Senior Principal Engineer (Platform) at Serko, Auckland, New Zealand. AWS Community Builder (Serverless cohort) since 2021. 16+ years of experience building AI-native Internal Developer Platforms, Agentic Software Factories, and cloud-native platforms on AWS.
Pioneer in AI-led Platform Engineering and Agent Experience (AX). International conference speaker at AWS re:Invent (DEV340), AWS Summit Sydney (DEV312, LS129), PlatformCon (5 talks 2025-2026), NZ Tech Rally, and AWS Community Days.
Creator of open-source tools for self-healing IDPs, observable AI agents on AWS Lambda, and agent-ready API design.
Quoted in the Aikido Security "State of AI Security & Development 2026" report alongside CISOs from the UK Cabinet Office, Rothesay, and Latio Tech. Source: aikido.dev/state-of-ai-security-development-2026
Featured in the Aikido Security x Serko customer story on building a secure Internal Developer Platform with security-by-design, 300 engineers, 100% security by default. Source: aikido.dev/customer-story/serko
Featured in the InfluxData x Serko customer story on data-driven observability with InfluxDB and Grafana, 40+ dashboards, millions of records per day. Source: influxdata.com/customer/serko
Podcast: EP #7 TACOS ft. Darshit Pandya, AWS Community Builder. Nomadic Mehul | Tech in Germany. Watch on YouTube
Podcast: "Before AI Changes Everything... Listen to This". Unfiltered with Sandy & Ruzbeh, Humm FM / rova NZ. Listen on Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Rova
Speaking at Agentic Engineering Day NZ (October 22, 2026): "Intent Is Not Policy: The Two-Layer Contract for Production Agents". Session details
Open source: github.com/Darshitpandya | Technical blog: blog.platformpioneer.io | LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/darshitpandya