Nishant Tanwar

Product Engineer

Delhi, India11 yrs 9 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Led development of applications with over 20M downloads.
Scaled delivery systems to handle over 1 million packages daily.
Architected mobile applications for 10M+ users.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Backend-heavy Software Engineer with expertise in Fintech and Logistics.

Contact

nishantt21@gmail.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Mobile Application DevelopmentSoftware DevelopmentDistributed Systems

Other Skills

A/B testingAPI-driven solutionsAgile methodologiesAmazon DynamoDBAmazon Web Services (AWS)AndroidAndroid DevelopmentAndroid JetpackArchitecture designCC++CassandraChat frameworksClean ArchitectureContinuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)

About

Senior Software Engineer with 11+ years of experience building scalable, high-performance backend systems. Skilled in Java, Kotlin, Node.js, Spring Boot, Kubernetes, and cloud platforms (AWS, GCP). I specialize in designing distributed systems, microservices architectures, and API-driven solutions, with a strong focus on system reliability, security, and scalability. I have extensive hands-on experience with event-driven architectures, messaging queues like Kafka, identity and access management, API gateways, and role-based authorization. I’m passionate about observability, continuous improvement, and fostering engineering excellence. Comfortable leading cross-functional teams, I drive best practices and deliver robust, fault-tolerant systems that power real-world applications.

Experience

11 yrs 9 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 7 mos

Average Tenure

1 yr 2 mos

Current Experience

Hunch

Principal Engineer

Apr 2025 – Present · 1 yr 2 mos · New Delhi, Delhi, India · On-site

Tala

Senior Software Engineer

Jun 2022 – Apr 2024 · 1 yr 10 mos · New Delhi, Delhi, India

Developed and launched the Tala application, scaling it to 20M+ downloads, while implementing sleek and modern UI/UX principles to enhance user experience.
Led the implementation of dynamic features, increasing user interaction rates by 20% through data-driven A/B testing and iterative optimizations.
Managed a project delivering four different apps for various markets, actively contributing to improvements and bringing new ideas to the project.
Worked closely with teams to deliver new features to our applications, following agile methods.
Implemented a cross-platform, multi-country deployment module, enabling seamless application rollouts across Philippines, India, Mexico, and Kenya.

JavaKotlinNode.jsSpring BootAPI-driven solutionsAgile methodologies+2

Milezero, a capstone company

Senior Software Engineer

Jan 2016 – Jun 2022 · 6 yrs 5 mos · New Delhi, Delhi, India

Joined MileZero at a very early stage, worked with the Sortation team, and built the Last Mile Android application.
Scaled the Last Mile delivery system from ground zero to over 1 million packages per day by optimizing routing algorithms and streamlining delivery workflows.
Designed and built the infrastructure for the Sortation system, enabling efficient package processing at scale.
Enhanced operational efficiency, reducing delivery times by 20% and improving tracking accuracy by 75% through real-time telemetry systems.

AndroidRouting algorithmsReal-time telemetry systemsSoftware DevelopmentDistributed Systems

Urban company

Senior Software Engineer

Mar 2015 – Jan 2016 · 10 mos · New Delhi Area, India

Early engineering hire by the CTO, contributing to the core provider team to build and scale the provider application.
Led the complete design and architecture of the Urban Company app, scaling it from 0 to 10M+ users, and leveraging user feedback for continuous improvements.
Built and integrated a chat framework enabling seamless communication between customers and providers, enhancing engagement and service efficiency.
Boosted app performance by 30% by restructuring business logic, offloading intensive tasks to background threads, and optimizing data caching in the local database for faster load times.

Architecture designChat frameworksPerformance optimizationSoftware DevelopmentMobile Application Development

Nearify

Software Engineer

Aug 2013 – Feb 2015 · 1 yr 6 mos · Gurgaon, India

First engineer hired at Nearify, responsible for conceptualizing and developing the Nearify application from the ground up.
Scaled Nearify from 0 to 500,000 users within one year, driving rapid growth and user adoption through innovative features and performance optimizations.
Architected the app to support city-based modularization, effectively partitioning the application into smaller, location-specific modules for enhanced scalability, reduced APK size, and better localization.

ModularizationUser adoption strategiesSoftware DevelopmentMobile Application Development