active users served
Global commerce scaleAnand Krishnan M J · Senior Software Engineer
I engineer digital products built to scale.
I pair thoughtful product engineering with practical AI to turn complex work into products people trust. At OpenTable, a Booking Holdings company, I build hospitality software with a global remote team and have earned back-to-back hackathon prizes, including 1st place in 2026. Previously, I helped scale UNIQLO's B2C commerce for millions worldwide.I build reliable, AI-assisted products for global hospitality and commerce.
Based in IndiaProduct-minded engineering, worldwide.
countries reached
International paymentscheckout conversion
Measurable conversion liftcustomers added
Referral-led customer growthExperience · Primary focus
Engineering at product scale, with AI in the loop.AI-assisted products at global scale.
For 6 years, I've turned complex commerce and product constraints into reliable software that customers trust and teams can evolve.6 years building reliable products across hospitality and global commerce.
OpenTable
Tenure
From Jan 2025→ to Present
A Booking Holdings company
Hospitality · Global remote team
AI-assisted hospitality products for 70,000+ restaurants.
Back-to-back recognition
Back-to-back OpenTable Hackathon Prizes
- 2026 · 1st prizeFirst among approximately 45 teams worldwide
- 2025 · 2nd prizeProduction bonus · Released to production months later
Hospitality · Global remote team
Building AI-assisted hospitality products with a global team for a platform serving more than 70,000 restaurants.AI-assisted hospitality products for 70,000+ restaurants.
Product impact
- Hospitality
- Serving 70,000+ restaurants
- AI features for restaurants
Engineer II
From Jan 2025→ to Present
Won 1st prize in OpenTable's 2026 hackathon, placing first among approximately 45 teams worldwide.
Earned 2nd prize in OpenTable's 2025 hackathon; the idea was selected for a production bonus and released to production a few months later.
Collaborated remotely with a global product and engineering team to build AI-assisted restaurant onboarding that reduced merchant setup work.
Designed a multi-location dashboard for enterprise restaurant metrics and account management.
Improved onboarding conversion by fixing routing, validation, and error-handling issues.
Expanded E2E and integration coverage across core, AI, payment, and onboarding flows.
Led a zero-downtime React migration and created reusable UI components.
Modernized Node.js and React apps and built self-service payment tools that reduced manual operations.
QBurst
QBurstClient
UNIQLO
UNIQLOTenure
From Sep 2020→ to Dec 2024
Global B2C commerce · UNIQLO
B2C commerce for millions of customers worldwide.
60M+active users served26countries reached+10%checkout conversion800K+customers added
Global B2C commerce · UNIQLO
Built B2C e-commerce experiences for UNIQLO, serving millions of customers worldwide.B2C commerce for millions of customers worldwide.
Commerce impact
- E-commerce
- Millions of customers worldwide
- B2C
Senior Software Engineer
From Jan 2024→ to Dec 2024
Led frontend development for UNIQLO's global commerce platform with React and GraphQL, serving 60M+ active users across Japan, the US, European markets, and select Asian markets.
Improved a Node.js/Express BFF that connected more than 20 microservices.
Built country configuration tooling for localization and multi-brand expansion.
Integrated Google Wallet with 3DS in 26 countries, increasing checkout conversion by 10%.
Software Engineer
From Sep 2020→ to Dec 2023
Built a drag-and-drop PWA email builder with React and PostgreSQL.
Developed a UNIQLO referral feature that contributed to 800K+ customer growth in the US and Japan.
Mentored junior engineers in frontend architecture and platform practices.
Personal work · Selected project
An experiment, thoughtfully engineered.
I enjoy exploring unconventional ideas, refining them into polished experiences, and learning through the process. Wizard's Chess grew from that curiosity.I turn unconventional ideas into polished browser experiments.
Personal project · Real-time 3D
Wizard's Chess
A real-time 3D chess world with peer-to-peer video and synchronised multiplayer state. I built it to explore shared presence, playful interaction, and how far an unusual idea could go in the browser.Real-time 3D chess with multiplayer state and peer-to-peer video.
- React Three Fiber
- Three.js
- WebRTC
- Firebase
About · How I work
Clear thinking. Reliable systems. Thoughtful details.
My best work sits between informed product decisions, dependable architecture, and the interaction details people actually feel. I mentor engineers, contribute to open source, and stay close to the craft from first idea to shipped product.I pair product judgment, reliable architecture, and thoughtful interaction—then mentor and ship.
CapabilitiesCapabilities
From interface craft to production infrastructure.
The full toolkit behind the products I ship, organised by where each technology creates the most value.A practical toolkit for designing, building, and operating reliable products.
Frontend engineering
Interfaces, state, design systems, and immersive web products.
- React
- Next.js
- TypeScript
- JavaScript
- CSS
- HTML5
- Sass
- Redux
- RTK Query
- Redux Saga
- Progressive Web Apps
- Material UI
- Three.js
- React Three Fiber
Backend & data
APIs, services, realtime systems, and dependable data flows.
- Node.js
- GraphQL / Apollo
- Express.js
- Firebase
- PostgreSQL
- WebSockets
- REST APIs
Platform & architecture
Cloud delivery, build systems, and architectures designed to evolve.
- Docker
- AWS
- Webpack
- Jenkins / CI·CD
- Monorepos
- Microservices
- TeamCity
Quality & insight
Testing, component confidence, and product measurement.
- Jest
- React Testing Library
- Storybook
- Google Analytics
- Mixpanel
AI tools & integration
AI-assisted development and production model integrations.
- Cursor
- Codex
- Claude
- Gemini 3.6 Flash
- OpenAI
Tools & ways of working
The collaboration and delivery tools behind consistent execution.
- Agile delivery
- Git
- VS Code
- Jira
- Confluence
Start a conversation
Let's build something enduring.
I'm always interested in ambitious product work, thoughtful engineering teams, and difficult problems worth solving well.Open to ambitious product work and difficult engineering problems.
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