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Aditya Kumar Seth

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Open to Site Reliability Engineering leadership roles in Europe

Aditya Kumar Seth

Business-Minded Technology Leader / SRE Engineering Manager

19+ years turning technical infrastructure into high-yield business assets.

"I love optimizing systems. I have saved over $30M/year on infrastructure by measuring and driving optimizations based on resource usage on cloud and on-prem."
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Focus

FinOps & SRE

Edge

HEC Paris EMBA

Impact Metrics

Infrastructure wins, measured in dollars and scale

A snapshot of the operational and financial outcomes I have driven across cloud and on-prem environments.

$30M+

Saved Annually

20k+

MySQL Servers Managed

19+

Years Experience

35%

Cloud Cost Reduction

Experience

A career built on reliability, scale, and business impact

From core banking systems to one of the world's largest MySQL fleets — engineering leadership with measurable outcomes.

Booking.com

SRE Engineering Manager

Feb 2022 — Present

Amsterdam, Netherlands

  • Lead teams managing one of the world's largest MySQL infrastructures with strict SLOs and SOX, PCI, and PII compliance at scale.
  • Drove AI-led automation and FinOps discipline during cloud migration, delivering $30M+/year infrastructure savings.
  • Cut on-demand AWS costs to less than half of initial forecasts by treating cost as a first-class architectural pillar.
  • Scaled SRE teams and hiring across Amsterdam and Bangalore COE.
FinOps AI Automation MySQL Leadership

Delivery Hero

Engineering Manager

Aug 2019 — Dec 2021

Berlin, Germany

  • Led the tech team building Dynamic Delivery Pricing for goods across all Delivery Hero brands.
  • Delivered a high-performance Java/Kotlin service on Kubernetes and AWS serving 40+ countries.
  • Owned pricing strategy infrastructure with React frontends and strict latency requirements.
Dynamic Pricing Kubernetes Java Leadership

Delivery Hero

Senior Software Engineer

May 2015 — Aug 2019

Berlin, Germany

  • Built geolocation and Time Predictions services handling 1M+ requests/min at ~15ms latency.
  • Engineered integration platforms for major restaurant chains using Python, PostgreSQL, and AWS.
  • Drove site optimization, automation, and API-based third-party integrations at scale.
Scale Latency Python PostgreSQL

SpaceWays (Rocket Internet)

Senior Backend Developer

Dec 2014 — Apr 2015

Berlin, Germany

  • Built backend services with PHP/Phalcon following SOLID principles.
  • Optimized site performance with Memcache, Vagrant, and cross-cultural team delivery.
PHP Backend Optimization

MakeMyTrip.com

Manager, Technology

Apr 2014 — Nov 2014

Gurgaon, India

  • Led tech team through responsive site launch and mobile site implementation.
  • Set up CDN, staging/live deployment pipelines, and live server monitoring.
  • Drove front-end optimization and code review standards.
CDN Responsive Web Team Management

FabFurnish.com (Rocket Internet)

Technical Architect / Engineering Manager

Mar 2012 — Apr 2014

Gurgaon, India

  • Architected e-commerce platform with Solr faceted search and MySQL optimizations.
  • Managed backend performance, CDN setup, and MVC frameworks (Zend, Yii).
  • Mentored junior developers and owned staging-to-production delivery.
Solr MySQL eCommerce Architecture

Belzabar Software Design

Sr. Computer Scientist

Oct 2010 — Mar 2012

New Delhi, India

  • Managed website and server infrastructure for TLBB mobile apps.
  • Architected FAvision, an analytical web tool for Kasina LLC.
  • Led AWS server management, database optimization, and front-end performance improvements.
  • Drove team management and technical leadership across enterprise software projects.
AWS Architecture Team Leadership Optimization

Info Edge (Naukri.com)

Senior Software Engineer

Feb 2008 — Jul 2010

Noida, India

  • Developed and optimized naukri.com and firstnaukri.com on the LAMP stack.
  • Delivered high-traffic recruitment platform features at scale.
LAMP PHP MySQL

Oracle Financial Services

Associate Consultant

Aug 2006 — Feb 2008

Bengaluru, India

  • Developed and tested Flexcube, Oracle's flagship core banking product.
  • Worked on enterprise-grade banking solutions for global financial institutions.
Core Banking Flexcube Enterprise

Education & Certifications

Executive education meets deep technical credentials

Education

HEC Paris

Executive MBA

QS #2 Executive MBA globally (2026)

2024 — 2025

KIET (UP Technical University)

B.Tech, Computer Science & Engineering

2002 — 2006

Certifications

Skills Matrix

Leadership, engineering depth, and infrastructure mastery

Leadership & FinOps

  • Engineering Management
  • FinOps & Cost Optimization
  • Team Scaling
  • SRE Practices
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Cross-Cultural Leadership

Software Engineering & Databases

  • MySQL at Scale
  • Distributed Systems
  • System Design
  • High-Throughput Services
  • PostgreSQL
  • Core Banking Systems

Technologies & Infrastructure

  • AWS & Cloud Migration
  • Kubernetes
  • Observability & SLOs
  • AI Automation
  • Python / Java / PHP
  • Compliance (SOX, PCI, PII)