---
title: "Himanshu Kushwah - Founding Engineer in Bengaluru | Tal"
description: "Meet Himanshu Kushwah, Founding Engineer @ Meli | Ex - Zepto, MPL, Drivezy | React Native + Kotlin + Swift based in Bengaluru. AI stack includes claude code and cursor. Explore public work links including github."
image: "https://tal.club/meet/himanshu-kushwah/share-image"
---

# Himanshu Kushwah on Tal

## Headline

Founding Engineer @ Meli \| Ex \- Zepto, MPL, Drivezy \| React Native \+ Kotlin \+ Swift

## About

Always try to learn something new

## Location

Bengaluru

## AI stack

claude code

cursor

## Work experience

Founding Engineer at Meli, Jan 2026 \- Present · 8 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Software engineer 3 at Zepto, Apr 2024 \- Oct 2025 · 1 yr 7 mos, Bengaluru

Software Engineer 2 at Zepto, Jun 2022 \- Mar 2024 · 1 yr 10 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

SDE 2 at Mobile Premier League \(MPL\), Mar 2021 \- Jun 2022 · 1 yr 4 mos, Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

React Native Developer at Mastree, Jul 2020 \- Feb 2021 · 8 mos, Bengaluru, \- Led and developed a consumer\-facing online tutoring app\. \- Built an online video conference module using WebRTC\. \- Architected and built the smart board module, which syncs teacher's interactions from the smart board to student's screens\. \- Bridged native modules for media playback and analytics using Swift/Kotlin\.

Application Developer at Drivezy \(formerly JustRide\), Sep 2017 \- Jun 2020 · 2 yrs 10 mos, Bengaluru, \- Built cross\-platform ride booking and tracking applications using React Native\. \- Migrated a large codebase to TypeScript and modularized state management using Redux\. \- Integrated native payment gateways and background tracking modules\. \- Worked closely with QA to automate regression testing and reduce release bugs\.

## Education

Bachelor of Technology \(B\.Tech\.\), Computer Science, Govt\. Engineering college,ajmer,rajasthan,india

High School, RBSE, VVM School Sayla

## Public links

- github: https://github\.com/iamxicor

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