Aditya Ladwa

IOS Engineer

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India6 yrs 4 mos experience

Key Highlights

Led major app optimizations reducing size and load times.
Mentored junior engineers, fostering growth and collaboration.
Delivered India's first digital credit card app with robust security.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Mobile Applications Engineer with a strong focus on Android and user experience design.

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Skills

Core Skills

AndroidKotlinFrontend EngineeringUser Experience DesignMentorshipProject ManagementDevelopmentApplication Development

Other Skills

Platform ArchitectureContinuous IntegrationContinuous Delivery (CI/CD)Performance OptimizationGo (Programming Language)Team LeadershipGoUI DesignArchitectureStakeholder ManagementQuality AssuranceModel-view-viewmodel (MVVM)SecurityObjectives and Key Results (OKRs)Data Analysis

About

Experienced Lead Android Engineer passionate about building high-performance, scalable, and delightful mobile applications. I have successfully led and optimized projects across major companies like Meesho, Gojek, and ePayLater. Skilled in Kotlin, Android, Jetpack Compose, Flutter, Kotlin multi-platform and architecture, I focus on enhancing user experiences and driving efficiency. I'm a problem solver who thrives on tackling challenging issues such as system optimization, scalability, and improving performance across various platforms. Let's connect to build something great together!

Experience

6 yrs 4 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 1 mo

Average Tenure

Current Experience

Meesho

Lead Software Engineer

May 2022 – Jan 2024 · 1 yr 8 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

Optimised app start-up times by reducing ANRs
Benchmarked gzip, brotli, lz4, and zstd for a 5x reduction in network payload size.
Led initiative to decrease post-install app size from 300 MB to 130 MB by migrating to Glide, refining ProGuard rules, and optimising image encodings with WebP.
Established in-house code coverage tracking using JaCoCo, resulting in a 12% increase in code coverage.
Integrated QUIC protocol to reduce image loading time by 45%

Platform ArchitectureContinuous IntegrationContinuous Delivery (CI/CD)AndroidKotlin

Gojek tech

3 roles

Lead Software Engineer

Oct 2021 – Apr 2022 · 6 mos

Led the frontend engineering of the redesign of transport-home-screen, which was a multi-quarter project. The UI of the screen was customised based on user-persona, location.

Go (Programming Language)Team LeadershipFrontend EngineeringUser Experience Design

Senior Software Engineer

Promoted

Mar 2020 – Oct 2021 · 1 yr 7 mos

Worked on impactful projects across Gojek's Ride hailing features, collaborating with teams and mentoring engineers:
Finding Driver Screen Redesign: Negotiated feature rewrite with stakeholders, defined milestones, collaborated with motion design and cartography teams, and delivered on time.
3D Cars Animation Performance: Partnered with transport designers to profile app performance using 3D car sprite sheets.
Junior Engineer Mentorship: Guided a junior engineer to independently lead the driver screen project.
Protocol Buffer Benchmarking: Worked with the devX team to benchmark Google’s Protobuf against Square’s Wire for optimal usage in our transport app.
Saved Addresses Feature: Led development for Android and iOS, managing the project in two phases: platform and transport flow. Created tech specs, aligned the team, and mentored junior engineers throughout.
Saved Address Widget: Planned and executed across 15 milestones, contributed directly to both Android and iOS, and received strong stakeholder praise.

ArchitectureTeam LeadershipAndroidMentorship

Product Engineer - Transport

May 2019 – Mar 2020 · 10 mos

Worked on RideDevApp, which improved QA and dev productivity. Rewrote estimate screen. Involved in transport app rewrite, worked on architecture, poi-card. Mentored 2 junior engineers. Built estimate screen redesign from scratch.

AndroidProject ManagementDevelopment

Epaylater

Android Tech Lead

Jul 2017 – Apr 2019 · 1 yr 9 mos · Gurgaon, India

Delivered pixel-perfect Android apps across multiple product verticals with a focus on quality, timely delivery, and robust security.
Developed consumer-facing Android app, Payment SDK, and UPI integration for India's first digital credit card.

AndroidModel-view-viewmodel (MVVM)Application Development