Nimish Bhonsale is a seasoned engineering leader and founder based in Bengaluru with two decades of experience building high-impact, cross-functional teams and scalable products across startups and large tech firms. Currently Sr Director of Engineering at Rippling, he has led platform and demand systems at Flipkart, co-founded and served as CPTO at Elda Health, and scaled early-stage teams at Xflow, demonstrating strength in product-to-production delivery, architecture, and go-to-market integrations. He combines hands-on technical depth—from low-latency, high-scale order systems to consumer B2C and B2B platforms—with strategic ownership of roadmaps, OKRs, security and compliance. Known for hiring and mentoring senior talent, he also drafts competency frameworks and appraisal processes to institutionalize engineering culture. A USC computer science master’s alumnus who completed CTO programs at Wharton and ISB, Nimish has a track record of marrying operational rigor with entrepreneurial product instincts.
10 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, 3.56/4.0, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, 3.56/4.0 at University of Southern California
Chief Technology Office Program, Chief Technology Office Program at Wharton Executive Education
Chief Technology Office Program, Chief Technology Office Program at Indian School of Business
Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Science, 3.76 / 4.0, Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Science, 3.76 / 4.0 at University of Mumbai
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Nimish Bhonsale - Sr Director Of Engineering at Rippling