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title: "Ashish Chhikara - SDE 2 in Bengaluru | Tal"
description: "Meet Ashish Chhikara, SDE-2 @ Scapia | Ex - Rippling, Navi | IIT Jodhpur 23 based in Bengaluru. AI stack includes claude code, claude, and cursor."
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# Ashish Chhikara on Tal

## Headline

SDE\-2 @ Scapia \| Ex \- Rippling, Navi \| IIT Jodhpur 23

## About

I am Ashish, a passionate software engineer and competitive programmer\. I specialize in developing microservices with Spring Boot\-Java/Kotlin and have a strong understanding of data structures and algorithms \(DSA\)\. I am always striving to develop innovative solutions and utilize my skills to create high\-quality products\.

## Location

Bengaluru

## AI stack

claude code

claude

cursor

gemini

kiro

mcp

## Work experience

SDE 2 at Scapia, May 2026 \- Present · 4 mos, Bengaluru

SDE I at Rippling, Mar 2025 \- Mar 2026 · 1 yr 1 mo, Bengaluru

SDE I at Navi, Jul 2023 \- Feb 2025 · 1 yr 8 mos, Bengaluru

## Education

Bachelor of Technology \- BTech, Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur

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