Shibu Panda is a Senior Software Architect with 8 years of experience designing and delivering high-performance backend systems using Node.js and Java, specializing in real-time and streaming architectures. He combines deep expertise in ExpressJS and Spring Boot with hands-on database work across PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB and InfluxDB to build scalable, data-driven services. At pCloudy he led teams of 15+, improving performance and reliability while mentoring engineers to translate high-level designs into extensible low-level implementations. A seasoned automation engineer, he contributes to the Appium open-source ecosystem—adding longTap support to the appium-flutter-driver—and brings strong test automation skills with Appium and Selenium. He is comfortable operating across cloud and DevOps stacks (AWS, Jenkins, GitHub Actions) and has practical experience with streaming tech like Amazon MSK and EKS. Based in Bengaluru with an MCA, he’s known for performance-driven problem solving and a pragmatic focus on automation to accelerate delivery.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
MCA, 8.5, MCA, 8.5 at Krupajal Engineering College (KEC), Bhubaneswar
Appium Flutter Driver is a test automation tool for Flutter apps on multiple platforms/OSes. Appium Flutter Driver is part of the Appium mobile test automation tool maintained by community
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Contributions:24 reviews, 67 commits, 39 PRs in 2 years
Contributions summary:Shibu primarily focused on implementing the `longTap` functionality within the Appium Flutter Driver. This involved adding the `longTap` command in multiple files to handle long press gestures and integrating it into the example Node.js test application, and Java. They also made adjustments to the gesture handling logic. Additionally, they addressed CI errors and added the clear method to the project.
Appium Flutter Driver is a test automation tool for Flutter apps on multiple platforms/OSes. Appium Flutter Driver is part of the Appium mobile test automation tool.
Contributions:5 commits, 18 PRs, 20 pushes in 6 months
test-automationflutter-appsappiumtestingplatforms
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