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title: "Rakesh Katti - Independent Product Engineer in Bengaluru | Tal"
description: "Meet Rakesh Katti, Product Engineer · Shipping consumer products with AI-assisted workflows | 12+ yrs · Ex-Atlassian, Flipkart, Intuit based in Bengaluru. AI stack includes claude code, claude, and codex. Explore public work links including github."
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# Rakesh Katti on Tal

## Headline

Product Engineer · Shipping consumer products with AI\-assisted workflows \| 12\+ yrs · Ex\-Atlassian, Flipkart, Intuit

## About

Senior Product Engineer with 12\+ years across Atlassian, Flipkart, and Intuit building large\-scale user experiences\. Currently operating independently as a Solo Builder, shipping consumer products end\-to\-end using AI\-assisted workflows, rapid prototyping, and lean execution\. AI is now deeply integrated into how I build\. The core remains the same: strong engineering fundamentals, product thinking, and building things people actually use\. Particularly interested in automation, developer tooling, consumer internet, and scalable product experiences\. Open to: • Product engineering roles at companies building meaningful consumer products • Freelance and consulting engagements for founders who need a senior engineer who ships fast • Conversations with other builders exploring modern AI\-assisted development workflows

## Location

Bengaluru

## AI stack

claude code

claude

codex

cursor

## Work experience

Independent Product Engineer at Self\-Employed, Feb 2026 \- Present · 8 mos, Independently building consumer products end\-to\-end across design, engineering, and growth using AI\-assisted development workflows\. Currently building: CricCheer, plus other applications and experiments\.

Software Engineer at Whatfix, Mar 2025 \- Feb 2026 · 1 yr, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Senior Software Engineer at Intuit, Sep 2021 \- Sep 2024 · 3 yrs 1 mo, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Part of QuickBooks Online Advanced team\.

Software Engineer at Atlassian, Mar 2019 \- Feb 2021 · 2 yrs, Bengaluru Area, India, \* Was part of a team that enhanced the project configuration experience in JIRA, including the Project Settings page, Custom Roles functionality, and People Access Page\. \* Optimized JIRA classic boards and backlog pages to improve performance by identifying and deferring unused code\.

UI Engineer II at Flipkart, Jul 2017 \- Mar 2019 · 1 yr 9 mos, Bengaluru Area, India, \* Owning multiple retail UI systems like Vendor Hub \(vendorhub\.flipkart\.com\) Inventory management, Warehouse Management, Supplier Management, Selection Dashboard etc\. \* Permission\-based access control node module that provides an ACL layer for any node application with minimal configuration\. \* Migrating applications from internal library called Blinx to React\.

UI Engineer I at Flipkart, Jun 2015 \- Jun 2017 · 2 yrs 1 mo, Bengaluru Area, India, \* Was involved in multiple UI projects like Partner management, User management, and Dynamic Pricing System\. \* Multi\-account login system which allowed users to switch between accounts without signing out in Marketplace \(seller\.flipkart\.com\)

## Education

Bachelor of Engineering \(B\.E\.\), Computer Science, nitte meenakshi institute of technology

Pre\-University College, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Computer Science, Sri Vidya Mandir Ind\. P\.U\. College\.

## Public links

- github: https://github\.com/rakeshkatti

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