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title: "Ritoban Dutta - Software Engineer in Bhubaneswar | Tal"
description: "Meet Ritoban Dutta, SDE @ Arintra (YC W22) · AI Safety Research Fellow @ TARA · Ex-DataCurve (YC W24) · MindsDB Hackathon Winner ’25 · Keploy Fellow ’25 · FinTech Olympiad Finalist ’24 · Open Source Contributor based in Bhubaneswar. AI stack includes anthropic apis, claude code, and mcp. Explore pu..."
image: "https://tal.club/meet/ritoban-dutta/share-image"
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# Ritoban Dutta on Tal

## Headline

SDE @ Arintra \(YC W22\) · AI Safety Research Fellow @ TARA · Ex\-DataCurve \(YC W24\) · MindsDB Hackathon Winner ’25 · Keploy Fellow ’25 · FinTech Olympiad Finalist ’24 · Open Source Contributor

## About

I enjoy turning complex problems into clean, functional code, and continuously explore modern frameworks, APIs, and DevOps tools like Docker and Kubernetes to improve my workflow\. I've been exploring AI\-native and cloud\-native architecture \- building LLM data pipelines, working with RAG systems\. I love contributing to projects I admire and use in my own workflows \- recognised as a top contributor by 10\+ organizations including Juspay, Interledger, Flexprice and a lot more\. Outside of development, I bring a creative edge with experience in video editing, motion graphics, and UI design\. I’ve led content for channels with over a million in reach, blending visual storytelling with technical skills to craft engaging digital experiences\.

## Location

Bhubaneswar

## AI stack

anthropic apis

claude code

mcp

huggingface

Vercel AI SDK

Zed

## Work experience

Software Engineer at Arintra, Apr 2026 \- Present · 5 mo, Bangalore, Solving revenue optimisation problems with intelligent medical coding automation for the biggest healthcare systems in the US

SDE at Arintra, Apr 2026 \- Present · 6 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Transforming healthcare operations through intelligent automation and AI\.

FOSS R&D Engineer at Datacurve, Dec 2025 \- Mar 2026 · 4 mos, Remote, \-Building "Project Mars" on the Shipd platform to advance reasoning capabilities in frontier LLMs, leveraging open\-source contributions\. \-RLHF and technical review on AI\-generated code, optimizing for logic, efficiency, and strict adherence to FOSS best practices\.

Fellowship at Keploy 🐰, Jun 2025 \- Aug 2025 · 3 mos, Remote, highly competitive program \(5% acceptance rate\) on open\-source contributions, scalable API/backend development, and full\-stack project building aligned with GSoC practices\.

Member at GDSC KIIT, Mar 2024 \- Jun 2025 · 1 yr 4 mos

## Education

Bachelor of Technology \- BTech, Computer Science, KIIT \- Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology

## Public links

- github: https://github\.com/ritoban23
- ritoban\.dev: https://ritoban\.dev/

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