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title: "Kushagra Agarwal - Software Engineer II in Bengaluru | Tal"
description: "Meet Kushagra Agarwal, Software Engineer 2 @Toast | BITS Goa based in Bengaluru. AI stack includes claude code."
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# Kushagra Agarwal on Tal

## Headline

Software Engineer 2 @Toast \| BITS Goa

## About

Passionate Software Engineer with over 3 years of experience in building and scaling backend systems\. I specialize in designing and developing microservices deployed in cloud\-native environments, with hands\-on experience across the full software development lifecycle — from architecture and implementation to deployment, monitoring, and performance optimization\. I’m driven by a passion for writing clean, maintainable, and efficient code, and enjoy tackling complex technical challenges that improve system reliability and scalability\. Comfortable working both independently and collaboratively across distributed teams\. Currently at Toast, where I contribute to building reliable, high\-performance backend services that power restaurant technology at scale — combining strong engineering practices with the fast\-paced needs of the food and hospitality domain\.

## Location

Bengaluru

## AI stack

claude code

## Work experience

Software Engineer II at Toast, Jan 2025 \- Present · 1 yr 8 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Software Developer at nurture\.farm, Jul 2022 \- Dec 2024 · 2 yrs 6 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Engineering Intern at Infinera, Jun 2021 \- Dec 2021 · 7 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Summer Intern at Good 2 Give, May 2020 \- Jun 2020 · 2 mos

## Education

Bachelor of Engineering \- BE, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani \- Goa Campus

Higher Secondary Education, Abhinav Public School, New Delhi

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