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title: "Diya Karmakar - Data Engineer in Bengaluru | Tal"
description: "Meet Diya Karmakar, Data Engineer (SDE 2) | Product Builder | AI • Data • UX • Systems | Python • SQL • Spark | Building End-to-End Products | SIH’23 Winner based in Bengaluru. AI stack includes claude code, claude, and codex."
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# Diya Karmakar on Tal

## Headline

Data Engineer \(SDE 2\) \| Product Builder \| AI • Data • UX • Systems \| Python • SQL • Spark \| Building End\-to\-End Products \| SIH’23 Winner

## About

I like building things end to end\. I’m a Data Engineer and Product Builder working at the intersection of AI, data, engineering, product and design\. My engineering work has given me a strong foundation in data systems, backend development and distributed processing\. Alongside that, I’ve worked on UX and product consulting, which has pushed me to think beyond the systems behind a product and understand how people actually experience and use them\. That combination has shaped how I approach problems: Understand the problem → understand the system → design the experience → build → ship\. I enjoy ambiguous problems where the solution isn't obvious, whether that's building a data platform, designing a complex workflow, developing an AI\-powered experience, or figuring out how technology can solve a real operational problem\. I’m particularly interested in: • AI & Data Engineering • Data platforms & distributed systems • AI\-ready / ML data systems • Backend & Product Engineering • AI product development • UX, Product Design & Design Systems • 0→1 product building My technical toolkit includes Python, SQL, Apache Spark, React, Flask, MongoDB, RabbitMQ, Docker and Git, along with experience across data, backend and product layers\. On the product side, I work with Figma, UX/UI, design systems, user flows, prototyping and product thinking\. Outside of my professional work, I enjoy building products from scratch, taking ideas from problem definition and product thinking through design, engineering and deployment\. I was also part of the winning team at Smart India Hackathon 2023 and have participated in 20\+ hackathons\. I’m especially interested in teams where engineering is closely connected to the user \- AI/Data Engineering, Forward\-Deployed Engineering, Product Engineering and AI\-focused product teams\. Ultimately, I want to build systems that don't just work technically, but make technology genuinely useful to people\.

## Location

Bengaluru

## AI stack

claude code

claude

codex

hugging face

mcp

openai

## Work experience

Data Engineer at Lowe's India, Oct 2026 \- Present · 1 mo, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Associate Data Engineer at Lowe's India, Jun 2024 \- Oct 2026 · 2 yrs 5 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, \- Designed and optimized distributed backend systems integrating Apache Spark and RabbitMQ, focusing on scalability, reliability, and low\-latency data processing\. \- Worked across the application stack, including Python, Flask, React\.js, SQL, MongoDB, Docker and Kubernetes, while collaborating with cross\-functional teams in an Agile environment\. \- Contributed to AI/LLM\-driven engineering initiatives, exploring Model Context Protocol \(MCP\) and agent\-based workflows to improve developer productivity and interaction with internal data systems\.

ASE Intern at Lowe's India, Jan 2024 \- May 2024 · 5 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Winner at Smart India Hackathon, Aug 2023 \- Dec 2023 · 5 mos, Hyderabad, Telangana, India, Projected the extent of flood inundation of a CWC site using a GIS software\. Generated the inundation corresponding to a given water level\. Generation done using interpolation techniques\.

Mckinsey Next Gen Women Leaders at McKinsey & Company, Jul 2023 \- Jul 2023 · 1 mo, Selected for Mckinsey’s NextGen Women Leaders Program, among the top 50 women from India

Training and Placement Coordinator at Training & Placement Cell NIT Silchar, May 2023 \- Jun 2024 · 1 yr 2 mos, Silchar, Assam, India

Core Member at Google Developer Student Clubs, NIT Silchar, Jul 2022 \- Aug 2023 · 1 yr 2 mos

Junior Member at Google Developer Student Clubs, NIT Silchar, Aug 2021 \- Jul 2022 · 1 yr

## Education

Bachelor of Technology \- BTech, Electronics and Communications Engineering, National Institute of Technology Silchar

Higher Secondary, Science, Budding Buds Sr Sec School,Tinsukia,Assam

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