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title: "Tejas Nafde - Software Development Engineer - 1 in Bengaluru | Tal"
description: "Meet Tejas Nafde, Software Engineer @ GeoIQ - Lenskart | Backend, AI & Data Infrastructure | BITS Pilani based in Bengaluru. AI stack includes claude code, codex, and cursor. Explore public work links including github and tn07.dev."
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# Tejas Nafde on Tal

## Headline

Software Engineer @ GeoIQ \- Lenskart \| Backend, AI & Data Infrastructure \| BITS Pilani

## About

Software Development Engineer with experience building and owning backend systems for a geospatial analytics SaaS platform serving retail, business development, and real estate workflows\. My work focuses on designing scalable, reliable backend services using Python, Flask, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, Docker, and cloud\-native infrastructure, with experience across event\-driven systems, webhooks, and data\-intensive workflows\. I enjoy owning systems end\-to\-end, from design and implementation to deployment and iteration :\)\)

## Location

Bengaluru

## AI stack

claude code

codex

cursor

gemini

mcp

Vercel AI SDK

## Work experience

Software Development Engineer \- 1 at GeoIQ, Jun 2025 \- Present · 1 yr 4 mos, Core backend engineer on GeoIQ's geospatial\-analytics and AI products, spanning retail, business\-development, and real\-estate workflows for Lenskart\. • Built the backend for an AI WhatsApp analytics assistant used across Lenskart's field\-ops hierarchy \(store → area → zone → HQ\): an LLM agent on Vercel's Eve framework with Vertex AI \(Gemini\), native BigQuery query generation, dry\-run cost guardrails, and role\-scoped data access\. • Built BigQuery \+ dbt \+ Airflow data pipelines covering \~2,600 stores: a dev→prod promotion gate with per\-model test gating, a stateful preflight validation system, KubernetesPodOperator orchestration on GKE, and a BigQuery→Postgres bulk\-sync pipeline\. • Sole author of an internal admin platform \(Fastify \+ React monorepo\): Google OAuth, role\-aware management across a 7\-tier hierarchy, analytics dashboards, and an automated weekly LLM insights pipeline \(Gemini \+ Puppeteer PDF\) that synthesizes WhatsApp conversations into operator reports\. • Built a standalone payments/invoicing service \(Razorpay, idempotent signature\-verified webhooks, OAuth\-based integrations, Zoho Books\) and a section\-level MongoDB caching layer that cut report\-API latency \~80%\. • Built ReviewIQ, an LLM\-powered automated PR\-review bot for Bitbucket on Gemini: two\-tier review \(inline Ruff \+ Gemini, plus whole\-PR architectural review\), comment dedup, and a feedback loop\. • Owned an end\-to\-end presentation\-generation pipeline turning on\-ground property surveys and geospatial data into client decks\. • Built the field\-survey mobile stack \(BD app\): a user location\-tracking system, an Ops survey/approval workflow, and resumable camera\-upload sessions\. • Integrated telephony into the chat platform with webhook\-driven call\-state tracking, shared broker notes, and automated call summaries\.

Software Development Engineer Intern at GeoIQ, Jan 2025 \- Jun 2025 · 6 mos, • Architected a shared, real\-time event\-driven messaging platform enabling persistent conversations across three production applications using WebSockets and Pub/Sub\. • Implemented a FastAPI WebSocket gateway with room\-based messaging and centralized connection lifecycle management\. • Built Slack\-based admin and infrastructure tooling with approval workflows, enabling safe account management and GCP Compute Engine operations without console access\. • Designed a generic, feature\-flagged multi\-channel notification system \(push, WhatsApp, email\) with delivery\-state tracking and auditability\.

## Education

Bachelor of Engineering \- BE, Electronics and Instrumentation, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani \- Goa Campus

ICSE 10th Grade, Smt Sulochanadevi Singhania School

## Public links

- github: https://github\.com/tejasnafde
- tn07\.dev: https://tn07\.dev/

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