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Growth Associate Intern (Product Growth) @ NxtWave | Product Growth | Product Strategy | Building toward Product Management | AI & Growth

About

I’m a Product & Growth professional with a technical foundation, currently working at the intersection of technology, product, growth, and AI. I enjoy taking ambiguous problems and turning them into products, experiments, and measurable outcomes from understanding user behavior and identifying growth opportunities to building solutions and improving funnels. At NxtWave, I work on growth initiatives involving product features, user acquisition, experimentation, funnel analysis, and student-focused products. This experience has taught me that building a product is only one part of the equation — understanding users, distribution, positioning, and business impact is what turns a product into a successful business. My technical background in Computer Science helps me work closely with engineering teams and understand how products are actually built. I’ve worked with technologies including React, Next.js, Python, Django, Supabase, APIs, databases, and AI tools, while also exploring product analytics, SEO, growth experimentation, and automation. I’m particularly interested in: → Product Management & Product Growth → AI-powered products → Consumer & fintech products → Growth, experimentation & user behavior → 0→1 product building → Technology + Business strategy I’m not interested in being limited to a single function. I want to become the kind of product leader who can understand the technology, identify the customer problem, build the solution, find distribution, and ultimately understand the business behind it. Long term, I’m building toward product leadership and entrepreneurship — creating products that solve meaningful problems and can scale beyond the first few users. I’m always open to conversations with product leaders, founders, builders, and people working on ambitious products.

Location

Hyderabad

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Work experience

Product Growth Associate Intern at NxtWave, Jul 2026 - Present · 4 mos, Hyderabad, Working at the intersection of Product, Growth, and Technology, contributing to internal products designed to improve student engagement and learning experiences. • Contributing to product improvements by understanding user and business requirements and translating them into actionable product and technical solutions. • Working across the product lifecycle — identifying problems, understanding existing workflows, contributing to feature development, testing solutions, and iterating on product experiences. • Collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders to understand user needs, business requirements, technical constraints, and implementation trade-offs. • Observing user behaviour and product workflows to identify friction points and opportunities to improve the overall user experience. • Contributing to feature discussions and product enhancements while balancing user value, business needs, technical feasibility, and execution effort. • Working hands-on with production systems, giving me exposure to how product decisions translate into real technical implementation and constraints. • Exploring AI and automation opportunities to improve internal workflows, team productivity, and product experiences. Areas of exposure: Product Management • Product Growth • Product Thinking • User Experience • Product Development • AI • Cross-functional Collaboration

Software Engineer – Full‑Stack at Obzient Technologies, Nov 2025 - Jan 2026 · 3 mos, Hyderabad, Built a full‑stack Real Estate Management web application to centralize tenant, property, and payment data for internal teams. Developed responsive frontend views using React to display occupancy, vacancies, and payment status through intuitive dashboards. Implemented backend services and REST APIs to manage properties, tenants, and transactions, ensuring data consistency and reliability. Designed data structures and queries for efficient analysis of rental trends and property performance. Collaborated with stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical features and measurable outcomes.

Digital Marketing Intern at Hashpro Academy, Dec 2023 - Jun 2024 · 7 mos, Hyderabad, Supported planning and execution of digital marketing strategies for education and training products. Researched marketing trends and competitors to identify positioning and content opportunities. Worked on Quora marketing, content ideas, and audience engagement to improve reach and visibility. Collaborated with business and marketing teams to align campaigns with growth goals. Received positive feedback for diligence, learning attitude, and timely completion of assigned tasks

Education

Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, keshav memorial institute of technology

High School Diploma, computer science and engineering, Indur Institute of Engineering and Technology,siddipet

Public links

github: https://github.com/Mahesh-kontham