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# Rakesh Waghela on Tal

## Headline

Founding Engineer Ex Dhan / Raise, Ex Nazara

## About

All things backend

## Location

Mumbai

## AI stack

opencode

claudecode

## Work experience

Associate Director Of Engineering at Raise Financial Services, Apr 2025 \- Nov 2025 · 8 mos, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Senior Engineering Manager at Raise Financial Services, Jun 2021 \- Apr 2025 · 3 yrs 11 mos, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Associate Specialist at Synechron, Nov 2019 \- Jan 2021 · 1 yr 3 mos, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Tech Lead at Propellum, May 2017 \- May 2019 · 2 yrs 1 mo, Mumbai Area, India

Tech Lead at Nazara Games, Aug 2015 \- Mar 2017 · 1 yr 8 mos, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Technical Consultant at Freelance, Feb 2014 \- Jun 2015 · 1 yr 5 mos, Mumbai Area, India

## Education

Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Engineering, Fr\. Conceicao Rodrigues College of Engineering

Diploma, Computer Technology, bhausaheb vartak polytechnic

## Public links

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

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