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title: "Shailesh Kumar Jha - Staff Software Engineer in Bengaluru | Tal"
description: "Meet Shailesh Kumar Jha, Engineering @ Zepto based in Bengaluru. AI stack includes claude code, claude, and codex. Explore public work links including github."
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# Shailesh Kumar Jha on Tal

## Headline

Engineering @ Zepto

## About

\- Great in working at UI/UX with JS frameworks like React and Angular \- Hybrid Mobile Application development using React\-native \- Microservices, REST and SOAP APIs, and database management using NodeJS, ExpressJS, and SpringBoot \- Cloud Technologies and deployment including AWS services and Nginx & Tomcat, Heroku & Docker \- Image processing using OpenCV morphological operations\.

## Location

Bengaluru

## AI stack

claude code

claude

codex

cursor

elevenlabs

gemini

## Work experience

Staff Software Engineer at Arcana, Jul 2026 \- Present · 1 mo, Bengaluru

Software Engineer 3 at Zepto, Jan 2025 \- Jun 2026 · 1 y 5 mo, Bengaluru, \- Architected Loki, Zepto’s internal low\-code platform, accelerating application delivery by 70% through schema\-driven development and reusable engineering foundations\. \- Spearheaded Loki AI and Loki Copilot, enabling AI\-driven generation of production\-ready pages and config\-based applications\. \- Established organization\-wide frontend foundations including ArkUI \(Design System\), Beacon \(Analytics SDK\), Raven \(Telephony SDK\), and Hawkeye \(OpenTelemetry SDK\)\. \- Drove architecture and development of mission\-critical platforms powering Merchandising, Search, Pricing, Support, Logistics, and Audience Management operations\. \- Transformed audience targeting capabilities through an in\-house Audience Management Platform, eliminating third\-party dependencies and delivering multi\-crore cost savings\. \- Elevated frontend reliability, observability, and performance through OpenTelemetry, Sentry, Grafana, New Relic, and Core Web Vitals initiatives\. \- Scaled engineering productivity through Nx monorepo adoption, release automation, and standardized frontend platform practices\.

UI Engineer 2 at MoEngage Inc\., Jun 2021 \- Nov 2024 · 3 yrs 6 mos, Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India, \- Led the SMS team as a pod lead, managing over 7 channels within the Outbound domain\. \- Developed the MFE architecture for the organization’s first channel, reducing the build\-to\-release time from 50 minutes to just 5 minutes\. \- Successfully led projects such as Settings Revamp, OAuth Configurations, WhatsApp Templates & Sync and Connected Apps, contributing to a 150% increase in the company’s net ARR\. \- Created and standardized various atomic components, which are now widely used across the organization, and consolidated them into a common package\. \- Addressed multiple security threats and operational challenges while maintaining engineering excellence and adhering to 99% SLA compliance\.

Software Engineer 2 at HashedIn, Jul 2020 \- Jun 2021 · 1 yr, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, \- Worked as a Full Stack Web developer using ReactJS with Typescript and Spring Boot with Java\. \- Worked as a solo developer from scratch to the deployment of the project\. \- Worked as a solo Frontend Developer, created components from scratch, and handled deployment pipelines till the release\. \- Worked on CI/CD pipelines using Kubernetes cluster and Jenkins pipeline, and using Docker containers as well\.

Software Engineer at HashedIn, Jul 2019 \- Jun 2020 · 1 yr, Bangaluru, \- Worked on Web and Mobile App Development using ReactJS and ReactNative\. \- Worked on PWA applications for eCommerce based companies while creating new features for them\. \- Worked for FinTech based bank company, deployed POC and converted them as a full time project

Intern at HashedIn, Feb 2019 \- Jul 2019 · 6 mos, Bangalore, \- Gone through rigorous training under famous Hashedin University\. \- Worked on Frontend Development using Angular 7 and React for US based startup projects\.

Trainee at ACM, Association for Computing Machinery, May 2018 \- Jun 2018 · 2 mos, Pune Area, India, Worked Under Specialized IIT Professors and Industrial Experts\.

Intern at Paytm, May 2016 \- Aug 2016 · 4 mos, Delhi NCR

## Education

Bachelor of Technology, Information Technology, GL bajaj institute of technology and management

## Public links

- github: https://github\.com/shailesh200

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