Summary
Apo Shettigar is a product-focused engineering leader and iOS developer with over a decade of experience designing and scaling user-centric software across mobile, web, and backend systems. He has led cross-functional teams at fast-growing startups and enterprise environments—driving 10K+ DAU marketplaces, 100K+ DAU mobility apps, and automation initiatives that saved millions and slashed manual processing time by 90%. Comfortable shipping end-to-end solutions, Apo blends hands-on iOS/OSX engineering and server-side architecture with product strategy, infrastructure upgrades, and ML-enabled automation. Known for building high-performing teams and pragmatic systems, he pairs Cornell training in engineering leadership with a background in computer science to translate complex workflows into compliant, scalable products. An attention to operational detail (from Elasticsearch and Sidekiq tuning to AWS Textract automation) sets him apart as a leader who improves both developer velocity and business outcomes.
8 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Engineering Leadership Certification, Engineering Leadership Certification at Cornell University
Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Science, Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Science at Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU)
Kannada, Hindi, English