Priyank Agarwal
About Priyank Agarwal
Priyank Agarwal is a Software Development Engineer II at Expedia Group in Gurugram, Haryana, India, with a background in Information Technology from the Indian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad.
Current Role at Expedia Group
Priyank Agarwal is currently employed at Expedia Group as a Software Development Engineer II. Based in Gurugram, Haryana, India, Priyank has held this position since 2024. His responsibilities revolve around software development within the company's technical engineering framework.
Previous Experience at OpenAI
In 2024, Priyank Agarwal worked remotely at OpenAI for one month as an LLM Trainer. During this tenure, his role focused on training large language models, a critical function within the growing field of artificial intelligence.
Previous Roles at Expedia Group
Priyank Agarwal's tenure at Expedia Group spans multiple roles and years. From 2021 to 2024, he served as a Software Development Engineer II in Gurugram, Haryana, India. Prior to that, he worked as a Software Development Engineer I from 2019 to 2021. During these periods, he contributed to various software development projects, consistently delivering impactful results.
Educational Background
Priyank Agarwal earned a Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) in Information Technology from the Indian Institute Of Information Technology Allahabad, where he studied from 2015 to 2019. He also attained his Higher Secondary Certificate in Computer Science from Sheiling House School between 2012 and 2014. Earlier, he completed his Secondary School Certificate in Computer Science from Dr. Virendra Swarup Education Centre, Awadhpuri in 2012.
Technical Contributions and Process Improvements
Priyank has a proven track record of innovative technical contributions and process improvements. He automated the AWS Palo Alto Non-HA Firewall Failover, slashing failover time by 96.25%. He also developed a decommission and rollback process that reduced processing time by 96.67%. Additionally, Priyank restructured the ACI fault remediations and rollback process, saving over 250 person hours. He architected a VIP decommission process that decreased cleanup time by 99.94%, saving over 1800 person hours. His development of a streamlined Network Device Upgrade Process resulted in an 85% reduction in upgrade cycle time, saving over 1100 person hours.