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title: "Umar Balak - Programmer Analyst Trainee in Hyderabad | Tal"
description: "Meet Umar Balak, Software Engineer · Data Pipelines & AI Agents · GCP · Vertex AI based in Hyderabad. AI stack includes antigravity, claude code, and claude. Explore public work links including github and umarbalak.me."
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# Umar Balak on Tal

## Headline

Software Engineer · Data Pipelines & AI Agents · GCP · Vertex AI

## About

I build data automation systems on GCP as part of a specialised automation and AI team — designing pipelines, owning BigQuery infrastructure, and shipping things that actually run in production\. My work sits at the intersection of data engineering and AI, and that's exactly where I want to be\. What excites me is not just building pipelines or using AI models in isolation, but connecting them — systems where an agent understands your data, reasons over it, and delivers answers directly into tools like Microsoft Teams or Outlook\. No dashboards\. No manual queries\. Just intelligence embedded where people already work\. I hold a BTech in CSE with an AI/ML specialisation, and I bring that foundation into everything I build — from designing pipeline architecture to implementing LangGraph agents with real tool use and human\-in\-the\-loop flows\. Always open to connect with people working on data systems, AI engineering, or anything interesting at that intersection\.

## Location

Hyderabad

## AI stack

antigravity

claude code

claude

codex

gemini

github copilot

## Work experience

Programmer Analyst Trainee at Cognizant, Nov 2025 \- Present · 1 yr 1 mo, Hyderabad, Telangana, India

## Education

Bachelor of Engineering \- BE, Computer Science and Engineering \(AIML\), Saraswati Education Societys Saraswati College of Engineering Kharghar Navi Mumbai

HSC, Anjuman\-I\-Islams High School And Jr\. College Of Science And Arts Murud Janjira

## Public links

- github: https://github\.com/UmarBalak
- umarbalak\.me: https://umarbalak\.me/

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