Lokesh Devnani

I build data systems and the products that sit on them. I was a founding engineer at Clarisights and on Percept Insight at Udaan. At Udaan I also led the SQL infrastructure team. These days I build and run a few products of my own. More about me

I’m drawn to the inner workings of systems and the outer reaches of human expression: yoga, dance and music. That side lives on the Movement page.

I build data systems and the products that sit on them. I like going beneath the surface, questioning abstractions, and turning complex ideas into useful, dependable tools. At Udaan I architected Percept Insight, a product-analytics SaaS, and made its analytics 50–80% faster on 30% less hardware. I also led the SQL infrastructure team through an org-wide cost initiative that cut recurring database spend by 75%. More about me

Before that I spent nearly three years on the founding team at Clarisights, a marketing-analytics SaaS, and in college I co-founded Wheelie Repairs, a doorstep two-wheeler servicing startup in Jaipur. From 2024 to 2026 I built my own products: MastiDB, a database engine I wrote to learn how analytical databases work, and apps for dancers.

I’m drawn to the inner workings of systems and the outer reaches of human expression: yoga, dance and music. That side lives on the Movement page.