# Pooja Nagpal

> Forward Deployed Engineer @Variance

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/poojanagpal

Don't use linkedin much, email is easier to contact!! pooj.nagpal@gmail.com

## Work Experience
### Forward Deployed Engineer @ Variance
Jan 2026 – Present

### Forward Deployed Engineer @ Formal
Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | San Francisco Bay Area
Modern day data security, used by Notion, Gusto, Ramp and more. Pre-sales, post sales integrations engineering

### Research Engineer @ Digital Currency Group
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | New York, New York, United States
Research and technical diligence lead for cross border payments / stablecoin companies. Incubated projects and wrote papers on remittance, stablecoins, and AI. 
 
Investments:
 Rise
Saptiva  (https://saptiva.com/)  secure AI orchestration for enterprises in LATAM
Stackup 
Ligero
Stackup
Synthefy - AI timeseries LLMs 
Rise -  Streamline payments to contractors and full-time employees around the globe via stablecoin, local currencies.
Barter

### Cofounder @ Studio X
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023

### Software Engineer, Product @ Papaya
Jan 2020 – Jan 2023
Papaya (50m Series B) is a Sequoia and Bessemer-backed fintech company in the billing space. Computer vision models for fast bill payment. Led the AI automation team.

Curated training data for bill-recognizing algorithms and deep network training; designed and implemented image labeling GUI

### Software Engineer @ Meta
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Menlo Park
Intern - Worked on ads infrastructure and developing tools for funnel testing

### Software Engineering Intern @ Qualcomm
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Greater San Diego Area

### Engineering Lead @ Blueprint, Technology for Non-Profits
Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | Berkeley, California, United States
Alongside a project team of 4 other Berkeley students, designed and developed web applications to automate processes for nonprofit Replate to deliver extra food from businesses to homeless shelters. Ruby on Rails, React JS, HMTL/CSS

### Project Leader @ Blueprint, Technology for Non-Profits
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Berkeley
Project leader for JARA, a nonprofit that aims to help students affected by lack of internet from the earthquake in Nepal, building the software for a hardware that can act as a low cost durable tablet for students in Nepal. Managed four developers

### Vice President of Projects @ Blueprint, Technology for Non-Profits
Jan 2016 – Jan 2018
Sourced over 100 nonprofits, selecting 5 for this year and developed projects with Project leaders for the 2019-2020 cycle, ranging from web and mobile applications.

### Founder @ For a Change, Defend
Jan 2014 – Jan 2018
Founded nonprofit organization For a Change Defend in 2014. Lead and direct efforts towards the elimination of violence against women and girls in rural villages of India and crime ridden/violent areas of Los Angeles.

Have expanded self defense to over 800+ women and girls. Teach trainers to continue movement in India and LA.

### Speaker @ United Nations
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Headquarters
Invited by the United Nations to present my work regarding gender based violence at the 2016 UN Commission on Status of Women

Speaker at panel hosted by governments of Canada, Panama and Liberia regarding youth activism and elimination of violence against women and girls. Nonprofit work and solutions in ending violence against women and girls supported and recognized by UNICEF and UN Women.

### TED Talk 2015 @ TED Conferences
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015
Gave a TEDx talk in Manhattan Beach, California regarding the power of activism and my experiences teaching girls and women globally self defense and empowerment.


## Education
### Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
UC Berkeley Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences (EECS)


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/pooja-nagpal-61ab38101

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Last updated: 2026-04-05