Tarana Bhangoo

IOS Engineer

San Francisco, California, United States11 yrs 10 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Over seven years of Android development experience
Successfully raised partner satisfaction from 50% to 90%
Developed high-impact apps for major companies

Stackforce AI infers this person is a B2C Android Developer with a strong focus on user engagement and analytics.

Contact

taranabhangoo@gmail.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Android DevelopmentKotlinMobile Application DevelopmentProgramming

Other Skills

Agile methodologiesAlgorithmsAndroid SDKAndroid StudioBug triagingC++CollaborationCore JavaData StructuresDatabase ProgrammingDatabasesDebuggingFirebase CrashlyticsGoogle AnalyticsGradle

About

As a Senior Android Engineer at Coupang, I have over seven years of experience in creating high-quality, robust, and user-friendly Android apps for various domains and markets. I am passionate about leveraging the latest technologies and best practices to deliver innovative and engaging solutions that meet the needs and expectations of millions of users. My core competencies include Kotlin, Java, SQL, RESTful APIs, MVP, MVVM, Jetpack components, Kotlin Coroutines, Retrofit, Location Services, and Deep Link. I am also proficient in app performance monitoring, logging, and analytics using Firebase Crashlytics, Splunk, MixPanel, and Google Analytics. Additionally, I have a strong background in writing local and instrumented unit tests using JUnit, Mockito, and Espresso, ensuring the quality and reliability of the app features and functionalities. In my previous roles, I have successfully developed and launched several apps for Shutterfly, Google, and Samsung, collaborating with cross-functional teams and stakeholders, and contributing to the app design, development, testing, and deployment processes. Some of my notable achievements include raising the partner satisfaction level from 50% to 90% by developing apps for Google Partners, integrating Google Analytics and MobileAppTracking with My Galaxy app, and receiving multiple awards and recognitions for my dedicated and skillful work.

Experience

11 yrs 10 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 11 mos

Average Tenure

4 yrs 7 mos

Current Experience

Coupang

Senior Android Engineer

Nov 2021 – Present · 4 yrs 7 mos · Mountain View, California, United States

KotlinJavaSQLRESTful APIsMVPMVVM+8

Shutterfly, inc.

Android Engineer

Jul 2018 – Oct 2021 · 3 yrs 3 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

Actively develop new features with responsive UI and user-friendly UX for Shutterfly app, which has over 10M+ downloads with 4.6+ rating on Google Play.
Collaborate with Quality Engineers, Backend Engineers, Product Managers, Designers to deliver high-quality app in timely manner.
Responsible for agile based mobile release train to distribute the app in a planned and efficient way.

Android DevelopmentResponsive UIUser-friendly UXAgile methodologiesMobile Application Development

With hcl at google

Android Developer

Oct 2016 – Jun 2018 · 1 yr 8 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

Was responsible for developing apps to facilitate the implementation of latest features in Android for Google Partners. In only a year, this project helped raise partner satisfaction level from 50% to 90%.
Empowered top Android Partners to develop apps and assisted them to ensure best practices for their apps.
Collaborated with QA team to triage bugs in Android Framework, and worked closely with Google engineers to resolve them.

Android DevelopmentCollaborationBug triagingMobile Application Development

Samsung electronics

2 roles

Software Engineer

Jul 2014 – May 2016 · 1 yr 10 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

At Samsung, I collaborated on development and deployment of My Galaxy (Android) app. My Galaxy provides a single platform to all the Samsung users to access all the deals and coupons available in Market and services provided by Samsung. I integrated Google Analytics and MobileAppTracking with My Galaxy to analyze how users interact with the app and increased user engagement by 25-30%. This app is a commercial success, with over 1 Million downloads in just 2 months.
I was awarded ‘Spot Award’ and ‘Employee of the Month’ for my contributions to the
My Galaxy app.
I also worked on Samsung's Instant Messaging app - ChatOn. I was responsible for the maintenance and modification of the Registration module. I collaborated with QA Team to debug and fix existing defects and implemented new UX designs.
Was an integral part of the Idea Generation Team to conceptualize, design and develop software solutions for South-West Asia market. A small restaurant app was its baby. This app gets paired with a table and helps customers in ordering food through a tablet.

Android DevelopmentGoogle AnalyticsMobileAppTrackingUser engagementMobile Application Development

Student Intern

Dec 2013 – Jun 2014 · 6 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Interned with Advanced Technology Lab (An Advanced Research Team of Samsung Research India).
Worked on a Natural Language Processing project to create a smart and virtual assistant.
Researched about state-of-the-art systems to construct real-world NLP solutions.
Was responsible for evaluating and deciding the right Parser and NERs for the project.
Collaborated with team to develop a working prototype.

Natural Language ProcessingResearchPrototype development

Alphaitworld

Trainee

Jun 2012 – Jul 2012 · 1 mo · Chandigarh Area, India

Worked as a Trainee at Alpha It World to hone my skills in Java.
Learned about the design concepts of Object-Oriented Programming in Java.
Hands-on experience of Network, Database, and Graphics Programming.
Designed and developed a JAVA window application - 'Code Level Security'. It provides an IDE to create, compile, and run Java programs and secures the source code with Encryption.

JavaObject-Oriented ProgrammingNetwork ProgrammingDatabase ProgrammingProgramming