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title: "Swapnil Birajdar - Associate Software Engineer in Pune District | Tal"
description: "Meet Swapnil Birajdar, Product Manager (Transitioning) | Software Engineer @ Tech Mahindra | PM Fellow @ NextLeap based in Pune District. AI stack includes cursor, langchain, and notion."
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# Swapnil Birajdar on Tal

## Headline

Product Manager \(Transitioning\) \| Software Engineer @ Tech Mahindra \| PM Fellow @ NextLeap

## About

I'm a Software Engineer transitioning into Product Management, currently building PM skills through the NextLeap PM Fellowship\. Here's what I bring that most aspiring PMs don't: ⚙️ Technical Depth — I can read a pull request, scope an API, and sit in an architecture review without nodding blankly\. Engineers trust me because I've been one\. 🔍 User Obsession — I've started conducting structured user interviews, building journey maps, and translating qualitative pain into product requirements\. 📊 Data Mindset — I think in funnels, not features\. I ask "what does the data say?" before "what should we build?" 🚀 Shipping Instinct — I've lived the sprint ceremonies, the deployment anxiety, the rollback conversations\. I know what "done" actually means\. What I'm working on right now: → Building PM case studies across B2B SaaS and consumer products → Writing about PM frameworks every week on LinkedIn \(\#LearningInPublic\) → Interviewing users and synthesizing insights into product specs What I'm looking for: An APM / Junior PM role at a product\-first company where I can combine engineering credibility with product thinking to build things people love\. 📩 If you're hiring PMs, building interesting products, or want to talk shop — let's connect\. Reach me at swapnilwork\.dev@gmail\.com\.

## Location

Pune District

## AI stack

cursor

langchain

notion

openai

## Work experience

Associate Software Engineer at Tech Mahindra, Dec 2024 \- Present · 1 yr 7 mos, Pune District

Product Management Fellow at NextLeap, Feb 2026 \- May 2026 · 4 mos, Remote, • Conducting end\-to\-end product case studies: problem framing → user research → prioritization \(RICE\) → PRD writing → go\-to\-market thinking\. • Executed 6\+ end\-to\-end product case studies with 60\+ user interviews; applied product discovery \(JTBD, personas\), prioritization \(RICE, OKRs\), and growth analysis \(funnels, retention, A/B testing\)\. • Developed core PM skills in bottom\-up estimation, KPI tree construction, UX auditing, and competitive benchmarking — translating raw user and market data into defensible, business\-impact\-driven product decisions\.

Full Stack Developer at Gradious, Mar 2024 \- Nov 2024 · 9 mos, Hyderabad, • Built and shipped 3 end\-to\-end product features \(authentication, notifications, dashboard filters\) within 6 sprints — all released with 0 critical bugs at beta\. • Translated product requirements into detailed technical tasks and API workflows, enabling faster development cycles and reducing ambiguity during implementation\. • Partnered with designers and backend engineers to refine requirements and improve usability before development — reducing post\-release issues by \~30% and minimizing rework across sprints\.

## Education

Product Management, Nextleap

Bachelor of Technology \- BTech, Computer Science, Walchand Institute of Technology, Solapur

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