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title: "Prithviraj Gawande - Software Engineer in Bengaluru | Tal"
description: "Meet Prithviraj Gawande, IITB’19 | SWE at Mando - AI for Application Support Teams based in Bengaluru. AI stack includes cursor, opencode, and claudecode. Explore public work links including github."
image: "https://tal.club/meet/prithviraj-gawande/share-image"
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# Prithviraj Gawande on Tal

## Headline

IITB’19 \| SWE at Mando \- AI for Application Support Teams

## About

Build>Learn>Repeat

## Location

Bengaluru

## AI stack

cursor

opencode

claudecode

## Work experience

Software Engineer at Mando, Mar 2025 \- Present · 1 yr 6 mos, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Co\-Founder at 8Quad, Nov 2023 \- Mar 2025 · 1 yr 5 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Building on ONDC

Data Analyst 2 at PayPal, Jun 2021 \- Nov 2023 · 2 yrs 6 mos, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Transaction Loss Forecasting \- Machine Learning Monthly credit card transaction loss amount prediction for Tier\-2 customer segment \- Risk strategy planning and reserve estimation • Built dataset in BigQuery and leveraged Dataproc’s Spark\-BigQuery connector to process it for training and inference • Designed a 2\-tiered model: a MLlib Random Forest classifier followed by Aggregate Regression on the predicted probabilities • Improved loss forecast accuracy by 4% over the existing methodology; Utilized MLflow for model saving and run logging Global Transaction Loss Tracking Dashboard Revamp • Standardized data definitions; Simplified & optimized PySpark and Hive pipelines to improve maintainability & performance • Created automated email alerting and data verification system for proactive monitoring and ensuring high data quality • Reduced pipeline failure rate by 83%, data refresh time by 80% \(from 5 hours approx\.\) and data inaccuracy rate by 96%

Social Media Data Analyst, Performance Marketer, Referral Marketer at OYO, Jul 2019 \- Jun 2021 · 2 yrs, Gurugram, Haryana, India

Manager at Techfest, IIT Bombay, Apr 2017 \- Mar 2018 · 1 yr, Mumbai Metropolitan Region, Part of the 23 member core team that conceptualized and executed Techfest 2017\-18 Received a letter of appreciation from P\.M\. Narendra Modi \| Budget worth: INR 74M\+ \| Footfall: 175,000\+ LEADERSHIP • Led a 2\-tier team of 110\+ student volunteers for the planning and execution of 150\+ events • Revamped the night segment of Techfest ; Budget : 13M\+ ; Crowd 24000\+ ; 140% y\-o\-y • Mediated Sponsorship amount worth 2\.1M\+ \(highest ever\), optimized budget by 16% INITIATIVES • Structured first ever International Robowars in India; 250\+ teams; 9 countries; 1M prize • Introduced Sophia, World’s first humanoid citizen for an interactive keynote in India • Formulated first Innovation Challenge with ISRO & SOF for 400,000\+ students in 42,000\+ schools SOCIAL ENDEAVOURS • Canvassed a network for 108,000\+ sanitary pads distribution; Endorsed By Ms\. Taapsee Pannu • Executed largest diabetes screening campaign in India ; 40,000\+ screening ; 57,000\+ pledges

Coordinator at Techfest, IIT Bombay, Mar 2016 \- Mar 2017 · 1 yr 1 mo, Mumbai Metropolitan Region

## Education

Bachelor of Technology, Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

## Public links

- github: https://github\.com/8quadpublic

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