Building Nestara in the open
Why the Nestara engineering team is starting to share the unglamorous, high-stakes work behind a home-loan platform.

Jun 23, 2026 · 1 min read
We've started putting some of our engineering work out in the open.
At Nestara, a lot of the product looks simple on the surface — check eligibility, understand loan options, move a customer ahead.
But getting that to work well needs a lot of product and tech decisions under the hood: credit data, lender rules, multi-channel origination, lead journeys, notifications, backfills, webhooks, data security, and ML models across classification, projections and decisioning.
A lot of it is not glamorous. But it is the kind of work that makes the journey faster, safer, more accurate and more useful for customers, partners and our internal teams.
That's what the Nestara Engineering blog is for.
Excited to see the team start sharing more of what we are building.
Kranti, CPTO nestara
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KrantiCo-founder & CPTO
Co-founder & CPTO at Nestara, with 16+ years across Wealth Management and Global Markets. Blends banking rigor with fintech speed to ship products that make decisions faster and clearer for clients. Previously led digital and analytics initiatives across investment products (FX, structured products, bonds), advisory, and risk. CFA charterholder.
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