Darshil Babel is a pragmatic engineering leader and entrepreneur with eight years of experience building data-driven, production-ready systems and AI-enabled products. As Co-Founder and CTO of GritWorks and former senior engineering leader at LEAD School and Turtlemint, he has led cross-functional teams of 25+ and shipped recommendation engines, matchmaking algorithms, and scalable services that handled 100K+ monthly users. He combines hands-on expertise in Python/Django, Neo4j, Elasticsearch and ML stacks with strong analytical and mathematical instincts—his matchmaking algorithm once achieved 87% accuracy against an industry benchmark of 85%. Comfortable moving projects from research to reliable production, he’s equally at home architecting data pipelines and streamlining org-wide engineering processes. Based in Bengaluru and an IIT Indore alumnus, he brings a rare mix of startup grit, technical depth, and a track record of turning complex requirements into practical solutions.
8 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Technology (BTech), Computer Science, 9.1/10, Bachelor of Technology (BTech), Computer Science, 9.1/10 at Indian Institute of Technology, Indore
12, Science, 90.4, 12, Science, 90.4 at Vidya Mandir School Kota
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