MUMBAI: Swiggy the food ordering and delivery company based out of Bangalore India, has recently announced Dale Vaz as the head of engineering and data science. In his new role Vaz will be responsible for driving the company's technology strategy and building Swiggy’s next generation AI-driven platform for hyperlocal discovery and on-demand delivery. Vaz will report directly to Swiggy CEO Sriharsha Majety.

Dale will work closely with Swiggy CTO Rahul Jaimini and Swiggy’s fast-growing technology team.

Commenting on his appointment Majety said, “Dale is a technology leader with proven abilities to innovate and develop new products.”

"As Swiggy continues to leverage technology to make the lives of consumers more convenient, Dale’s expertise will help us move faster and more effectively towards that vision,” he added.

Vaz said, “I am thrilled to be joining Swiggy at such an exciting juncture, Swiggy is India’s largest and fastest growing platform for hyperlocal discovery and on- demand delivery. I look forward to working with the Swiggy tech team as we build innovative products for our customers and drive both the industry and Swiggy forward.”

Dale joins Swiggy after 11 years at Amazon.com. In his most recent role as the director of software engineering at Amazon India he led functions across verticals such as consumer tech, mobile engineering, payments engineering, new initiatives and data engineering. At Swiggy, he will extend this expertise to deliver a delightful consumer experience across the numerous new initiatives the company is currently working on.

Dale holds a BE in Computer Science from MIT, Manipal and an MBA from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

This is another step in strengthening its senior leadership for Swiggy which recently hired P&G veteran Vivek Sunder as its chief operating officer.