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title: "Irfan Backer Iqbal Valappil - Cloud Engineer (G6) in Kerala | Tal"
description: "Meet Irfan Backer Iqbal Valappil, Software Engineer at Cisco based in Kerala. AI stack includes cursor, langchain, and langgraph. Explore public work links including github and irfan.is-a.dev."
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# Irfan Backer Iqbal Valappil on Tal

## Headline

Software Engineer at Cisco

## Location

Kerala

## AI stack

cursor

langchain

langgraph

mcp

openai

ChatGPT

## Work experience

Cloud Engineer \(G6\) at Cisco, Nov 2024 \- Present · 1 yr 11 mos, Working on SIP\-Edge in Webex meetings

Software Engineer \(G4\) at Cisco, Aug 2022 \- Nov 2024 · 2 yrs 4 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Technology Intern at Deutsche Bank, May 2021 \- Jul 2021 · 3 mos, Pune District, Maharashtra, India

## Education

Bachelor of Technology \- BTech, Major in Computer Science and Engineering & Minor in Electronics and Communication Engineering, National Institute of Technology Karnataka

Higher Secondary school, Silver Hills Public School, Kozhikode

## Public links

- github: https://github\.com/irfanbacker
- irfan\.is\-a\.dev: https://irfan\.is\-a\.dev/

[View the original profile](https://tal.club/meet/irfan-backer-iqbal-valappil)

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