Parin Porecha
Senior Software Engineer at Booking.com
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
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Top SchoolParin Porecha is a Senior Software Engineer based in Amsterdam with 13 years of experience building data-driven products across big tech, startups, and open source. At Booking.com he led initiatives from architecting a reliable, consented server-to-server conversion pipeline to heading the data platform for ML-driven metasearch bidding. He thrives in high-autonomy roles owning problems end-to-end—shaping roadmaps, shipping quickly, and iterating with user feedback. Parin’s background in maps and location intelligence at Flipkart and data-quality/ML dataset work at Semantics3 underpins a strong data and systems mindset. An active open-source contributor, he has maintained GNOME apps and improved Exercism’s Python exercises, demonstrating attention to both backend robustness and developer experience.
13 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Computer Science, Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Computer Science at International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad (IIITH)
English
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Github Skills (16)
tracks10
debug10
gtk10
python10
desktop-application10
app-dev10
desktop10
gnome9
back-end-development9
git7
html6
gravatar6
css6
codemirror6
django6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
getting-things-gnome/gtg
Dec 2012 - Mar 2014
Getting Things GNOME! desktop app development
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:80 commits in 1 year 3 months
Contributions summary:Parin primarily contributed to the `getting-things-gnome/gtg` project's backend, focusing on the `urgency_color` plugin. They addressed bugs related to start and due dates, parent task statuses, and incorporated changes to enhance the plugin's functionality. Furthermore, the user updated the code to account for bugs, and made sure to fix some existing problems to improve the software. The user also made changes to the calendar, modifying display logic to ensure it fits within the screen boundaries.
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exercism/python
Oct 2017 - Oct 2017
Exercism exercises in Python.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:7 commits, 9 PRs, 13 comments in 7 days
Contributions summary:Parin primarily contributed to the Exercism Python track by adding parameters to exercise placeholders. Their commits modified existing exercise files, specifically focusing on updating the `atbash-cipher`, `wordy`, `transpose`, `scrabble-score`, `pascals-triangle`, and `pythagorean-triplet` exercises. This involved altering the code structure by adding parameters, likely to enhance exercise functionality or integration within the broader Exercism platform. The user's work directly impacts the Python track's exercise structure and usability.
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