Utkarsh Pillai

Senior Software Engineer

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India8 yrs 8 mos experience

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Key Highlights

Reduced payment onboarding time from weeks to days.
Scaled assessment workflows for millions of learners.
Led development of internal Android platform for operations.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech and EdTech-focused Android Developer with strong expertise in Kotlin.

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Skills

Core Skills

Android DevelopmentKotlin

Other Skills

Kotlin CoroutinesDagger (Software)Android FrameworkAndroidRetrofitC++CMySQLSQLJavaProgrammingData StructuresAlgorithmsMicrosoft OfficeMicrosoft Word

About

Dedicated, energetic and motivated team player seeking a challenging role in growth-oriented corporate environment where my resourceful experience and academic skills will add value to organizational processes.

Experience

8 yrs 8 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 2 mos

Average Tenure

3 yrs 1 mo

Current Experience

Paypal

Senior Software Engineer 3

Apr 2023 – Present · 3 yrs 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

Own and evolve merchant provisioning and activation components within PayPal’s Android
SDK supporting 10–12 payment integrations, enabling onboarding of ~7K–8K merchants
monthly into PayPal’s unified activation and risk validation pipeline.
Improved SDK extensibility by introducing reusable activation contracts, reducing payment
onboarding time from 3–4 weeks to 3–4 days.
Improved maintainability by centralizing activation lifecycle management and eliminating
duplicated logic across SDK modules.
Designed PCI-compliant configurable whitelabel card widget supporting secure card entry
(masked PAN/CVV, screenshot blocking).
Extended SDK capabilities to support QR payments, Pay-by-Link, and manual card entry,
authored integration documentation and a reference sample application, and partnered with
backend and risk teams to align SDK activation flows with provisioning services.

Kotlin CoroutinesDagger (Software)Android DevelopmentKotlin

Unacademy

Software Engineer

Jun 2021 – Mar 2023 · 1 yr 9 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Owned and scaled the Test & Experience module powering assessment workflows for millions
of learners.
Improved maintainability by evolving the module toward modular architecture using MVVM,
Dagger, and Coroutines, and implemented scalable UI architecture using Epoxy to simplify
complex rendering flows.
Collaborated with backend and product teams to build API-driven learning and assessment
workflows.

Kotlin CoroutinesDagger (Software)Android DevelopmentKotlin

Infoedge india ltd.,

Senior Software Engineer

Nov 2019 – May 2021 · 1 yr 6 mos · Noida Area, India

Led development of 99VerifierApp, an internal Android platform used by operations teams for
property verification workflows.
Designed scalable mobile features supporting property verification and listing validation
processes.
Migrated legacy Android components to MVVM architecture, improving lifecycle management
and maintainability.

Kotlin CoroutinesDagger (Software)Android DevelopmentKotlin

Samsung

Software Engineer

Jun 2017 – Oct 2019 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Noida Area, India

Developed and maintained Android Audio Framework components operating at OS and
system service layers for Samsung flagship devices.
Implemented Separate App Sound, enabling independent audio routing across applications and
output devices.
Worked on cross-version Android framework porting, ensuring audio subsystem stability
across Android OS upgrades.

Android FrameworkAndroid Development