Nirzar Pangarkar
Director Of Product Design at DuckDuckGo
San Francisco, California, Spain
Summary
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Top SchoolNirzar Pangarkar is a product design leader with 11 years of experience shaping user experiences for high-visibility consumer products, currently serving as Director of Product Design at DuckDuckGo in San Francisco. He previously led design for Wikimedia/Wikipedia—contributing hands-on UI improvements to the official iOS app—and built mobile-first design strategies at Cleartrip for multiple platforms. Trained in editorial and visual communications with a Master’s from Barcelona, he blends strong visual craft with product strategy to simplify complex ecosystems like travel and open knowledge. Known for moving between senior leadership and detailed UI refinements, he brings a rare mix of design management, cross-platform delivery, and frontline implementation experience.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bsc, Computers, Bsc, Computers at Fergusson CollegeMaster of Design, Design and Visual Communications, General, A, Master of Design, Design and Visual Communications, General, A at University School of Design and Engineering of Barcelona
English, Hindi, Marathi
Github Skills (6)
objective-c10
swift10
ios10
wikipedia9
ui-design9
css8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
wikimedia/wikipedia-ios
Nov 2015 - Feb 2016
📱The official Wikipedia iOS app.
Role in this project:
iOS Mobile Developer
iOS Mobile DeveloperContributions:49 commits, 26 PRs, 24 pushes in 3 months
Contributions summary:Nirzar primarily focused on implementing UI/UX improvements and visual design updates for the Wikipedia iOS application. Their contributions included customizing tap highlight colors, enhancing the visual design of feed cards, search units, and the table of contents. They also addressed styling inconsistencies and refined the application's overall aesthetics. The user also made various code changes for styling nearby cells and removed attributed titles for pull-to-refresh.
ioswikipediaobjective-cswift
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