May 2021 – Nov 2023 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Hybrid

• Led development of the flagship product on Android maintaining a Playstore rating of 4.8
• Android responsibilities:
• Built a dynamic UI rendering framework that supports a vast array of customizable and reusable UI elements
• Integrated live chat capabilities using Sendbird SDK
• Implemented app theming which gave us the capability to launch new clubs quickly with different colour themes
• Owned multiple features in the app right from ideation to production rollout. One key feature was the Showcase Feed which improved online class participation by ~20%
• Implemented complex recycler views which included pinning elements based on position and nested quick scrolls
• Improved image-loading experience on the app by adding a shimmer effect across components and caching/pre-fetching high-frequency images
• Other Responsibilities:
• Set up a WordPress blog for the beauty category and managed content creation.
• Set up metrics dashboards for various product features on Amplitude and Metabase
• Conducted periodic user research calls to understand their experience and resolve pain points
• Built internal tools on Retool to ease operations
• Worked with an external agency to improve the SEO of our main website

Apr 2018 – Feb 2021 · 2 yrs 10 mos

• Set up the backend infrastructure for the app
• Built REST APIs using the Django Rest Framework.
• Setup PostgreSQL to store user and app related data on our server and wrote SQL queries and python scripts to fetch and process the data.
• Set up New Relic to monitor the performance of APIs and Sentry for error tracking.
• Set up a serverless backend infrastructure using Firebase products (Cloud Firestore for the Database and Cloud Functions for the APIs) to process and store subscriptions in a secure and scalable manner.
• Set up Real Time Developer Notifications to be sent by the Google Play console to the backend every time there’s an update to a subscription status of the Android app.
• Well-versed with the Google ecosystem of products which includes the Google Play Console for app release management and managing subscriptions and Google Cloud Platform for all backend-related services.

Jun 2016 – Apr 2018 · 1 yr 10 mos

• Built the Daywise app from scratch and scaled it to over 100K installs
• Worked with the latest Android Jetpack components like Room for storage, Paging for loading data efficiently into RecyclerViews and WorkManager for scheduling background jobs.
• Worked closely with top designers to translate material designs to code in an iterative manner.
• Made use of latest UI components like ConstraintLayout, and open source libraries like MPAndroidCharts for plotting custom graphs and have designed custom views and animations.
• Worked towards incorporating the MVP architectural pattern early on in the development of Daywise which required making use of Dagger 2 as a dependency injection framework.
• Worked on using AlarmManagers to run time-sensitive operations as well as came up with a workaround to solve the issue of alarms being killed by the system on Chinese OEMs due to custom battery optimization policies.
• Incorporated Sign-in with Google flow using Firebase Authentication in order to process subscriptions
• Instrumented analytics using third-party SDKs (Amplitude and Firebase)
• Proficient in using Firebase Remote Config to be able to set up feature gates.
• Well-versed with app release management using the Google Play console.
• Worked closely with our CTO and CDO to architect the app, improve code quality and incorporate best practices w.r.t. coding, documentation, and version controlling using Git.

Jan 2016 – May 2016 · 4 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

• Worked on multiple features of the Android app which served as an interface for the customer to avail the company’s laundry services.
• Features included live location tracking of the rider partner using the Google Maps SDK and delivering real time updates to the customers on their laundry status using Google Cloud Messaging.
• Built a PoC Android app from scratch which served as an interface for communicating with the smart laundry bag that is fitted with a weight sensor and bluetooth module.
• The app was responsible for periodically polling the bag for its weight using Bluetooth socket communication and then automatically placed a request for laundry pickup if the weight crossed a threshold value.

Jun 2014 – Jul 2014 · 1 mo · Bangalore

• Developed a mobile and desktop application for the Windows platform that served as a preparation tool for the national level olympiad, Kidovators aimed at skilling over a million K-12 students in 21st-century skills to help them thrive in the future

Jan 2014 – May 2014 · 4 mos

• Developed wireframes for mobile applications
• Handled communications with business clients and proof read various documentations prepared during the development of a project

Jun 2013 – Dec 2013 · 6 mos

• Developed promotional ads for various products and businesses
• Performed product research for an in house developed product

May 2013 – Oct 2013 · 5 mos · Manipal

• Pitched to multiple potential sponsors for the annual college technical fest and bagged a sponsorship deal from a national cycle brand, TI cycles.