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title: "Pratiksha Padmanabhan - Software Engineer in Mumbai | Tal"
description: "Meet Pratiksha Padmanabhan, Software Engineer (USC MS CS) | Backend, Fullstack and GenAI | Spring Boot API, React, LLM, RAG | Ex-Axis Bank based in Mumbai. AI stack includes claude code, claude, and codex. Explore public work links including github."
image: "https://tal.club/meet/pratiksha-padmanabhan/share-image"
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# Pratiksha Padmanabhan on Tal

## Headline

Software Engineer \(USC MS CS\) \| Backend, Fullstack and GenAI \| Spring Boot API, React, LLM, RAG \| Ex\-Axis Bank

## About

I prompt\-engineered my cover image\!\! I’m a software engineer focused on backend systems, APIs, and AI\-powered workflows\. My experience spans building Spring Boot microservices in banking systems, developing scalable web applications, and designing LLM\-powered retrieval and orchestration pipelines using RAG, vector search, and FastAPI\. I enjoy building systems that make complex workflows simpler and more reliable, especially at the intersection of backend infrastructure, data systems, and applied AI\. Recently, I’ve been exploring: • AI agents and orchestration • Retrieval systems and semantic search • Real\-time LLM applications • Scalable backend architectures • AI\-assisted developer workflows Previously at Axis Bank and currently pursuing MS CS at USC\.

## Location

Mumbai

## AI stack

claude code

claude

codex

cursor

langgraph

Vapi

## Work experience

Software Engineer at Easley\-Dunn Productions, Inc\., Mar 2026 \- Present · 9 mos, \- Enhanced sprint planning and timeline workflows by implementing Gantt scale\-fit, task\-centering, and task\-visibility fixes, improving navigation across sprint and backlog views for 150\+ customers\. \- Building an agentic AI assistant for a SwiftUI iOS app that interpreted natural\-language aesthetic preferences, analyzed style images, and recommended style\-transfer settings for personalized image generation\. \- Developed and refined an iOS application in SwiftUI that applies photorealistic style transfer to user images \- Integrated a CoreML model from a research pipeline into a mobile environment for on device inference\- \- Implemented image preprocessing and postprocessing, including resizing, normalization, and pixel level \-transformations \- Debugged and improved model output quality by adjusting data handling between the ML model and the UI

Salesforce Developer Assistant at University of Southern California, Jul 2025 \- Aug 2025 · 2 mos, Los Angeles, California, United States

Software Developer at TourScout, Jun 2024 \- Jul 2024 · 2 mos, Marina del Rey, California, United States, – Owned end to end design, development and delivery of a React \(TypeScript\) based widget backed by an Node\.js, Express, API, deployed across 13 B2B clients; reduced manual update workflows by 15 hours/week\. – Analyzed user behavior via UTM\-based Mixpanel analytics to guide feature iteration and improve engagement\. – Designed and deployed RAG\-based pipelines using chunking and embeddings to process user review data and deliver relevant context for LLM\-based query responses in production workflows\. – Developed AI\-driven workflow for content generation and data processing, improving user engagement and retention by 15%\. Designed and iteratively refined prompts and context strategies to improve LLM output quality\.

Software Developer at Axis Bank Foundation, Aug 2023 \- Oct 2023 · 3 mos

Software Developer at Axis Bank, Jul 2022 \- Jul 2023 · 1 yr 1 mo

## Education

Master's degree, Computer Science, University of Southern California

SVKM's NMIMS Mukesh Patel School of Technology Management & Engineering

## Public links

- github: https://github\.com/pratiksha\-p02

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