Summary
Harsh Pandya is a software engineer based in Brisbane with nine years of experience delivering pragmatic, production-ready solutions across web, data engineering and experimentation. Currently at Canva, he has a strong ThoughtWorks pedigree where he led initiatives that improved onboarding flows, introduced contract testing into CI pipelines, and launched the organisation’s first A/B tests to drive product decisions. He blends backend engineering (PySpark, Airflow, Azure) with pragmatic DevOps and CI improvements to shorten feedback loops and cut operational overhead. Notably, he has bootstrapped local developer environments and cost-effective data processing frameworks that enabled teams to iterate faster on features and data products. Harsh holds an honours degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Queensland and brings a habit of turning exploratory analyses into actionable engineering changes.
9 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Engineering (Honours), Electrical and Computer, GPA 4.98, Bachelor of Engineering (Honours), Electrical and Computer, GPA 4.98 at The University of Queensland
High School Diploma, High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates, OP 6, High School Diploma, High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates, OP 6 at Macgregor state high school
English, Gujarati, Hindi