Dhruv Kaushal

Co-Founder

Delhi, India9 yrs 11 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Achieved 70% faster cold start for Paytm app.
Led development of Risk SDK reducing fraud by 99%.
Scaled Android codebase to support 200K MAUs.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech and SaaS expert with strong Android development skills.

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Skills

Core Skills

Android Development

Other Skills

RedisNode.jsJavaKotlinStartupsJenkinsProgrammingMobile ApplicationsVideo EditingHTMLJavaScriptMySQLAmazon RDSSQLAmazon Web Services (AWS)

About

🚀 Driving Excellence in Android Development | Performance Optimisation | SDK Engineering I am a results-driven Senior Technical Lead with over 8 years of experience specialising in mobile app development, particularly Android. Currently at Paytm, I've led significant performance optimisation initiatives, achieving a 70% faster cold start and a 30% reduction in Jank, impacting over 80 million daily users. I also spearheaded the development of a Risk SDK that secured 10+ Paytm subsidiaries and reduced frauds by 99%. Previously, as a Tech Co-Founder at Bolkar App, I scaled the Android codebase to support 200K MAUs, achieving 99% crash-free users and recognition by Google Play for excellence. My career began at Times Internet, where I built a live game engine for 500K concurrent users and optimized SDKs for 20M+ users. 💡 What Drives Me: Building robust, scalable mobile solutions Leveraging A/B testing and data analytics for continuous improvement Innovating with cutting-edge tools like n8n, CursorAI, and AllHands Empowering teams through technical training and mentorship

Experience

9 yrs 11 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 6 mos

Average Tenure

3 yrs 9 mos

Current Experience

Paytm

2 roles

Senior Technical Lead

Promoted

Jul 2024 – Present · 1 yr 10 mos · Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India · Remote

Owner of Client Security for Paytm Consumer App.
Actively contributing in UPI, TPAP charters & Payments

Technical Lead

Aug 2022 – Jul 2024 · 1 yr 11 mos · Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India · Remote

Working with the Core Central Team. Working on making the app experience faster.
Contributing actively on Integrity checks to prevent app frauds, app performance & technical hiring.

Bolkar app (formerly pascolan)

Co-Founder, Tech Lead

Jun 2019 – Jul 2022 · 3 yrs 1 mo · Noida Area, India

Bolkar is a 2X seed funded startup from Top Investors like Rajesh Sawhney, Indiamart and Infosys founders.
1. Responsible for the complete system + android app architecture and deployment of the product with 99% uptime SLAs and 99.9% crash-free users.
Handling over 1 million traffic and 200K monthly active users
Leading the Android/backend Team: Build whole code base completely from scratch and scaled to 200K monthly active users. Involved in coding, code architecture designing, Security identification and handling, Team Building(Hiring), Training, and closely working with Product, UX designer, CS & Business teams.

RedisNode.jsAndroid Development

Times internet

2 roles

Senior Software Engineer, Noida

Aug 2017 – May 2019 · 1 yr 9 mos

1. Complete responsible for integrating Live Game Engine in Android SDK which was later used by 500K live users at its peak. Received Recognition from Times CEO
2. Worked with Auth Gradle Library which was later used by all teams for authentication of Times User on products like Gaana, MX Store, ET Prime
3. Reached 99% of crash-free users for more than 20 million active users.
4. Collaborated with a team of 30+ Tech folks including VP Engineering, Architects and Security

Android DevelopmentJava

Software Engineer Internship

Oct 2016 – Aug 2017 · 10 mos

Jiit connect

Founder at JIIT Connect

Apr 2016 – Nov 2017 · 1 yr 7 mos · Noida Area, India

Jiit Connect is college utility app packed with features like Time Table, Attendance View, Detailed Attendance, Annapurna Menu, SGPA/CGPA Calculator, Placement Results, Campus Popular Stories!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jiit.noida.jiitconnect.webkiosk

Android Development

Jaypee institute of information technology

Technical Head JYC

Dec 2015 – Feb 2016 · 2 mos · Noida

Appointed as a JYC ( Jaypee Youth Club ) Technical and Digital Head
Worked on Poster, flexes, sponsor collaboration, Android App, Website and After Movie
Hosted Daily contest on Android App