Summary
Dhaval S is a seasoned engineering leader with 11+ years building and scaling AI-enabled SaaS products, currently serving as Director of Engineering in Bengaluru. He blends hands-on architecture and product delivery—spanning TypeScript/Node.js, React, AWS serverless, and Generative AI—with people leadership and agile coaching to create high-performing teams. Dhaval was the first tech hire at an education startup where he launched an ML-backed assessment platform available as native Android and multi-tenant SaaS, and later led development of PowerBuddy, a RAG-powered college and career planning chatbot. He founded Sriwise, an AI-driven revision app for CBSE students, and continues to iterate on student-first learning tools informed by classroom collaborations. A daily practitioner of Claude, Gemini, ChatGPT and Perplexity, he applies prompt engineering and conversational design to improve UX and scalability—an approach that helped products supporting millions of students and contributed to substantial revenue impact. Outside engineering he writes about life skills and has published three books, reflecting an interest in human-centered product outcomes beyond code.
11 years of coding experience
26 years of employment as a software developer
Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan
Bachelor of engineering mechanical, Bachelor of engineering mechanical at Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology
English, Hindi