About

Darshan Pania is an accomplished Engineering Manager with over 10 years of experience in leading teams to deliver cutting-edge technology solutions for mobile products. As the Associate Director of SDK Engineering at CleverTap, he leads a team of 13 members in the development of 10 Mobile SDKs, 2 Web SDKs, and 3 data integration partner SDKs. Darshan has extensive knowledge in Android/iOS library development, SDK architecture, agile methodologies, and mobile-based applications, making him well-equipped to navigate complex challenges and optimize product development processes. Under his leadership, the SDK team has made significant contributions to CleverTap's Android, Flutter, iOS, React Native, Cordova, KaiOS, and Unity SDKs, and has delivered numerous innovative and high-quality solutions for their customers. He played a key role in architecting the refactoring of CleverTap's Android SDK in 2021, with a focus on implementing unit testing and improving overall quality. Additionally, he implemented code analysis, unit testing, and CI/CD pipelines using Detekt, Mockito, JUnit & GH Actions, and designed UI automation testing processes using BrowserStack and internal testing apps. As a strong collaborator, Darshan works closely with Back-end, Product, Support, and Customer Success teams to ensure smooth releases of all the CleverTap SDKs. He also mentors and coaches his team members to improve their coding skills and encourages them to write technical blogs and apply for Android/iOS conferences and talks. Darshan also played a key role in building the CleverTap RenderMax SDK, which has a patent pending. This SDK is designed to increase the deliverability of push notifications, providing their users with even better engagement opportunities. His leadership and guidance are essential in bringing the best features of both platforms to their users as a part of the Leanplum acquisition. Darshan's past experiences include Android Team Lead and Lead Android Engineer at CleverTap. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) in Information Technology from tsec, and has completed his schooling from rajhans vidyalaya and The Indian High School, Dubai. With his strong technical expertise, leadership skills, and passion for innovation, Darshan is an asset to any team he works with.