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title: "Rahul Pahuja - Founder & Principal Mobile Engineer in Bengaluru | Tal"
description: "Meet Rahul Pahuja, Principal Mobile Engineer | Android & iOS | Mobile Architecture, Security & AI | Kotlin, Swift, Jetpack Compose, SwiftUI | Staff/Principal IC based in Bengaluru. AI stack includes claude code, gemini, and notebooklm. Explore public work links including github, medium, and leetcod..."
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# Rahul Pahuja on Tal

## Headline

Principal Mobile Engineer \| Android & iOS \| Mobile Architecture, Security & AI \| Kotlin, Swift, Jetpack Compose, SwiftUI \| Staff/Principal IC

## About

I build secure, scalable mobile products and platforms across Android and iOS\. I'm a Principal / Staff\-level Mobile Engineer with 10\+ years of experience designing and delivering enterprise\-grade applications across cybersecurity, digital banking, video streaming, IoT, and developer platforms\. My focus is where mobile architecture, security, performance, and engineering leadership intersect\. What I do best • Mobile architecture & system design • Android & iOS native development • Kotlin, Swift, Jetpack Compose & SwiftUI • Secure mobile engineering — OWASP, STRIDE, Keystore & Secure Enclave • SDK and platform development • Performance optimization and reliability engineering • CI/CD, automation and engineering quality • Technical leadership, architecture reviews and mentoring • AI\-assisted engineering and product development Selected impact • Reduced mobile security vulnerability footprint by 40% and cold\-start latency by 28% at CyberArk\. • Reduced password\-reset failures by 35% for a large\-scale digital banking application\. • Reduced client\-reported playback issues by 45% through Android SDK and ExoPlayer improvements\. • Reduced application crash rate by 32% and dashboard load times by 40% through performance engineering\. I enjoy solving complex engineering problems, designing systems that are secure by default, and helping teams raise their technical standards\. I'm open to Staff / Principal Mobile Engineering, Mobile Architecture, and Technical Leadership opportunities where I can own architecture, drive technical excellence, and deliver meaningful business impact\. If you're building challenging mobile products or platforms, let's connect\.

## Location

Bengaluru

## AI stack

claude code

gemini

notebooklm

openai

## Work experience

Founder & Principal Mobile Engineer at The Mobile1x, Jan 2026 \- Present · 8 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Founder & Principal Mobile Engineer The Mobile1x Dec 2025 – Present · Indore, India • Founded and lead The Mobile1x, building mobile\-first products and software solutions across Android, iOS, AI and full\-stack platforms\. • Designed and shipped DeDup, a privacy\-first duplicate file cleaner using Kotlin and Jetpack Compose, with on\-device processing designed to keep user data off external servers\. • Defined the product architecture, ASO strategy and go\-to\-market approach for DeDup, including Firebase Analytics and organic growth initiatives\. • Architected NotesFlow, an AI\-powered notes application with native Swift and Kotlin implementations, including product requirements, market sizing and ASO strategy\. • Architected ListApp, a B2B pharmaceutical marketplace using Java, Spring Boot and PostgreSQL, including the product requirements and backend architecture\. • Built A2Z POS, an offline\-first React \+ Spring Boot point\-of\-sale application designed for retail environments with low connectivity\.

Staff Software Engineer Mobile at CyberArk, Nov 2024 \- Dec 2025 · 1 yr 2 mos, Hyderabad, Telangana, India, Staff Software Engineer \(Principal\-Level IC\) CyberArk \(Now Palo Alto Networks\) Nov 2024 – Dec 2025 · Hyderabad, India • Architected TeeSDK, a secure mobile storage layer leveraging Android Keystore and iOS Secure Enclave, reducing the vulnerability footprint by 40% and cold\-start latency by 28%\. • Designed a biometric tampering detection system to address authentication\-bypass vulnerabilities across an enterprise mobile ecosystem serving 1M\+ users\. • Engineered a multi\-layer caching architecture using TeeSDK and DataStore, together with offline User Sync capabilities, improving reliability for low\-connectivity enterprise environments and contributing to $240M business impact\. • Strengthened mobile application protection using DexGuard alongside R8 and ProGuard, and applied STRIDE threat modeling as part of the SSDLC\. • Conducted architecture and code reviews across Android, iOS, backend and testing platforms, providing technical direction across the broader product ecosystem\. • Automated mobile regression testing using Python, Appium and BrowserStack, improving repeatability and release confidence\. • Led migration of Android application components from Java to Kotlin and Jetpack Compose, modernizing the mobile technology stack\.

Technical Lead \(Contract\) \(Bankwest\-CommonWealth Bank of Austrailia\) Android, iOS at Coforge, Mar 2024 \- Nov 2024 · 9 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Technical Lead — Bankwest \(Commonwealth Bank of Australia\) Coforge Mar 2024 – Nov 2024 · Bengaluru, India • Led cross\-platform mobile delivery for Bankwest's digital banking application, supporting Android and iOS for 1M\+ users\. • Reduced password\-reset failures by 35% and delivered 3 high\-priority features with zero production rollbacks\. • Delivered AUD\-to\-multicurrency conversion and redesigned the travel notification experience across the mobile application\. • Championed TDD, modularization and CI/CD, using TeamCity, Bitbucket and Jenkins to improve engineering quality and delivery reliability\. • Improved backend code quality using C\#/\.NET and TeamCity, increasing code coverage to 75%\.

Founder & CEO at The Mobile1x, Sep 2023 \- Mar 2024 · 7 mos, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India, • Founded The Mobile1x with a vision to empower Indian founders through innovative AI\-based ERP solutions\. • Hired and managed a talented team of 13 professionals to drive product development and operational excellence\. • Developed a Ai Based ERP and a Parking Management iOS app for Park Payz, enhancing user experience and accessibility\.

Senior Engineer Android \- Sensors at Conviva, May 2022 \- Sep 2023 · 1 yr 5 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Senior Engineer — Android / Sensors Conviva May 2022 – Sep 2023 · Bengaluru, India • Integrated ExoPlayer into the Android SDK, achieving 100% compatibility and reducing client\-reported playback issues by 45%\. • Resolved complex CSAI/SSAI advertising and video\-streaming tracking escalations across client integrations\. • Implemented accessibility capabilities including subtitles and closed captions across 5 platforms\. • Redesigned threading architecture at ShareChat, eliminating crashes associated with multithreading and OutOfMemory conditions\.

Senior Software Engineer at Intellicus Technologies, Dec 2019 \- Apr 2022 · 2 y 4 mo, Bengaluru

Senior Project Engineer at Wipro, Aug 2014 \- Dec 2019 · 5 y 4 mo, Bengaluru

## Education

Master’s Degree, Computer Software Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science, School of Computer Science & I\.T\.

## Profile highlights

The best product I’ve worked on…: Secured Storage safeguarding data at rest at Cyberark

what i've built with AI: DeDup and Notes for Privacy first and onDevice AI

I'm the person in every team who…: speaks and gels with everyone easily

What's hard for others but easy for me…: meeting and speaking with new people

My biggest achievement in college was…: Did a Asp\.Net ERP on my own without any guide

My proudest non\-work achievement: I have learned DJing

The last shipped feature I'm proudest of…: Secured Storage

The role I'd take a 20% pay cut for: the role i like

## Public links

- github: https://github\.com/rahulpahuja
- medium: https://medium\.com/@therahulpahuja
- leetcode: https://leetcode\.com/rahulpahuja
- youtube\.com: https://youtube\.com/@therahulpahuja
- therahulpahuja\.com: https://therahulpahuja\.com/

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