bengaluru, india
hi, i'm nihal.
senior software engineer & tech lead with 4+ years building things that scale. right now i'm a tech lead at apiwiz, leading an API orchestration platform that ships to 200+ customers across APAC and the Middle East and we made it into the gartner magic quadrant 2025.
about
i'm the kind of engineer who obsesses over numbers. 8x render-blocking reduction, 3.5x DB throughput these things keep me up at night (in a good way).
when i'm not shipping code, you'll probably catch me playing badminton 🏸 or at chessboard ♟️ . the strategy, the patterns, the endgames it's not too different from system design, honestly.
i'm also exploring the Rust to build low-level systems for De-Fi platforms and intersection of AI with engineering for web2 products
projects
a real-time PvP chess platform where you can play anyone, anywhere. built on a rust-based WebSocket service for low-latency gameplay. the interesting bit? post-game analysis powered by an LLM with a RAG pipeline, it compares your moves against stored embeddings and tells you exactly where things went wrong. WebAssembly handles the performance-critical client-side bits.
Claude-Guardian
a lightweight background daemon written in rust that sits quietly, intercepting claude code hooks before requests reach anthropic's servers, detecting and masking API keys, bearer tokens, AWS credentials, and IP addresses. TypeScript powers the real-time monitoring dashboard; SQLite logs every intercepted event.
writing
medium article
workflow engineering
Workflow Builder | Reactflow | Redux
A walkthrough of how we built and scaled an API orchestration tool from the ground up and the challenges we faced.
read on medium ↗let's talk
got something interesting? i'd love to hear it.
whether it's a project, an opportunity, or just a good chess puzzle; shoot me a message.
nihaljesiya@gmail.com ↗