Pratik Nikam is a Staff Software Engineer based in Jersey City with 11+ years building consumer-focused commerce and retail platforms, currently shaping scalable systems at Walmart Global Tech. He has deep experience shipping conversational commerce and concierge shopping features from his time on Jetblack and Store No. 8, and now drives large-scale engineering work inside Walmart’s technology organization. Pratik pairs full-stack engineering with solution architecture instincts—optimizing performance, rebuilding critical search and improving site responsiveness early in his career delivered measurable gains. He also specializes in merchant-facing Shopify applications that streamline operations, reflecting a focus on practical UX and merchant efficiency beyond backend services. Known for translating product vision into production-ready systems, he blends hands-on coding, mentoring and cross-functional collaboration. His background spans startups, agency work and enterprise engineering, giving him an uncommon mix of rapid-product delivery and production reliability.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science Master of Science, Computer Science Master of Science at Binghamton University
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) Computer Engineering at Savitribai Phule Pune University
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Pratik Nikam - Staff Software Engineer at Walmart Global Tech