Sandeep Kumar

Software Engineer

San Francisco, California, United States13 yrs 10 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Led impactful projects in digital commerce at Meta.
  • Developed innovative gaming solutions at NVIDIA.
  • Created accessibility applications for the visually impaired.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Mobile Technology Engineer with expertise in Fintech and Gaming industries.

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Skills

Core Skills

Engineering LeadershipTechnical Project LeadershipMobile Applications

Other Skills

Distributed SystemsData AnalysisAnalytical SkillsRequirements AnalysisProject ManagementTeam LeadershipKotlinCross-functional Team LeadershipPersonal DevelopmentJavaGrowth StrategiesEngineeringAlgorithmsData StructuresC

About

Product Engineer and Tech Lead at Meta driving WhatsApp's expansion through innovative mobile solutions. Combining technical expertise with product thinking to tackle complex scaling challenges and deliver features that enhance WhatsApp's experience for users worldwide. With a focus on Android development and mobile technology, I bridge the gap between user needs and technical implementation. Previously built commerce and payments solutions across Meta's ecosystem, creating opportunities for creators and SMBs. My background includes developing mobile gaming experiences at NVIDIA and multimedia applications at Samsung, establishing a strong foundation in creating polished, high-performance mobile products. From complex Android architectures to intuitive user experiences, I transform product visions into technical reality. CS graduate from University of Minnesota with engineering roots at NIT Jamshedpur. Passionate about elegant code, thoughtful product design, and the perfect cup of debugging coffee.

Experience

13 yrs 10 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 9 mos
Average Tenure
7 yrs 8 mos
Current Experience

Meta

Software Engineer

Oct 2018Present · 7 yrs 8 mos · San Francisco Bay Area · On-site

  • Tech Leading multiple 0 to 1 bets in the Commerce and Payments Space. Passionate about financial inclusion and creating monetization opportunities for creators and SMBs through digital commerce and payments.
  • Supporting multiple engineers and setting them up for success while landing impactful projects to market.
Distributed SystemsData AnalysisAnalytical SkillsRequirements AnalysisProject ManagementTeam Leadership+9

Nvidia

Software Engineer

Jun 2016Oct 2018 · 2 yrs 4 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Part of the GameStream team that enables streaming of games from PC or cloud to Nvidia shield devices. Specifically work on the Android TV device and android tablets.
  • Developed the Nvidia games app for android that is similar to a play store for games.
  • Specialized in client infra which deals with downloading the game metadata, scheduling of application specific jobs, caching the data in database and help streaming selected game. Also includes writing some JNI and native code.
  • Implemented features like latency based routing for selecting best server for games, downloading game data from multiple sources and merge them into a common database etc.
Mobile Applications

Motorola mobility

Android Developer Intern

May 2015Aug 2015 · 3 mos · Chicago, Illinois

  • Built an automated system that would allow the user to configure and start the test on the devices with the latest apk from the build server from the website itself. Used GCM to register the devices and then start the test on the respective devices with the desired configuration.
  • Worked with the Moto Voice team
  • Built two android applications, a website and a server application
  • The server application was deployed in Google app engine and it used Google Datastore for data storage
  • Experience with Google Cloud Messaging APIs
  • Experience with Git, Gerrit, Jira, Agile Style of Development
Mobile Applications

University of minnesota, twin cities

Research Assistant

Aug 2014May 2016 · 1 yr 9 mos · Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

  • Developed an Android application that informed truck drivers about the incidents
  • or accidents that has occurred on the current route using Google Map API v2.
  • Application received data from a database server using a HTTP Servlet.
  • Developed an android application to detect the LE Bluetooth devices installed on Traffic Signals
  • Aim of the application was to assist blind people in crossing roads
  • Developed and maintained applications to support research studies focused in early literacy assessment of Spanish-speaking preschoolers.
  • Used VBA and MS Access for above application implementation.
Mobile Applications

Samsung electronics

Software Engineer

Jul 2012Aug 2014 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Bangalore, India

  • Member of the Media Processing Solutions team that developed multimedia applications for smartphones and Tablets
  • Development of various modules that came as a new requirement for Samsung flagship
  • models. This includes everything from small GUI tasks to editing screen development.
  • Porting application on different devices and providing upgrades with new Android releases
  • Resolving field issues faced by our customers with our application on their hand-held devices
  • Awarded with a Spot Award in September 2013 and was assigned the responsibility of working with the senior management directly to resolve high priority issues during critical releases.
  • Rated as an advanced programmer in Samsung Global Competency test
Mobile Applications

Tata teleservices ltd

Intern

May 2011Jun 2011 · 1 mo

Education

University of Minnesota

Master of Science (MS) — Computer Science

Jan 2014Jan 2016

National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) — Electronics and Communication Engineering

Jan 2008Jan 2012

St. Xavier's School Bokaro

12th — Science

Jan 1996Jan 2008

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