Product Builder

Sailesh Pujara

I build products people actually use, run beta programs, and turn messy user feedback into shipped features. Also competes in badminton tournaments across the US and watches way too many K-dramas.

View my work ↓Read my story →

What I’ve Built

Duo dashboard showing spending summary cards and budget progress

Product Discovery·AI Features·User Research·Fintech

Duo: The Financial Harmony App

An AI-powered finance app for couples, born from real pain. My wife and I couldn't find a tool that handled 'yours, mine, and ours.'

Read case study→

MindGarden home screen showing Emotion Garden with growing plants

Hackathon·AI Agents·Gamification

MindGarden: AI Mental Wellness Companion

Led a team to build an AI wellness app in 24 hours. Finalist among 87 teams at ODSC x Google Cloud Hackathon.

Read case study→

RAG vs Fine-tuning architecture diagram with evaluation metrics

AI Strategy·Technical Evaluation·Stakeholder Presentation·Enterprise

AI Documentation Strategy: University of Nebraska

Led the evaluation of AI documentation tools for an 8-campus university system. Built a proof-of-concept, benchmarked performance, and delivered a data-backed recommendation for RAG over fine-tuning.

Read case study→

Where I’ve Worked

Feb 2023 - Present

Lincoln, NE

Software Engineer I · University of Nebraska System

Drove end-to-end development of enterprise solutions for an 8-campus university system serving 50,000+ students. Led product discovery for a digital transcript system, evaluated AI tools and recommended RAG architecture to leadership, and built the RAPID page builder serving 1,000+ non-technical users across 5 campuses.

JavaSpring BootReactTypeScriptPostgreSQLSupabaseAI EvaluationStakeholder Management

Jun - Dec 2022

Omaha, NE

Software Engineering Intern · University of Nebraska Medical Center

Collaborated with clinical leadership to deliver UX improvements and digital solutions for 3,500+ healthcare professionals. Developed healing arts platform through iterative feedback sessions with 40+ stakeholders.

PHPJavaScriptjQueryWordPressUser ResearchStakeholder Communication

View Full Resume →

Builder, badminton competitor, K-drama enthusiast, and cat dad. I moved from Punjab, India to the US at 17, and I’ve been building things people actually use ever since.

More about me →