Hi, I’m Nirav Valera, a Senior iOS Engineer with 13+ years of experience delivering robust mobile apps in Banking, FinTech, and Healthcare. I translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions, lead cross-functional teams, and champion clean architecture and test-driven development. I enjoy collaborating across product, design, and QA to ship features that perform. I’m open to new opportunities and ready to contribute immediately.

Nirav Valera

Hi, I’m Nirav Valera, a Senior iOS Engineer with 13+ years of experience delivering robust mobile apps in Banking, FinTech, and Healthcare. I translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions, lead cross-functional teams, and champion clean architecture and test-driven development. I enjoy collaborating across product, design, and QA to ship features that perform. I’m open to new opportunities and ready to contribute immediately.

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Hi, I’m Nirav Valera, a Senior iOS Engineer with 13+ years of experience delivering robust mobile apps in Banking, FinTech, and Healthcare. I translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions, lead cross-functional teams, and champion clean architecture and test-driven development.

I enjoy collaborating across product, design, and QA to ship features that perform. I’m open to new opportunities and ready to contribute immediately.

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Experience Level

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Expert

Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Senior Staff Engineer (iOS) at Nagarro MENA LLC
August 1, 2021 - Present
Led design and development of cutting-edge iOS apps for Al Hilal Bank's digital platform; implemented Clean Swift Architecture; championed MVVM, VIPER, MVC and MVP patterns; integrated WidgetKit, WatchKit, MapKit, Core Data, Core Location, and third-party SDKs; drove performance improvements, testing, and code quality; collaborated with cross-functional teams across multiple domains to deliver value.
Senior Software Engineer (iOS) at Tambora Systems
November 1, 2017 - November 1, 2018
Developed iOS features and a video optimization framework (EMASDK) to ingest content from providers and optimize playback. Built a proof-of-concept in 3 months, mentored peers, contributed to architecture and code reviews, and integrated with the YouTube API and other SDKs to deliver performance improvements and documentation.
Tech Lead (iOS) at Persource
October 1, 2012 - November 1, 2017
Led iOS product development end-to-end, including requirements gathering, design, coding, and delivery. Implemented scalable feature architecture, oversaw version control and CI/CD, and mentored team members, coordinating across Credit Card, Onboarding, Insurance & Wealth, and Customer Engagement domains.
Trainee Consultant (Liferay) at Cignex DataMatic Pvt. Ltd.
April 1, 2012 - October 1, 2012
Analyzed requirements and developed portal-based applications in Liferay for clients; contributed to early-stage Java web projects and client onboarding.
Technical Lead - Product Development at Harman Connected Services
November 20, 2018 - July 30, 2021
- Worked at Philips Innovation Campus as a part of Healthy Sleep Solutions team, designed and built an application which lets user view and keep track of sleep data and sleep score - Built a module for capturing and sending Connectivity logs from app, resulting in 50% decrease in connectivity issues - Pioneered a new WOW wherein technical design diagrams are peer reviewed. This ensured higher code quality, modular and scalable architecture, better app performance which resulted in faster deliverables and 60% decrease in design related code review comments - Reduced regression issues by introducing at least 95% code coverage through effective unit tests
Tech Lead (iOS) at Harman Connected Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
November 1, 2018 - July 31, 2021
Tech Lead (iOS) at Harman Connected Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Bengaluru. Nov 2018 – Jul 2021. Worked at Philips Innovation Campus as part of the Healthy Sleep Solutions team; designed and built an iOS application to view and track sleep data and sleep score. Developed a module to capture and send connectivity logs from the app, reducing connectivity issues by ~50%. Pioneered new Ways of Working (WOW), produced architecture documentation, and integrated YouTube API for listing, searching, and playing videos. Led code reviews and cross-team collaboration to deliver robust features.

Education

Master of Computer Applications at AES Institute of Computer Applications, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
July 15, 2009 - March 30, 2012
Bachelor of Computer Applications at HL Institute of Computer Applications, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
July 17, 2006 - April 30, 2009
Master of Computer Applications at AES Institute of Computer Studies, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
January 11, 2030 - March 1, 2012
Bachelor of Computer Applications at HL Institute of Computer Applications, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
January 11, 2030 - April 1, 2009

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Industry Experience

Financial Services, Software & Internet, Healthcare, Media & Entertainment, Professional Services