more of me

Engineer, traveller, and full-time optimist.

Hi, I'm Chayanika. I'm a software engineer who has spent the last few years building for some of India's fastest-moving startups. I care about clean systems, fast teams, and shipping things people actually use.

These days I'm in London for an MBA at Imperial, swapping pull requests for case studies (for now). When I'm not studying, you'll find me planning my next trip, painting, or writing about all of it.

📍 London

Where I've worked

2026 → now

MBA Candidate · Imperial Business School

Studying business and strategy in London, bridging engineering with the bigger picture.

Software Engineer · Zepto

Built for ten-minute commerce at scale, where reliability and speed are everything.

Software Engineer · Myntra

Shipped features for one of India's largest fashion e-commerce platforms.

Software Engineer · Blinkit

Worked on the systems behind instant grocery delivery.

off the clock

A few things that make me, me

I travel a lot

18 countries and counting. I plan trips the way I plan sprints: ambitiously.

I paint & doodle

Watercolours, ink, the occasional lipstick swatch. It's how I unplug from screens.

I write

On Medium and here, about tech, travel and the things I'm figuring out.

I stay optimistic

Software dev, traveller, blogger, optimist. The last one ties it all together.