Sr Software Engineer with Consumer Onboarding working on the PayPal Android app:

* Leading development of native Android app components from design to production release.

* Building reusable frameworks and components for scalable Android solutions.

* Mentoring peers on Android best practices and architecture.

* Collaborating with product, engineering, and QA to deliver high-quality features.

* Defining and enforcing Android technical standards and processes.

Traversient is a young, scrappy and independent mobile development studio that focuses on building the best-in-class mobile apps and providing consulting services for our clients.

For Traversient, I've:

• Developed picTrove apps on iOS and Android. picTrove is the best tool to find images from the Internet.

• Developed GIFCon app on iOS. GIFCon is the best tool to convert animated GIFs into videos on-device.

• Worked with various companies such as Microsoft and Scotiabank on full-time software consulting contracts in individual contributor capacity

Individual contributor at Scotiabank banking app:

• UI, API integrations and analytics tracking for new feature of disputing eligible transactions using Kotlin and Jetpack Compose

• UI implementation of screen sections in Jetpack Compose

• Writing new and updating existing Unit Tests with MockK in Kotlin

• Revamping existing MVP based app screens with MVVM driven UI written in Jetpack Compose

Individual contributor at Scotiabank iTrade app:

• New feature for SMS OTP verification using Kotlin and Jetpack Compose

• Make the app conform to uniformity requirements for font sizes, recyclerview row dividers, and match the brand colors across the app

• Aligning UI labels throughout the app with decimal separator numeric alignment to enable faster visual number reading for users trading stocks.

• Improving Scotiabank-specific Canvas Jetpack Compose UI libraries

• Analytics tracking for visitor information on app launched web links

Individual contributor on open source Calling and Chat SDK projects for Microsoft Azure Communication Services at https://github.com/Azure/communication-ui-library-android

• Visual impairment accessibility support using Android Talkback

• Improved call-on-hold feature with AudioFocus management

• Supported team for General Availability release of Calling v1.0.0

• Proof-of-concept demonstration for Animated GIF support in chat via native AnimatedVectorDrawable, CoilKt and WebView

• Jetpack Compose UI for chat messages, and participants roster

Leading the engineering team for mobile platforms at OANDA and overall responsible for both iOS and Android apps. The mobile trading platform is the primary engagement platform at OANDA with an audience of traders who create, monitor and manage trades in forex and other financial instruments as a daily part of their activities.

• Continuously improve apps which have existed for more than a decade and are used worldwide with regulatory oversight and are relied upon for real world revenue by customers

• Manage feature rollout with selective target audience management using Firebase Remote Config

• Facilitate usage of new embedded React Native modules within existing native screens

• Hands-on programming to bolster team efforts and improve developer productivity

• Efficiently manage, mentor and support remote working team members in Agile bi-weekly sprints

• Select, Interview and Approve candidates for open positions on the team