I'm a product-minded engineering leader with 20+ years building and shipping AI-native products that serve hundreds of millions of users. My core expertise sits at the intersection of Product Experience, Engineering, and UX—I obsess over how a product feels in the user's hands, not just how it scales on a server.
Today I lead Product Engineering at Tabhi Inc—the world's largest AI-First Travel Platform—where I'm building agentic AI experiences across Mondee, Aarna (creators & multi-category marketplace), Abhee, and Miraee. The platform powers 65K+ travel agencies, 500+ airline partners, and 50M searches/day for 125M+ consumers.
Before that, I led engineering teams of 50–100 across travel tech, fintech, and enterprise platforms—architecting systems that deliver $250M+ in revenue impact.
Outside of work, I think about how AI changes the way humans plan, travel, and experience the world—and I write about it occasionally.
March 2025 – Present VP Product Engineering · Tabhi Inc (formerly Mondee Inc)- World's largest AI-First Travel Platform, 23 companies, backed by Morgan Stanley & TCW Group
- 65K+ travel agencies, 500+ airline partners, 2M+ hotels, 50M searches/day, 125M+ consumers
- Leading: Mondee (Agentic AI Marketplace), Aarna (Creators & Multi-Category Marketplace), Abhee (Experiential), Miraee (Employee Travel)
August 2021 – February 2025 VP Product Engineering · Mondee Inc- Scaled product engineering through Mondee's NASDAQ IPO (Jul 2022) and 7+ acquisitions; integrated acquired platforms onto a unified architecture
- Led 80–100 engineers across travel marketplace, payments, AI/ML, and mobile
- Shipped Abhee (experiential marketplace) and the Mondee Marketplace re-platform; drove a major share of $250M+ revenue impact
November 2017 – July 2021 VP Engineering · Mondee Inc- Re-architected legacy travel platform into microservices on AWS/GCP; cut search latency and lifted booking conversion
- Built engineering org from ~15 to 60+ across US and India; established SRE, DevOps, and platform teams
- Launched B2B agent platform (TripPro) and consumer brands (FlyEx, ExploreTrip)
February 2016 – October 2017 Engineering Manager · Mondee Inc (via Avesta Payrolls)- Owned core booking & fulfillment services; introduced CI/CD and modern code-review practices
- Delivered first GDS integrations and ancillary revenue platform
October 2013 – February 2016 Engineering Manager · Metaminds Software Solutions- Led 20+ engineers building enterprise SaaS for fintech and CRM clients
- Delivered Salesforce, omni-channel messaging, and CMS platforms for global customers
November 2007 – August 2013 Senior Consultant / Tech Lead · Empover iTech- Tech lead on travel and EduTech platforms; designed APIs, search, and reporting systems
- Mentored junior engineers; introduced agile delivery practices
July 2004 – October 2007 Tech Lead / Software Engineer · Avon Technologies- Full-stack engineer on enterprise Java/Oracle systems; stepped into first leadership role
Aarna
Creators marketplace + multi-category marketplace. AI-powered discovery & booking across experiences, stays, and lifestyle. Creator monetization with YouTube/Instagram/TikTok import. Vibe-based AI curation across iOS & Android.
- Creators Marketplace
- Multi-Category
- AI
- Mobile
Abhee
Hyperlocal experiential marketplace. Agentic AI for hosts and curators to build immersive experience businesses.
- Agentic AI
- Marketplace
- Experiences
- M
Miraee
Next-gen employee travel platform. AI-driven corporate travel with cost optimization and productivity analytics.
- AI
- Corporate Travel
- Analytics
Mondee Marketplace
Agentic AI travel marketplace. B2B/B2C/B2E. Flights, Hotels, Cars, Cruises, Activities, Events, Ancillaries.
- Agentic AI
- Marketplace
- B2B
- B2C
- U
Unpub
Travel publishing platform for content-driven travel discovery and editorial experiences.
- Publishing
- Travel
- Content
- F
FlyEx
Flight experience platform delivering seamless air travel booking and management.
- Flights
- Booking
- UX
Explore Trip
Consumer travel discovery platform for exploring destinations and booking experiences.
- Consumer
- Discovery
- Travel
TripPro
B2B agent booking platform designed for travel professionals and agency workflows.
- B2B
- Agents
- Booking
TripPlanet
Consumer travel platform with curated destination content and booking capabilities.
- Consumer
- Travel
- Platform
- T
TripBuddy
AI-powered travel & trip collaboration module for group planning and smart recommendations.
- AI
- Collaboration
- Trip Planning
20+ years across engineering, product, and UX — from writing code at a small Hyderabad shop to leading product engineering at the world's largest AI-First travel platform. Key milestones:
- 2004
Career start at Avon Technologies
First role as Software Engineer / Tech Lead. Full-stack engineer on enterprise Java/Oracle systems.
- 2007
Tech Lead at Empover iTech
Senior Consultant & Tech Lead on travel and EduTech platforms. Designed APIs, search, and reporting systems.
- 2013
Engineering Manager at Metaminds
Led 20+ engineers building enterprise SaaS for fintech and CRM clients (Salesforce, omni-channel messaging, CMS).
- 2016
Joined Mondee as Engineering Manager
Owned core booking & fulfillment services. Introduced CI/CD and modern code-review practices.
- 2017
Promoted to VP Engineering
Re-architected the legacy travel platform into microservices on AWS/GCP. Built engineering org from ~15 to 60+ across US and India.
- 2018
Launched FlyEx & ExploreTrip
Consumer brands for flights and destination discovery.
- 2019
Launched TripPro
B2B agent booking platform for travel professionals.
- 2021
Promoted to VP Product Engineering
Expanded scope across product, engineering, and UX. Took ownership of platform strategy and product experience.
- 2022
Mondee NASDAQ IPO
Mondee goes public (NASDAQ: MOND). Scaled engineering through IPO readiness, post-IPO compliance, and 7+ acquisitions.
- 2023
Launched Abhee
Hyperlocal experiential marketplace with agentic AI for hosts and curators.
- 2024
Launched Aarna
Creators & multi-category marketplace. AI-powered discovery, vibe-based curation, creator monetization across iOS & Android.
- 2025
Mondee → Tabhi rebrand · AI-First era
23 companies under one umbrella, backed by Morgan Stanley & TCW Group. Leading Mondee, Aarna, Abhee, and Miraee.
- Today
Building the next generation of agentic AI travel
Vision, strategy, and execution of AI-native platforms serving 125M+ consumers, 65K+ agencies, 50M searches/day.
I write regularly on LinkedIn — and longer-form essays on the blog. Topics: AI-native products, engineering leadership, travel tech, and the craft of building things that scale. A few recent LinkedIn pieces:
Scaling the invisible layers — platform engineering at scale
- Platform Engineering
- Systems Thinking
- Product Leadership
Agentic AI meets open commerce — ONDC and the future of retail
- Agentic AI
- ONDC
- Digital Public Infrastructure
Building high-performance engineering culture
- Engineering Culture
- High-Performance Teams
- Tech Leadership
Payment infrastructure for travel & fintech
- Fintech
- Payments
- Travel Tech
Diffusion of innovation — how new ideas reach the mainstream
- Innovation Strategy
- Consumer Behavior
- Growth Strategy
AI & Agentic Systems
- LLMs
- RAG
- AI Agents
- Agentic Workflows
- Multi-Agent Orchestration
- LangChain · LangGraph
- CrewAI
- Vision AI · OCR
- Voice AI
- pgvector
AI Platforms
- Anthropic Claude
- OpenAI
- Vertex AI
- AWS Bedrock
- NVIDIA NeMo & NIM
- Google ADK
Frontend
- Next.js
- React
- React Native · Expo
- TypeScript
- Tailwind CSS
- TanStack Query
Backend & Data
- Spring Boot (Java)
- FastAPI (Python)
- Kafka
- PostgreSQL
- MongoDB
- Redis
Cloud & Architecture
- AWS
- Google Cloud
- Docker
- Microservices
- Event-Driven Architecture
- Serverless
I'm always open to conversations about AI-native products, travel tech, engineering leadership, and ambitious ideas. The best way to reach me:
- bhuvan.rajt@gmail.com
- LinkedIn · /in/bhuvanrajt
- 📍 Leander, TX