My Journey
I started with a degree in Electronics and Communication from NSIT (now NSUT). After a couple of years working with microcontrollers and PCBs, I realized I enjoyed problem-solving more than electronics itself.
I taught myself programming, got hooked on solving problems (and yes, chasing that “Accepted” dopamine on LeetCode), which led to an internship at InterviewBit—one of India's early platforms for software interview prep.
That's where things clicked: coding wasn't the goal, building was. I spent my final year working on my first startup—Pelrio, a SaaS product for Italian restaurants to manage finances—which eventually exited. That experience taught me a humbling lesson: building is hard, but building a business is harder.
Curious about the “why” behind products, I moved into a Product Management role at Sprinklr, working in the social media space—something I've always been deeply interested in.
Two years later, I missed the craft of building and writing code (pre Claude Code era). I switched back to engineering—and haven't looked back since.
When I'm not working, you'll find me working on one of the dozen ideas/problem statements of little apps/scripts/startups/world changing ideas or whatever that piques my interest. Hit me up for brainstorming anything and everything.
I enjoy being active, these days it's limited to running & badminton. Back in Glasgow, I had hiked most of the scottish mountains in 50KM radius from Glasgow. Now it's time for the Himalayas :)
If I could help you in any way, please do reach out to me, I may have been in your shoes and know how it feels :)
Checkout my side projects - mayankchauhan.start.page
Software Engineer - Backend
Uber, India
Wanted to experience engineering at scale, now working on services with 400K requests per second :) Part of risk platform team responsible for building the platform which assesses risk for all Uber products.
Closett
Built a personal styling platform to make fashion consultations accessible to everyone. Initially launched as a B2C solution where users could book sessions with professional stylists on an hourly basis. Later evolved into a B2B2C model, partnering with event planners, makeup artists and photographers to reach customers preparing for special events. On the tech side, we hired stylists to create thousands of data points on Indian body types — what works for different heights, weights, body structures and complexions. We fine-tuned a GPT model with this data and launched it as a Shopify app with brands for AI-powered styling recommendations. Eventually shut down because we were spread too thin across multiple approaches and ran out of resources.
RevuLink
Launched a small tool for SMBs to collect, manage, analyze and showcase reviews which they receive across platforms at a central place. Launched MVP, onboarded 20 users with few in waitlist. Eventually dropped the idea since it was not a pressing problems and not something existing users would be willing to pay for.
Software Engineer - Backend
JP Morgan Chase, Scotland
Part of treasury team, involved in 0-1 journey of building an app which lets bankers understand their profitability. In a nutshell, we source data from various sources across teams, run calculations against various risk models to calculate profitability. As a side project built an anamoly detection system to detect overpriced/underpriced loans to UHNIs. Built an MVP, gained traction, presented it to my manager, their manager, their manager... all the way to CIO of JPMC. Got to experience working abroad—a goal that’s been on my checklist for a while. An experience I’d absolutely rate 10/10 and highly recommend.
Senior Product Analyst
Sprinklr, Remote
At Sprinklr, I acted as a mini PM for the publishing product. Launched smart scheduling, tiered approvals, and worked with Meta for beta Reels publishing access. My favorite project was completely revamping our Link in Bio offering - felt like running my own startup with full autonomy. Got promoted and moved to revenue-focused work: minimizing churn, new product development, and supporting big sales. Super fast-paced environment, worked on variety of projects and learned a lot. Check my LinkedIn for the full details.
Pelrio
Co-founded a restaurant expense management software focussing on Italian restaurants. Was involved in the initial brain storming and building an MVP which lets you scan your invoices for automated entry of account payables and integration with major POS (NCR) and manual entry for account receivables. Worked on it for a year, finally soly my ownership and took an exit. Pelrio was running up till 2024.
ProxyPrep
I did a lot of Leetcode and data structures in college. I was fortunate enough to combine it with my love for teaching and launched a co-hort based course for getting jobs focussed on engineering students. Responsible for signing up students and teaching DSA to 22 students in cohort. Did this during my final year, time well spent.
Software Engineer - Backend
Uber, India
Wanted to experience engineering at scale, now working on services with 400K requests per second :) Part of risk platform team responsible for building the platform which assesses risk for all Uber products.
Closett
Built a personal styling platform to make fashion consultations accessible to everyone. Initially launched as a B2C solution where users could book sessions with professional stylists on an hourly basis. Later evolved into a B2B2C model, partnering with event planners, makeup artists and photographers to reach customers preparing for special events. On the tech side, we hired stylists to create thousands of data points on Indian body types — what works for different heights, weights, body structures and complexions. We fine-tuned a GPT model with this data and launched it as a Shopify app with brands for AI-powered styling recommendations. Eventually shut down because we were spread too thin across multiple approaches and ran out of resources.
RevuLink
Launched a small tool for SMBs to collect, manage, analyze and showcase reviews which they receive across platforms at a central place. Launched MVP, onboarded 20 users with few in waitlist. Eventually dropped the idea since it was not a pressing problems and not something existing users would be willing to pay for.
Software Engineer - Backend
JP Morgan Chase, Scotland
Part of treasury team, involved in 0-1 journey of building an app which lets bankers understand their profitability. In a nutshell, we source data from various sources across teams, run calculations against various risk models to calculate profitability. As a side project built an anamoly detection system to detect overpriced/underpriced loans to UHNIs. Built an MVP, gained traction, presented it to my manager, their manager, their manager... all the way to CIO of JPMC. Got to experience working abroad—a goal that’s been on my checklist for a while. An experience I’d absolutely rate 10/10 and highly recommend.
Senior Product Analyst
Sprinklr, Remote
At Sprinklr, I acted as a mini PM for the publishing product. Launched smart scheduling, tiered approvals, and worked with Meta for beta Reels publishing access. My favorite project was completely revamping our Link in Bio offering - felt like running my own startup with full autonomy. Got promoted and moved to revenue-focused work: minimizing churn, new product development, and supporting big sales. Super fast-paced environment, worked on variety of projects and learned a lot. Check my LinkedIn for the full details.
Pelrio
Co-founded a restaurant expense management software focussing on Italian restaurants. Was involved in the initial brain storming and building an MVP which lets you scan your invoices for automated entry of account payables and integration with major POS (NCR) and manual entry for account receivables. Worked on it for a year, finally soly my ownership and took an exit. Pelrio was running up till 2024.
ProxyPrep
I did a lot of Leetcode and data structures in college. I was fortunate enough to combine it with my love for teaching and launched a co-hort based course for getting jobs focussed on engineering students. Responsible for signing up students and teaching DSA to 22 students in cohort. Did this during my final year, time well spent.