Pankaj kumar

Engineering Manager

Delhi, India11 yrs 9 mos experience

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Key Highlights

Over a decade of experience in mobile app development.
Expert in modern architectures and AI-powered tools.
Proven leadership in managing large engineering teams.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Mobile Applications Expert in Media & Entertainment with strong leadership capabilities.

Contact

pankaj.kumar@intoday.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Mobile ApplicationsLeadershipTechnical LeadershipAndroid Development

Other Skills

AndroidJetpack ComposeHiltModularizationAI-powered toolsAd tech integrationsTechnical Staff ManagementIT LeadershipJavaKotlinAndroid frameworkExoPlayerAPI integrationData AnalysisTech leader

About

Engineering Manager with over a decade of experience in leading mobile app and connected TV application development, currently driving app strategy for India Today Group, including Aaj Tak, India Today, Business Today, and Lallantop. Proficient in modern architectures such as Jetpack Compose, Hilt, and Modularization, with hands-on expertise in: - Android - iOS - Flutter Native/web-based CTV platforms: Android TV Tizen WebOS Fire TV Roku Vega Spearheading AI-powered tools—text-to-speech, summarization, and GPT-based editorial solutions—while implementing advanced ad tech integrations like SCTE, DAI, and dynamic ads. Passionate about building scalable OTT apps with seamless UI/UX for big screens, enabling millions of users to engage with cutting-edge streaming technology.

Experience

11 yrs 9 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 11 mos

Average Tenure

6 yrs 8 mos

Current Experience

India today

2 roles

Engineering Manager - Mobile & CTV Apps

Promoted

Jun 2023 – Present · 3 yrs · Noida

Leading mobile and connected TV app strategy across India Today, Aaj Tak, Business Today, and Lallantop.
Managing a team of 15+ engineers across Android, iOS, Flutter, and native / web-based CTV apps.
Driving end-to-end delivery of apps for Android TV, Fire TV, Samsung Tizen, LG webOS, Apple TV, and Roku.
Overseeing adoption of modern architectures like Jetpack Compose, Hilt, Modularization, and React/Lightning/Video.js on TV.
Spearheading AI-powered integrations (text-to-speech, summarization, GPT-based tools) for editorial apps.
Played a key role in ad tech implementation: SCTE, DAI, Google IMA, dynamic ads on mobile and CTV platforms.

AndroidLeadershipMobile Applications

Technical Lead - Mobile Apps

Oct 2019 – Jul 2023 · 3 yrs 9 mos · Noida

Handling complete ecosystem of mobile apps | Android | IOS | Product development | Delivery

Technical Staff ManagementIT LeadershipMobile ApplicationsTechnical Leadership

Ndtv

Mobile Application Developer

Sep 2016 – Oct 2019 · 3 yrs 1 mo · New Delhi Area, India

Worked as Mobile application developer on NDTV News, NDTV Cricket, NDTV Gadget apps
NDTV news is a complete news app where people can consume different Top news, breaking news, Live TV, Photos, Videos, Elections, notifications etc
Responsible for building new features and bug fixes in Android using java / Kotlin and android framework
Built custom Video / Live tv player using Google's ExoPlayer along with IMA extension for Ad support
Worked on optimising of the application performance to make app loading fast & reducing build size
Created features to provide complete new experience to users to track the any election result using beautiful UIs and different tech stack to make data available to user faster,
Responsible for handling the NDTV cricket app completely
Worked on NDTV news IOS app to build different features
Responsible for integrating and optimise different Ad networks in apps like Google Ad, Taboola etc

Mobile Applications

Autoportal india

Android Developer

Mar 2016 – Sep 2016 · 6 mos · Gurgaon, India

Worked as Android application developer on Autoportal app
Autoportal app can be used to research about any car before buying like features, price, on road price, Insurance etc
Responsible for building features and bug fixes in Android using java and android framework
Designing the UI using different UI component, Consuming API call
Worked on MVP code architecture

Android Development

Craterzone pvt ltd

Android Developer

Sep 2014 – Mar 2016 · 1 yr 6 mos · Noida Area, India

Worked as Android application developer on different android apps
Responsible for building features and bug fixes in Android using java and android framework
Designing the UI using different UI component,
Consuming API call

Android Development