Vikas Rathod
Merrylands,Australia
Summary
I have over ten years of experience in developing and deploying Android and iOS applications using Java, Kotlin, Swift, Jetpack Compose, and KMP. I am certified as an "Associate Android Developer" by Google and an "App Development with Swift" by Apple.
I have a strong background in payment systems and hardware integration. I am passionate about creating user-friendly, secure, and scalable solutions that meet the needs of diverse and dynamic markets.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
L3 Information Technology Consultant
Ariston Partners Pty. Ltd
07.2024 - Current
- Development and maintenance of the existing Westpac bank application
- Successfully implemented new features that positively impacted 5.92 million digitally active customers
- Responsibility include adding missing unit test, feature development using Compose and KMP
- Overlook mobile app security, including encryption, secure storage, and secure network communication.
- Kotlin | Java | Redux | XML-Compose | KMP | TDD | Android SDK | RESTful APIs | Retrofit | OkHttp | Git | MVVM
Senior Android Developer
ShiftLabs, Petco
03.2024 - 06.2024
- Development and maintenance of the existing Petco application
- Manage team, attend scrum call, code review and assign tasks to members.
- Kotlin | Compose | MVVM | HILT | TDD | Git-flow
Lead Android Developer
AlphaCoach, TLG Techfit Pvt Ltd
01.2022 - 10.2023
- Responsible for entire development process including CI/CD on Gitlab and deployment on Play Store.
- Part of a two mobile men team, built native android and iOS app.
- Design application architecture respecting CLEAN SOLID principles.
- Written entirely in Kotlin, Jetpack Compose UI with Multi Module Application design, in house Chart and Calendar library.
- Worked closely with product team
- Its a 4.4 star app having 100K+ downloads with 99.5% crash free app.
- Worked in Cross-functional Agile environment.
- Supported iOS Swift UI with two complete features.
- Git-flow | gradle-plugin | Compose | MVVM | HILT | TDD | CI-CD | Fitbit
Tech Lead 1
PaycraftSol Pvt Ltd
11.2019 - 10.2021
- Managing team and ensuring product delivery. ie maintain and release high quality app for our customer (Mumbai Metro).
- Responsible for growing team size. Hired one senior and one Junior developer.
- Architect and develop cross communication module EDC (Electronic Data Capture) for taking payment and processing transit tickets.
- Developed EMV app for payment processing which involves Bluetooth BLE communication and EDC device.
- Understanding EMV specifications, Payment lifecycle and processing EOD payment settlements with banks.
- It has been one of the more challenging undertaking of my career.
- Work in an agile environment with product team and assign task to dev team.
- Android | Kotlin | EMV | Cryptography | ISO-8583 | POS desktop
Senior Android Developer
Mindsarray Technology Pvt Ltd
11.2016 - 11.2019
- As an application developer, join a member team. I was in charge of rewriting legacy code and bringing UX inline with Material Design.
- Following this, I managed four applications, improved efficiency, reduced crashes, and optimised code to meet the latest standards.
- Worked closely with product team providing solutions and upscaling products.
- Implemented key payment product to upscale revenue. Involving integration of Fingerprint scanner and BLE payment POS device.
- Recruited 5 developers 2 lead and 3 juniors. Mentored interns, team, and managed them. Effectively prioritise bug fixes vs product features for continues product delivery and higher app quality.
- Gain visibility into business processes and deliver an end-to-end application-based solution to automate processes and improve productivity.
- Now app has 1M+ downloads and 4.5 star rating which is significantly higher.
- Kotlin | Material Design | MVVM | koin | Git-flow | POS | FP Scanner
Senior Android Application Developer
Seek2Share Technologies Pvt Ltd
03.2015 - 11.2016
- First employee of the company, responsible for developing car-pooling app.
- Worked on Doctor-Patient consultation app.
- Worked on Map SDK, Chat module and real time GPS tracking.
- Managed an android and a backend developer.
- Team building and recruitment activities.
- Design, develop, manage and deploy application to server and Play Store.
- Android | Java | Pub-Nub | PHP | AWS(db, s3, ec2) | Firebase | Github
Android Application Developer
SALT Consultants Pvt Ltd
05.2013 - 02.2015
- Joined as a trainee and learned to create and ship products as per the need.
- Being a full stack developer, I was responsible for building and delivering functionality from start to finish across all platforms (web, app and backend).
- Took full control of Android app. Published three apps on Play Store.
- Working on a tight deadline and delivering task on time.
- I was in charge of maintaining, bug fixing and deploying the feature on all platforms on a regular basis.
- Android | Java | PHP | My SQL | Apachi | Html | Javascript | CSS | SVN
Education
Masters - Bioinformatics
University of Mumbai
Mumbai01.2013
Skills
- Kotlin, Java and Swift
- IOS and Android SDK
- Clean Architecture
- MVVM and MVI
- TDD and BDD
- CI/CD pipelines
- Jetpack Compose, SwiftUI and UIKit
- Room, Firebase, and SQLite
- RESTful APIs, Retrofit, and OkHttp
- Encryption and Secure storage
- Secure network communication
- EMV SDK
- Git (gitflow)
- Gradle plugins, CocoaPods
- Kotlin Multiplatform
Websites
Certification
- Associate Android Developer | 09/2019 | Google
- App Development with Swift Certified User | 01/2024 | Apple
- Https://bit.ly/iOS-certificate
Timeline
L3 Information Technology Consultant
Ariston Partners Pty. Ltd
07.2024 - Current
Senior Android Developer
ShiftLabs, Petco
03.2024 - 06.2024
Lead Android Developer
AlphaCoach, TLG Techfit Pvt Ltd
01.2022 - 10.2023
Tech Lead 1
PaycraftSol Pvt Ltd
11.2019 - 10.2021
Senior Android Developer
Mindsarray Technology Pvt Ltd
11.2016 - 11.2019
Senior Android Application Developer
Seek2Share Technologies Pvt Ltd
03.2015 - 11.2016
Android Application Developer
SALT Consultants Pvt Ltd
05.2013 - 02.2015
Masters - Bioinformatics
University of Mumbai
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