Nikhil Kansal

Nikhil Kansal has a diverse work experience spanning multiple companies and roles.

Nikhil is currently the Co-Founder & CTO of Oyster Technologies, a position they started in August 2021. Prior to that, they worked at Stripe as a Senior Software Engineer from April 2021 to October 2021. Nikhil also held the roles of Software Engineer II from June 2020 to April 2021 and Software Engineer I from February 2020 to June 2020 at Stripe.

Before joining Stripe, Nikhil interned at Quora as a Software Engineering Intern from June 2019 to September 2019. In this role, they worked on designing and building scalable architectures for Quora's database and services. Nikhil also implemented various optimizations to improve performance and reliability.

In 2017, Nikhil co-founded Aurora API, where they focused on developing voice capabilities using AI. Nikhil served as a Co-Founder until May 2019. Additionally, they interned at Stripe as a Software Engineering Intern from June 2018 to September 2018.

Prior to their work at Stripe and Aurora API, Nikhil held leadership positions at UCLA DevX and UCLA ACM. Nikhil served as the Chief Technology Officer at UCLA DevX from April 2017 to June 2018, overseeing software projects and managing teams. At UCLA ACM, they were the Vice President, responsible for managing the largest computer science student organization in the Los Angeles area. During their tenure, they introduced curriculum changes and improved the quality of events.

In 2016, Nikhil worked as a Software Intern at the Drug Discovery Lab in UCLA's Neurology Department. Their responsibilities included software development and support for research projects.

Before their internship at the Drug Discovery Lab, they interned at Cisco as a Software Engineering Intern from June 2017 to September 2017. There, they worked on transitioning to containers and improving resource utilization for Cisco's Security Services Exchange platform.

In 2015, Nikhil had an internship at Astra IDentity, where they developed a web scraper and designed a promotional game to raise phishing awareness.

Overall, Nikhil Kansal has a strong background in software engineering, with experience in leadership, entrepreneurship, and building scalable architectures.

Nikhil Kansal completed their education at UCLA, starting in 2011 with their Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Computer Science, which they obtained in 2018. Following this, they pursued a Master of Science (MS) degree in Computer Science at UCLA in 2019. Prior to attending UCLA, Nikhil attended Leland High School from 2011 to 2015. No degree or specific field of study is listed for their high school education.