Nikhar A.

Founding Engineer @ Loyalist

United States

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I am a Founding Engineer at Lighten AI. I am a passionate software developer and aspiring entrepreneur. For any business-related queries, please email me at [email protected] and check out my work at nikhar.com

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Experience (18 roles)

Founding Engineer

Current

Loyalist · Full-time

Jul 2025 - Present · 1 mo·New York, New York, United States · On-site

Founding Engineer

Lighten · Full-time

Jun 2024 - Jun 2025 · 1 yr 1 mo·Palo Alto, California, United States · Hybrid

Lighten AI

Full-time · 3 yrs

4 roles · Jul 2021 - Jun 2024

Specialist - Senior Engineer II

Jun 2024 - Jun 2024 · 1 mo

Specialist - Senior Engineer I

Jun 2023 - May 2024 · 1 yr

Senior Digital Analyst

Dec 2022 - May 2023 · 6 mos

Digital Analyst

Jul 2021 - Dec 2022 · 1 yr 6 mos

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Education (3)

University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business

2019 - 2021

University of California, Berkeley

2017 - 2021

Menlo School

2013 - 2017

Activities and societies: Vice President of the Menlo Robotics Club, Founder and President of the Giants Club, Captain of the JV Soccer Team (Winter 2014-2015)

Skills (18)

PhotoshopRobotics3D PrintingComputer ScienceNode.jsTensorFlowPythonSolidWorksJavaPhotographySwiftPythonCADArduinoJavaScriptAdobe IllustratorJavaFirebase

Certifications (2)▼

Neural Networks and Deep Learning

Coursera

Convolutional Neural Networks

Coursera

Languages (3)▼

HindiSpanishEnglish

Volunteer Experience (2)▼

Mentor for First Robotics

FIRST

Sep 2014 - Jan 2016 · 1 yr 5 mos

National Charity League Class of 2017

National Charity League, Inc.

Sep 2011 - Mar 2017 · 5 yrs 7 mos

Honors & Awards (5)▼

Group Award

Issued by National Charity League · May 2014

I received the Group Award for 25 or more hours of community service.

Golden Presidential Volunteer Service Award

Issued by National Charity League · May 2015

I received an award for 100 or more hours of community service during my sophomore year of NCL

NCWIT Bay Area Affiliate Award Winner

Issued by National Center for Women & Information Technology · Jan 2016

One of thirty affiliate award winners in the bay area.

NCWIT National Competition Runner-up

Issued by National Center for Women & Information Technology · Jan 2016

I was a national runner-up for the NCWIT Aspirations in Computing Award.

Worldwide Developers Conference Scholarship Winner

Issued by Apple · Jun 2016

I received a scholarship from Apple to attend WWDC 2016.

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What is Nikhar A.'s current role?▼

Nikhar A. is currently working as Founding Engineer at Loyalist · Full-time.

Where did Nikhar A. study?▼

Nikhar A. studied Bachelor of Science - BS, Business Administration at University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business. They have 3 education entries on their profile.

What skills does Nikhar A. have?▼

Nikhar A.'s top skills include Photoshop, Robotics, 3D Printing, Computer Science, Node.js. They have 18 skills listed on their profile.

Where is Nikhar A. based?▼

Nikhar A. is based in United States.