Twitter expands India engineering team, hires Uber's Apurva Dalal to lead it

New Delhi: Twitter Inc. is expanding its engineering team in India and has hired Uber Technologies Inc.'s Apurva Dalal to lead it, as the microblogging platform retrains focus on one of its fastest growing markets globally.

"Apurva will become the seniormost member of Twitter’s engineering team in India based in Bengaluru and will be responsible for strengthening the company’s engineering capacity and offerings for local and global audiences," Twitter said in a statement on Tuesday. Dalal has previously worked with Google and eBay.

The Jack Dorsey-led microblogging platform, which considers India as a priority market, has engineering teams in London, Toronto, Singapore and Bengaluru outside of its headquarters in the US.

“We’re excited to bring some of the best, cutting-edge engineering jobs for a global Internet platform to India, a country that is not only a priority market for Twitter but is also a hub for world-class engineering talent," said Nick Caldwell, vice president (engineering) at Twitter. "Under Apurva’s leadership, the India engineering site will focus on building core capabilities in our technology to enable us to serve the public conversation.”

Twitter's India engineering team will continue to focus on building more daily utility for new and existing audiences, with capabilities ranging from product development, research and design as well as data science and machine learning.

“India has always been a priority market for Twitter and drives significant growth for the company. In fact, as previously shared, Twitter in India recorded a 74% year on year monthly daily active users growth in Q4 2020," Manish Maheshwari, managing director of Twitter India, said. "In order to scale our reach and build a service that is truly for Indians and by Indians, we are investing in expanding our engineering team in the country."

"With Apurva’s appointment as director of engineering, I’m confident that his expertise and vision will help us strengthen our ability to enhance a service that millions of Indians rely on daily," he said.