Kathan Lunagariya

IOS Engineer

Rajkot, Gujarat, India3 yrs experience

Key Highlights

Twice winner of Apple's Swift Student Challenge
Four iOS apps published on the App Store
Expert in enhancing user engagement through innovative features

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Mobile Applications Developer with a strong focus on user experience and performance optimization.

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Skills

Core Skills

Ios Development

Other Skills

UI DesignSnapshot TestingPerformance OptimizationUser EngagementVideo Playback OptimizationIn-App PurchasesMedia ManagementUser Experience DesignPerformance TuningBackground ExecutionData SyncingMachine LearningPython (Programming Language)

About

Experienced iOS Developer recognized for winning the 'Swift Student Challenge' twice by Apple & having 4 iOS apps(Instant-Invites, Computer Networks, Fonta & IP Calculations) on the App Store. • Ideate • Craft • Develop • Elevate Curious about tech + psychology.

Experience

Blinkit

iOS Developer

Jan 2025 – Present · 1 yr 2 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India · Remote

Drove the implementation of iOS 26 Liquid Glass across the app, owning design, development, and day-one launch on public release; the app earned App Store feature including 'Gorgeous New Designs' and 'Our Favourites'.
Developed end-to-end festive features including Valentine's Day toggle, IPL Playoffs Spin-The-Wheel, enhancing user engagement and seasonal personalization.
Redesigned the stepper to align with tvOS styling interaction across the application.
Collaborated with an intern to introduce snapshot testing for bottom sheets & reusable views, enabling early detection of UI regressions prior to production.
Built a robust mechanism for auto-updating local assets dynamically based on theme changes, enhancing adaptability and reducing manual maintenance.
Additional contributions: Scroll performance enhancement, PR Reviews, taking Interviews, Bug fixes, Internal knowledge-sharing session on using async/await in unit testing, Eternal iOS ketchup speaker: ‘AI in the Dev Loop: Supercharging iOS at Blinkit’.

iOS DevelopmentUI DesignSnapshot TestingPerformance Optimization

Kwikpic

2 roles

iOS Developer

Promoted

Feb 2023 – Dec 2024 · 1 yr 10 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · Remote

Full ownership of the iOS app ✪ App Store ranked Top 15 - Photo & Video
Coordinate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features.
Revamped video loading, achieved a remarkable 45% boost in speed for smoother playback.
Combined with App Store Server notifications support; added auto-renewable subscriptions for In-App purchases.
Redesigned the entire ongoing upload media management system, enhancing scalability.
Improved scroll performance, detected memory leaks and reduced over 90% of memory consumption for High-Resolution images.
Crafted a sleek Share Extension that effortlessly empowers users to upload images to Kwikpic from any media app.
Optimized the app's disk storage and worked with Geo Tagging, EXIF data of an image.
Made the entire app compatible with iPads and built a custom dark mode.
Seamless video players switching integration between YouTube and locally uploaded videos.
Worked on unit testing to ship the build with confidence.
Bug fixes and new features implementation.

iOS DevelopmentVideo Playback OptimizationIn-App PurchasesMedia Management

iOS Developer

Jul 2022 – Oct 2022 · 3 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · Remote

Constructed automated pictures download & compiled the workflow of uploading multiple videos to the server in binary chunks, all along with background execution support.
Reduced app crash rate including detecting & eliminating race conditions.
Worked on consistent offline data syncing, image caching & prefetching.
Bug fixes & new feature implementation.

iOS DevelopmentBackground ExecutionData Syncing