With AI and machine learning, Flipkart reinventing its backend technology

Started in 2016, the plan to revamp all back-end platforms emanated from issues Flipkart faced during its Big Billion Day sales

In a bid to ensure that its back-end technologies are able to scale along with its fast-growing online retail business, homegrown e-commerce major Flipkart has embarked on a programe called “Continuous Platformisation”. The programmme is aimed at giving its technologists the bandwidth to build products that can support unprecedented scale whenever it is required rather than just looking at the current requirements.

While shoppers on Flipkart’s website and mobile apps may not notice any difference, the programme will bring in more stability to the platform, reduce the number of bugs and enable faster roll-out of newer features, which will in