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Alka Kashyap

Senior Android Engineer | Android Developer | Kotlin | Jetpack Compose | Android SDK | Java | MVVM | Clean Architecture | KMP | Ex- Zipcar ll Ex- Pharmeasy

Greater Bengaluru Area

11+ years of work experience

Zipcar
Jun 20233 yrs 4 mosPresent

Greater Bengaluru Area

•Own end-to-end Android development for the Zipcar mobility platform, supporting vehicle discovery, booking, and trip management for thousands of concurrent users. • Spearheaded migration from legacy XML to Jetpack Compose, reducing UI boilerplate code by 30% and accelerating feature delivery velocity across the team. • Achieved 99.9% crash-free rate by implementing proactive error handling, structured logging, and deep Firebase Crashlytics integration, significantly improving app stability. • Architected map-based vehicle discovery using Google Maps SDK, delivering a seamless real-time booking experience and increasing user engagement. • Designed and deployed A/B testing framework with Optimizely, enabling data-driven product experimentation and accelerating release confidence. • Integrated Mixpanel analytics and payment gateways, providing product and business teams with actionable insights and enabling seamless transaction flows. • Mentored Android engineers through rigorous code reviews, architectural guidance, and best-practice documentation 1in a fully remote Agile environment. • Championed CI/CD best practices via Jenkins pipelines, reducing manual release overhead and improving deployment reliability.
PharmEasy
Aug 20183 yrs 7 mosFeb 2022

Bengaluru

• Engineered and scaled the Retailio B2B platform, enabling bulk pharmaceutical procurement for thousands of retailers across India with high availability in constrained network environments. • Reduced app load times by 20% through optimized Kotlin Coroutines-based async workflows, efficient Room database queries, and Retrofit network layer tuning. • Developed the Retailio Partner application from the ground up, empowering distributors to manage real-time inventory, orders, and last-mile delivery logistics at scale. • Implemented MVVM and Clean Architecture with strict separation of concerns, resulting in a highly testable, maintainable, and modular codebase. • Collaborated closely with backend, product, and QA teams in Agile sprints to consistently deliver high-availability features on schedule. • Increased unit test coverage using JUnit and Mockito, reducing regression bugs and improving release confidence.
retailio
Aug 20181 yr 2 mosSep 2019

Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

• Led Android development across multiple simultaneous client projects, delivering event management and enterprise productivity applications on time. • Mentored junior Android developers through code reviews and pair programming, improving team-wide code quality and Agile delivery practices. • Gathered requirements directly from cross-functional stakeholders and translated them into well-architected technical solutions.
Elsner Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
Apr 20171 yr 5 mosAug 2018

•Led Android development across multiple client projects and mentored junior developers. • Integrated third-party REST APIs, SDKs, and payment services to extend application functionality and meet diverse client requirements.
Moweb Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
Jun 201610 mosMar 2017

Developed Android applications for international clients across different industries.
Moon Technolabs Pvt. Ltd.
Dec 20132 y 5 moMay 2016

Ahmedabad

GitHub
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Alka’s AI Stack

claude
claude
deepseek
deepseek
gemini
gemini
github copilot
github copilot
openai
openai

Education

A.I.T.

20084 yrs2012
Saraswati Vidhya Mandir

Saraswati Vidhya Mandir

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Headline

Senior Android Engineer | Android Developer | Kotlin | Jetpack Compose | Android SDK | Java | MVVM | Clean Architecture | KMP | Ex- Zipcar ll Ex- Pharmeasy

About

Senior Android Engineer / Android Developer with 12+ years of experience building scalable, high-performance Android applications using Kotlin, Java, Jetpack Compose and Android SDK. Expertise in Android architecture, MVVM/MVI, Clean Architecture, Coroutines, Flow, Jetpack, REST APIs, Room, WorkManager, Hilt/Dagger, testing and mobile performance optimization. Core Expertise Android Development Kotlin Java Android SDK Jetpack Compose Jetpack Libraries MVVM MVI Clean Architecture Coroutines Flow StateFlow SharedFlow Retrofit OkHttp REST APIs Room DataStore WorkManager Hilt Dagger Firebase Crashlytics Unit Testing MockK Mockito Git CI/CD Agile/Scrum Kotlin Multiplatform AI-assisted development

Location

Greater Bengaluru Area

AI stack

claude

deepseek

gemini

github copilot

openai

Work experience

Lead Android Developer at Zipcar, Jun 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 4 mos, Greater Bengaluru Area, •Own end-to-end Android development for the Zipcar mobility platform, supporting vehicle discovery, booking, and trip management for thousands of concurrent users. • Spearheaded migration from legacy XML to Jetpack Compose, reducing UI boilerplate code by 30% and accelerating feature delivery velocity across the team. • Achieved 99.9% crash-free rate by implementing proactive error handling, structured logging, and deep Firebase Crashlytics integration, significantly improving app stability. • Architected map-based vehicle discovery using Google Maps SDK, delivering a seamless real-time booking experience and increasing user engagement. • Designed and deployed A/B testing framework with Optimizely, enabling data-driven product experimentation and accelerating release confidence. • Integrated Mixpanel analytics and payment gateways, providing product and business teams with actionable insights and enabling seamless transaction flows. • Mentored Android engineers through rigorous code reviews, architectural guidance, and best-practice documentation 1in a fully remote Agile environment. • Championed CI/CD best practices via Jenkins pipelines, reducing manual release overhead and improving deployment reliability.

Android Developer at PharmEasy, Aug 2018 - Feb 2022 · 3 yrs 7 mos, Bengaluru, • Engineered and scaled the Retailio B2B platform, enabling bulk pharmaceutical procurement for thousands of retailers across India with high availability in constrained network environments. • Reduced app load times by 20% through optimized Kotlin Coroutines-based async workflows, efficient Room database queries, and Retrofit network layer tuning. • Developed the Retailio Partner application from the ground up, empowering distributors to manage real-time inventory, orders, and last-mile delivery logistics at scale. • Implemented MVVM and Clean Architecture with strict separation of concerns, resulting in a highly testable, maintainable, and modular codebase. • Collaborated closely with backend, product, and QA teams in Agile sprints to consistently deliver high-availability features on schedule. • Increased unit test coverage using JUnit and Mockito, reducing regression bugs and improving release confidence.

Sr.Android Developer at retailio, Aug 2018 - Sep 2019 · 1 yr 2 mos, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, • Led Android development across multiple simultaneous client projects, delivering event management and enterprise productivity applications on time. • Mentored junior Android developers through code reviews and pair programming, improving team-wide code quality and Agile delivery practices. • Gathered requirements directly from cross-functional stakeholders and translated them into well-architected technical solutions.

Android Developer at Elsner Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Apr 2017 - Aug 2018 · 1 yr 5 mos, •Led Android development across multiple client projects and mentored junior developers. • Integrated third-party REST APIs, SDKs, and payment services to extend application functionality and meet diverse client requirements.

Android Developer at Moweb Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Jun 2016 - Mar 2017 · 10 mos, Developed Android applications for international clients across different industries.

Android Developer at Moon Technolabs Pvt. Ltd., Dec 2013 - May 2016 · 2 y 5 mo, Ahmedabad

Education

A.I.T.

Saraswati Vidhya Mandir

Public links

github: https://github.com/ack2016

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