About
I am Sancheeta Kaushal, a leader and problem solver who loves building great teams. In the past decade, I have worked on the most cutting edge problems one can imagine - from building quick commerce at Blinkit to building EV charging infrastructure at Bolt.Earth. Today, I’m all excited and exploring my next chapter in the AI space. The shift brought by GenAI is quite empowering and exciting. I can now fully embrace the role of a problem solver - vibe coding with AI to prototype things where I want to spend as little time as possible while dedicating my energy to dive deep into the areas that truly intrigue me and need my attention. Lately, I’ve been hands-on building AI-powered prototypes (both professional and personal) and pondering deeply about what engineering teams should evolve to in an AI-first world: - What defines the craft of an engineer today? - Which new constructs become first-class citizens in our day to day work? - How do we introduce determinism into AI systems that are probabilistic in nature ? - How do we manage AI-induced complexity while preserving maintainability in code ? - Lastly, when should we use AI to assist, when should we ask it to step back and when do we ask it to engage in agentic behaviour ? - and many more... As for my past experiences, I was at Blinkit (formerly Grofers), where I spent over 7.5 years building supply-chain and consumer products and growing through every phase of the company’s journey, up to acquisition. One of my proudest contributions was building a product innovation team that operated at the intersection of technology, business and users - deeply grounded in design and systems thinking. Most recently at Bolt.Earth, I led the engineering team owning the tech P&L, driving significant cost optimisations, leading SOC2 compliance to unlock enterprise deals and building software that interfaces with hardware in the real world. Working across cloud, firmware and communication protocols pushed engineering beyond the most obvious requirements of scale and that is what made this phase super exciting. I’m now looking to join teams in the AI space and build lean, high-ownership engineering organisations that drive business growth and deliver meaningful impact through engineering excellence. To know more about me, visit my personal blog - https://www.notion.so/Hey-I-am-Sancheeta-Kaushal-24b5ff1eac0280f18d15c3c32e5ff976
Work experience
Engineering Leadership at Arintra, Mar 2026 - Present · 7 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Director of Software Engineering at Bolt.Earth, Jan 2025 - Jul 2025 · 7 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Head Of Cloud at Bolt.Earth, Nov 2023 - Jan 2025 · 1 yr 3 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Entrepreneur in Residence at Antler, Jul 2023 - Oct 2023 · 4 mos, India
Course Instructor at Airtribe, Apr 2023 - Sep 2023 · 6 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Airtribe Backend Engineering is a 16 week Cohort Based Course that helps students acquire critical backend engineering skills. I teach a 4 week module about all things databases - SQL, NoSQL, ORM’s, Monitoring & Optimisation. I also introduce the students to the importance of culture where they go beyond their titles to work as problem solvers and build great products. My average rating for lectures is 4.5 out of 5 across all the three cohorts that I taught.
Coach at Plato, Jan 2023 - Apr 2024 · 1 yr 4 mos, Remote, I have been working with two international clients on Plato both of whom are managers. The challenges discussed on the calls range from day to day issues with team members to building vision and making it a reality. Coaching on Plato started out as a way to test if the mental models I built during my time at Blinkit are applicable to people and problems at large. These mental models have helped my clients and have given me the confidence to take on complex coaching challenges.
Engineering Manager at Blinkit, Jul 2015 - Oct 2022 · 7 y 3 mo, Bengaluru
