Headline

Engineering Leader | Mobile App & SDK Specialist | Mist @ Juniper (HPE) | • Indoor Location • Cross-Functional Leadership

About

🚀 Engineering leader with 12+ years of experience building and scaling mobile and cross-platform systems for real-time, location-based, and enterprise-grade products. Since 2017, I’ve led development on Mist Systems (now part of Juniper Networks, acquired by HPE for $14B), where I helped build a suite of Android/iOS SDKs and platform APIs powering indoor location, BLE-based navigation, and AI-driven networking tools — used by global clients like Walmart, Disney, GAP, and PetSmart. Currently serving as Engineering Manager II, I lead a cross-functional team of 20 across Mobile, Backend/API, Data, QA, Wireless Engineering, and Customer Success. I continue to be hands-on in Android architecture while driving team delivery, stakeholder alignment, hiring, and long-term platform planning. I’ve worked closely with US-based Juniper and HPE teams, participated in roadmap and architectural decisions, and helped position Mist 3x in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Indoor Location Services. 🔍 I'm passionate about building high-ownership engineering cultures, scalable SDK platforms, and mobile-first enterprise products.

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

claude

cursor

github copilot

lovable

mcp

openai

Work experience

Engineering Manager II / Development Manager at Talentica Software, Apr 2025 - Present · 1 yr 6 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Client: Mist Systems (Juniper Networks, acquired by HPE) Summary: Currently leading full stack delivery for multiple verticals in the Mist ecosystem—ranging from Indoor Location SDKs to backend APIs, QA, data pipelines, and customer facing integrations. Driving execution strategy, stakeholder alignment, and cross org coordination for one of Juniper’s most strategic platforms under HPE. Key Achievements: Leading a multi disciplinary team of 20 engineers across Android, iOS, Windows, MacOS, API, Data Engineering, Backend, QA, Wireless Engineering, and Customer Success. Accountable for engineering delivery across Core SDKs, mobile apps, public/internal APIs, data flows, and validation/infrastructure tools that power Mist’s indoor and AI driven networking solutions. Continue to contribute hands on to Android architecture and SDK evolution, ensuring code quality and scalability. Act as the longest tenured engineer on the Mist Mobile project, helping preserve institutional knowledge and resolve architectural ambiguities during transitions and scaling phases. Serve as a technical bridge across Talentica and Juniper teams, helping align product architecture, timelines, and roadmap clarity especially as the platform scaled post acquisition. Played a pivotal leadership role during and after the $14B acquisition of Juniper Networks by HPE, supporting alignment across teams and evolving delivery expectations. Leading quarterly delivery reviews, team evaluations, hiring strategy, and succession planning for continued account growth.

Engineering Manager / Development Lead at Talentica Software, Oct 2021 - Apr 2025 · 3 y 6 mo, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Client: Mist Systems (Juniper Networks, acquired by HPE) Summary: Led delivery across multiple SDKs and apps for Mist’s Indoor Location Services platform during a critical scale-up phase. Owned execution, mentoring, and stakeholder collaboration during high growth and post-acquisition alignment. Key Achievements: Led design, development, and delivery of SDKs, including Core SDK, MapKit SDK, RestKit SDK, and production apps like Experience App and AI App. Played a key role in client wins like Walmart, PetSmart, GAP, and Walt Disney World by building polished demos and stable product experiences. Represented Talentica in strategic roadmap discussions and feature workshops with Mist stakeholders in Cupertino, California. Mentored junior engineers, established mobile dev best practices, and ran 8+ tech talks and meetups on architecture, modular SDK design, and Kotlin adoption. Enabled Mist to appear in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Indoor Location Services for 3 consecutive years (2022–2024). Contributed directly to the growth and maturity of Mist's offerings that became a strategic lever in the $14B Juniper HPE acquisition.

Staff Software Engineer (Senior Software Engineer II) at Talentica Software, Apr 2019 - Oct 2021 · 2 y 6 mo, Pune District, Maharashtra, India, Client: Mist Systems (Juniper Networks) Summary: Staff-level IC responsible for deep technical ownership of SDKs powering BLE-based indoor positioning systems. Designed scalable architecture and implemented high-precision SDK components that helped Mist mature post-acquisition by Juniper. Key Achievements: Core contributor to Core SDK, enabling BLE scanning, beacon tracking, and site survey calibration across Android and iOS. Delivered foundational modules for Marvis Client App, Validation App, and AI App, used for real-time connectivity insights and infrastructure diagnostics. Acted as primary technical POC for SDK integration, cross-platform design decisions, and performance tuning. Played a key technical role during Mist’s transition into Juniper post its $405M acquisition in 2019, ensuring product continuity and codebase stabilization. Supported pre-sales use cases and tech deep dives that positioned Mist for larger enterprise deals.

Senior Software Engineer at Talentica Software, Apr 2017 - Apr 2019 · 2 y, Pune

Software Engineer 2 at Talentica Software, Dec 2015 - Apr 2017 · 1 y 4 mo, Software engineer

Software Engineer at Talentica Software, Jun 2015 - Dec 2015 · 6 mo, Pune

Software Engineer at eGain Corporation, Jun 2013 - Jun 2015 · 2 y, Noida, Customize the base product of eGain Communication (which include chat,email,cobrowse,knowledge base etc) as per the clients requirements and also add extra functionality (other than base product functionality) as per their requirements.

Education

B-Tech, COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology

XIIth Class, Science, kendriya vidyalaya