Gaurav Aggarwal

Director of Engineering

Delhi, India10 yrs 5 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Led a mobile team of 18+ engineers.
Developed in-house libraries for performance optimization.
Revamped payment systems, improving success rates.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a B2C mobile technology leader with expertise in Android development and team management.

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Skills

Core Skills

Android DevelopmentAgile MethodologiesSoftware Development

Other Skills

Feature DeliveryApp PerformanceCI/CDNetworkingSecurityJavaCore Mobile PlatformSDK DevelopmentAutomationReact NativeAnalyticsPayments ModuleAndroid Architecture ComponentsCode PushAd Technology

About

Working as Senior Engineering Manager at Blinkit, leading teams that build and scale consumer-facing technology for millions of users. With over a decade of experience, I’ve been part of Blinkit’s journey since the start — helping grow it into one of India’s leading quick commerce platforms. I’m passionate about building high-performing teams, solving complex consumer problems at scale, and shaping strong engineering culture.

Experience

10 yrs 5 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 5 mos

Average Tenure

7 yrs 10 mos

Current Experience

Blinkit

5 roles

Senior Engineering Manager

Promoted

Jul 2024 – Present · 1 yr 10 mos

Engineering Manager

Jan 2023 – Aug 2024 · 1 yr 7 mos

Leading Blinkit Mobile Team (18+ engineers) with complete ownership of
Feature Delivery, App Performance, CI/CD, Networking and Security
Got developed our in-house library DroidDex, which analyses Android devices across various parameters like CPU, Memory, Network, Storage, and Battery to optimize device performance
(https://github.com/grofers/droid-dex)

Feature DeliveryApp PerformanceCI/CDNetworkingSecurityAndroid Development+1

SDE 3

Promoted

Aug 2020 – Feb 2023 · 2 yrs 6 mos

Platform Team Lead
Taking end to end ownership of the core mobile platform
Developed Blinkit Grocery SDK for Zomato Integration
Worked on automating from views, analytics, click actions, navigation to the branch management and app releases

Core Mobile PlatformSDK DevelopmentAutomationAndroid DevelopmentSoftware Development

SDE 2

Promoted

Apr 2019 – Jul 2020 · 1 yr 3 mos

Team: Platform Frontend
Scaled react-native framework to other platforms as well like web, mWeb, and iOS in order to save individual dev effort and for dynamic updates
Automated impression events from frontend by creating an Analytics layer on the backend
Automated the process of building App Bundle and React Native bundle, creating Github Release Tag, uploading the react bundle source maps and then publishing App bundle on Google Playstore through Jenkins
Revamped the whole payments module on Android which improved the overall payments success rate by ~8%
Designed and developed Edit Cart Feature after checkout on both Frontend and Backend
Involved in architecture and design discussions during multiple feature development
Worked on multiple services in backend for feature development

React NativeAnalyticsAutomationPayments ModuleSoftware DevelopmentAndroid Development

Software Engineer

May 2018 – Mar 2019 · 10 mos

Worked in a team of 2 for setting up the react-native framework, releasing react bundle through Code Push and porting Home Page into react
Implemented widgetized framework for Home Page and integrated it with Layout Dashboard
Introduced Android Architecture Components to Android's codebase and used Live Data with RxJava2 and Room
Ported Background Services to schedulers using Work Managers

React NativeAndroid Architecture ComponentsCode PushAndroid Development

Wynk limited

Android Developer

Aug 2016 – Apr 2018 · 1 yr 8 mos · Gurgaon, Haryana, India

Wynk Music App(50 million+ downloads)
1. Worked on Ad Technology
Developed an Inhouse Ad architecture for newly introduced Ads (Native card, Audio Prerolls and Banner Ad) on Wynk Music android app(50 million+ downloads).
Worked with Google team for integration of Mediation Networks for Native and Banner Ads using DFP(DoubleClick for Publishers) and was successful in getting their policy approvals on time.
2. Developed Wynk Sdk for Samsung's My Galaxy App
Converted wynk app into a sdk and developed additional features specific to My Galaxy. Worked with Samsung team to integrate the same and resolve all the issues.
3. Developed several cool features and also worked on multiple tech debts for improving App performance, reducing its size and refactored existing codebase to MVP pattern.
4. Continuously fixed production bugs to achieve crash free users > 99.5% and crash free session > 99.6% on Fabric.

Ad TechnologySDK DevelopmentPerformance OptimizationAndroid Development

Copper mobile

2 roles

Software Developer (Android)

Jan 2016 – Jul 2016 · 6 mos

Was part of the Android innovation team, involved in rapid prototyping and implementing new material designs
Gained practical experience and skill in debugging and code optimization

Rapid PrototypingDebuggingCode OptimizationAndroid Development

Associate Software Developer (Android)

Jul 2015 – Dec 2015 · 5 mos

Nokia networks

Summer Internship

Jun 2014 – Jul 2014 · 1 mo · Gurgaon, India

Worked with the SISO department (Site Solutions) on “GSM Fundamentals and Mobile Computing” and did research work on telecommunication equipment and system. Visited Reliance Jio Infocom as a part of external field visit