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title: "Nikhil Bansal - Software Engineer - AI & Data Platforms in Bengaluru | Tal"
description: "Meet Nikhil Bansal, Product Engineer • Building from scratch based in Bengaluru. AI stack includes claude code, cursor, and gemini."
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# Nikhil Bansal on Tal

## Headline

Product Engineer • Building from scratch

## About

I build tools that make life easier I’m a full\-stack software engineer passionate about solving problems through practical AI, a smooth UX design and solid engineering\. I enjoy building from scratch, taking an idea, refining it through experience, and scaling it into something that simply works\. Visit my portfolio: www\.nikhilbansal\.dev \-> projects, case studies, and a chat with Dobby\(my personal AI assistant\) about my work\!

## Location

Bengaluru

## AI stack

claude code

cursor

gemini

openai

railway

Supabase

## Work experience

Software Engineer \- AI & Data Platforms at Commonwealth Bank, Nov 2023 \- May 2026 · 2 yrs 7 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, \- A founding member and pioneer of CBA’s Greenfield Project, the company’s flagship initiative to build a fully cloud\-based self\-service platform on AWS for Data Science, AI/ML, and Cybersecurity teams\. \- Developed AI\-powered internal tools using LangGraph, RAG, and efficient prompt engineering principles leveraging LLMs to simplify workflows and enhance user experience\. \- Created Flask\-based web apps on AWS ECS for automation and data operations\. \- Spearheaded the AI\-lympics 2024 Hackathon, enabling teams to build a GenAI\-driven HR chatbot using advanced HR tools\.

Associate Data Engineer at Commonwealth Bank, Jun 2022 \- Nov 2023 · 1 yr 6 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, \- Successfully automated 95% of the tasks involving deployment releases using Jenkins and Docker by implementing CICD practices effectively\. \- CBA Hackathon Winner\(2023\) for scalable automation solutions\.

Data Solutions Engineer at Hevo Data, Jun 2021 \- Jun 2022 · 1 yr 1 mo, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Part of the initial team hire at Hevo's Global Solutions Engineering Team \- Worked on complex data transformations , created Python scripts to automate data transformation from semi structured NoSQL DBs\(MongoDB, DynamoDB\) to structured data loaded to SQL DBs\(Snowflake, Redshift etc\.\) \- Worked on projects involving real\-time streaming of 3 Billion\+ monthly records of data\. \- Created ETL Data Quality Monitoring Engine from scratch to monitor the uniformity of source and destination data in real\-time using Hevo’s in\-house APIs\. \- Was the primary point of contact for 25\+ clients including Unicorn startups\. Generated annual company revenue of more than USD 70,000 in 6 months by working with clients to optimise their ETL process and build their data infrastructure\.

Software Engineer Intern at Publicis Sapient, Jan 2021 \- Jun 2021 · 6 mos, Gurugram, Haryana, India, \- Worked on the development of a supermarket application with AngularJS \- Created an E\-Commerce Website with a vast dataset, using HTML,JavasScript,CSS by implementing an MVC Framework\.

## Education

Bachelor of Technology \- BTech, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Manipal Academy of Higher Education

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