AYANTIKA DEY

Ayantika Dey is an engineer and co-founder at Merlin, a construction technology startup focused on addressing widespread industry inefficiencies. She holds a Bachelor of Technology degree in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), providing her with a strong foundational background in complex systems architecture. Prior to her current venture, Dey served as an early software engineer at Rippling, a highly valued enterprise human resources and information technology platform. During her tenure in the enterprise software sector, she helped build core infrastructure systems before pivoting to focus on business-to-business software-as-a-service solutions for the construction space. At Merlin, she develops software designed to streamline operational workflows and project management processes for construction firms. Her professional background combines early-stage technical software engineering experience at a decacorn with a current focus on modernizing legacy construction operations.