Nilkanth Patel

CTO at Pallet

Co-founder

Herald· Winter 2019 San Francisco Bay Area

in LinkedIn 𝕏 @nilkanthjp

2025Head of Product Engineering· Pallet

Founder · since 2018

Company

Pallet

Role

Head of Product Engineering

Stage

—

no public source

Raised

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no public source

Based

San Francisco Bay Area

Founder / co-founder — the company's markEmployee / research role

Source: LinkedIn work history

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Herald

A collaborative repository for user feedback.

Winter 2019

Experience

Career

Pallet
CTO · San Francisco Bay Area · 2025 – Present
2025
Pallet
Head of Product Engineering · San Francisco Bay Area · 2025
2025
DoorDash
Software Engineer · San Francisco Bay Area · 2021 – 2025
2021
Herald - heraldhq.com
Co-founder
Co-Founder · San Francisco Bay Area · 2018 – 2021
2018
Quantcast
Manager, Frontend Engineering · San Francisco, California · 2017 – 2018
2017
Quantcast
Senior Product Designer · San Francisco Bay Area · 2016 – 2017
2016
Quantcast
Product Designer · San Francisco Bay Area · 2015 – 2016
2015
The New York Times
Freelance Graphics Editor · New York City Metropolitan Area · 2014 – 2015
2014
The New York Times
Graphics Intern · New York City Metropolitan Area · 2014
2014
The New Yorker
Editorial Production Associate · Greater New York City Area · 2011 – 2014
2011
The New Yorker
Web Intern · 2011
2011
Columbia Daily Spectator
Online Editor · 2010
2010
Columbia Daily Spectator
Multimedia Editor · 2009
2009
Columbia Video Network
Multimedia Assistant · 2007 – 2009
2007
Mayor of New York
Press Research Intern · 2009
2009

Bio

<3 all things frontend/design. Started out in journalism, reporting and interviewing. Then transitioned to software where I continued interviewing, albeit with a different end in mind.