sen is a core contributor and maintainer of the open-source project 'Haystack' from Expedia. This project is focused on building operable large-scale data systems and adding intelligence on top of them, reflecting Ayan's passion for this area of software development.