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Rajendra Rundla

Sr. Android Engineer | 10M+ Users Scaled | Jetpack Compose | AI-Assisted Dev | Performance & Architecture

Noida

11+ years of work experience

Times Internet
Aug 20233 yrs 1 moPresent

On-site

•Lead development of TOI News (10M+ downloads, 4.3★), TOI DataStore library, and TOI Briefs app. Drive architecture decisions, code reviews, and Compose adoption across the team. •Performance Optimization: Elevated app stability to 99.97% crash-free sessions and reduced frozen frames from 8.6% → 2.3% via Perfetto-driven profiling, StrictMode enforcement, and systematic memory leak remediation. •Compose UI Architecture: Led the migration to Jetpack Compose, architecting a Clean Architecture –aligned UI layer with scalable patterns, reusable components, and clear separation of concerns (Composable | Controller | View Data | Repository), accelerating the transition from XML. •NewsCard / Story Stack: Built a card-based news experience supporting image, video, and poll content types with story persistence, pinch-to-zoom, shimmer states, and analytics. •Video Shorts (Compose Pager): Architected TikTok-style vertical shorts with swipe animations, pagination, deduplication, deeplink routing, and full-screen playback. •Video Player & PiP: Managed Slike video SDK integration with version upgrades and compatibility fixes. Built Article Show PiP with inline-to-floating transitions, LBand animations, and scroll-aware lifecycle. •LBand Ad System: Designed L-shaped banner ad overlay for video and live TV with feed-driven loading, enter/exit animations, and crash resilience. •ET Market Integration: Integrated ET Market individual app as submodule in TOI news app. •Multi-Language Architecture: Engineered single-codebase architecture serving 10+ language editions with dynamic font loading, server-driven translations, and deferred font downloads. Multiple language-specific APKs from a unified codebase. •Deeplink Framework: Built scalable deeplink routing framework using Dagger, enabling type-based resolution across all features. •Login & SSO: Migrated auth flow to bottom-sheet UX with SSO SDK, user data deletion, deeplink support, and GDPR/DMP compliance.
Times Internet
Apr 20212 yrs 4 mosJul 2023

Hybrid

•Built Live TV & Radio Player, Video News, Cricket Liveblog, Visual Stories, Onboarding, and Photo Gallery using ExoPlayer with adaptive bitrate, background playback, and PiP. •Implemented real-time delivery for live cricket scores and election coverage via WebSocket and FCM. •TOI Briefs: Built Visual Stories end-to-end, Notification Center in Compose, and reusable coachmark framework with haptic feedback. •Resolved OOM issues via LeakCanary, migrated ViewPager to ViewPager2, implemented tiered caching (3-min soft / 30-day hard expiry). Awarded “Rising Star” — best performer within 6 months of joining.
Samsung Electronics
Mar 20192 yrs 2 mosApr 2021

Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

• Leading and developing Blocked Number Provider and Message Provider syncing in Smart watch and phone. • Handled Useful Cards feature, which involves categorizing messages (Offer/Reminder/Finance) using ML and parsing of useful fields from message to create and show an actionable card with useful information from the message.
Samsung Electronics
Jul 20153 yrs 9 mosMar 2019

Noida, India

• Core member for Messaging Application (Legacy/RCS Messaging, Send Help Messages) having expertise in flow of Messaging at applications level and interaction with RIL/IMS/Telephony layer. • Handled the CMC feature for Messages in android 9/10/11, which involves receiving messages across multiple devices. • Handled Message Provider for Galaxy Wearables and developed feature RCS Reply to send RCS chat from Samsung Smart watches. • Reviewed and implemented patches in Messaging app and efficiently handled OS upgrade projects of flagship models.

Rajendra’s AI Stack

antigravity
antigravity
codex
codex

Education

Malaviya National Institute of Technology (MNIT), Jaipur

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Information Technology

Malaviya National Institute of Technology (MNIT), Jaipur

20114 yrs2015

Senior Secondary (XII), Mathematics

Krishna Sikshan Sansthan, Jaipur

20091 yr2010

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Sr. Android Engineer | 10M+ Users Scaled | Jetpack Compose | AI-Assisted Dev | Performance & Architecture

About

Tech Lead | Senior IC - Android with 10+ years of experience, currently driving development of TOI News (10M+ downloads, 4.3★) within a 15+ engineer team at Times Internet. Achieved 99.97% crash-free rate and reduced frozen frames from 8.6% to 2.3%. Proficient in AI-assisted software development, applying LLM tools (Claude Code, Codex, Gemini, Antigravity) and prompt engineering to accelerate Android feature delivery, code generation, and refactoring workflows. Previously 6 years at Samsung R&D, with code shipping on 100+ device models and multiple onsite assignments at Samsung HQ (South Korea) and Samsung America (Seattle).

Location

Noida

AI stack

antigravity

codex

Work experience

Technical Lead at Times Internet, Aug 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 1 mo, On-site, •Lead development of TOI News (10M+ downloads, 4.3★), TOI DataStore library, and TOI Briefs app. Drive architecture decisions, code reviews, and Compose adoption across the team. •Performance Optimization: Elevated app stability to 99.97% crash-free sessions and reduced frozen frames from 8.6% → 2.3% via Perfetto-driven profiling, StrictMode enforcement, and systematic memory leak remediation. •Compose UI Architecture: Led the migration to Jetpack Compose, architecting a Clean Architecture –aligned UI layer with scalable patterns, reusable components, and clear separation of concerns (Composable | Controller | View Data | Repository), accelerating the transition from XML. •NewsCard / Story Stack: Built a card-based news experience supporting image, video, and poll content types with story persistence, pinch-to-zoom, shimmer states, and analytics. •Video Shorts (Compose Pager): Architected TikTok-style vertical shorts with swipe animations, pagination, deduplication, deeplink routing, and full-screen playback. •Video Player & PiP: Managed Slike video SDK integration with version upgrades and compatibility fixes. Built Article Show PiP with inline-to-floating transitions, LBand animations, and scroll-aware lifecycle. •LBand Ad System: Designed L-shaped banner ad overlay for video and live TV with feed-driven loading, enter/exit animations, and crash resilience. •ET Market Integration: Integrated ET Market individual app as submodule in TOI news app. •Multi-Language Architecture: Engineered single-codebase architecture serving 10+ language editions with dynamic font loading, server-driven translations, and deferred font downloads. Multiple language-specific APKs from a unified codebase. •Deeplink Framework: Built scalable deeplink routing framework using Dagger, enabling type-based resolution across all features. •Login & SSO: Migrated auth flow to bottom-sheet UX with SSO SDK, user data deletion, deeplink support, and GDPR/DMP compliance.

Senior Android Developer at Times Internet, Apr 2021 - Jul 2023 · 2 yrs 4 mos, Hybrid, •Built Live TV & Radio Player, Video News, Cricket Liveblog, Visual Stories, Onboarding, and Photo Gallery using ExoPlayer with adaptive bitrate, background playback, and PiP. •Implemented real-time delivery for live cricket scores and election coverage via WebSocket and FCM. •TOI Briefs: Built Visual Stories end-to-end, Notification Center in Compose, and reusable coachmark framework with haptic feedback. •Resolved OOM issues via LeakCanary, migrated ViewPager to ViewPager2, implemented tiered caching (3-min soft / 30-day hard expiry). Awarded “Rising Star” — best performer within 6 months of joining.

Lead Engineer at Samsung Electronics, Mar 2019 - Apr 2021 · 2 yrs 2 mos, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India, • Leading and developing Blocked Number Provider and Message Provider syncing in Smart watch and phone. • Handled Useful Cards feature, which involves categorizing messages (Offer/Reminder/Finance) using ML and parsing of useful fields from message to create and show an actionable card with useful information from the message.

Engineer at Samsung Electronics, Jul 2015 - Mar 2019 · 3 yrs 9 mos, Noida, India, • Core member for Messaging Application (Legacy/RCS Messaging, Send Help Messages) having expertise in flow of Messaging at applications level and interaction with RIL/IMS/Telephony layer. • Handled the CMC feature for Messages in android 9/10/11, which involves receiving messages across multiple devices. • Handled Message Provider for Galaxy Wearables and developed feature RCS Reply to send RCS chat from Samsung Smart watches. • Reviewed and implemented patches in Messaging app and efficiently handled OS upgrade projects of flagship models.

Education

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Information Technology, Malaviya National Institute of Technology (MNIT), Jaipur

Senior Secondary (XII), Mathematics, Krishna Sikshan Sansthan, Jaipur