Sourav Kumar Shaw
Bangalore
Summary
Innovative Android Developer with 4 years of experience delivering scalable mobile solutions. Promoted to SDE II in 5 months at Pocket FM, excelling in ad tech (Google , Meta, Amazon), third-party integrations, and revenue-driven projects. Proven expertise in system design, process optimization, and delivering high-stakes, bug-free releases.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Software Engineer - Android Platforms
PocketFM
06.2024 - Current
- Fast-Track Promotion: Promoted to SDE II within 5 months for exceptional technical and project contributions.
- Optimized Comments Module: Revamped the module, reducing crashes by 2–4% and improving maintainability.
- Revenue Impact: Delivered $100K and $200K Ads based revenue-driving projects in 4 and 6 days, respectively.
- Ad Tech Expertise: Enhanced ad operations in a top-performing Ads Pod (20% revenue share) with advanced debugging and architecture optimization.
- Process Efficiency: Introduced CI/CD, trunk-based development, and improved PR reviews, boosting productivity.
- Zero Critical Bugs: Maintained flawless releases with no P0/P1 issues.
- Strategic OKRs & Technical Mentorship: Co-developed Android OKRs, aligning teams with measurable goals and mentored junior developers through design reviews & code optimization
- Ad Caching Mechanism: Designed a priority-based ad cache system, ensuring faster load times and smoother user experience.
Senior Software Engineer - Android
Fi Money
07.2023 - 06.2024
- Onboarding Optimization: Boosted user sign-ups by 2% through enhanced acquisition flows using Kotlin and Jetpack components.
- Biometric KYC App: Built a secure KYC agent app with Federal Bank, streamlining kiosk user verification.
- VKYC Enhancements: Improved virtual KYC efficiency by 7% with Android Compose UI optimizations.
- LAMF Launch: Delivered ₹15 crore-targeted Loan Against Mutual Funds product, creating 20+ screens in 2 weeks.
- Strategic Partnerships: Collaborated with 50fin and Bajaj for CUG testing and vendor API improvements.
- Testing Improvements: Accelerated development by 12% with optimized unit and automation testing using JUnit, Espresso, and Mockito.
Founding Software Engineer
Crypso
07.2022 - 06.2023
- Jetpack Compose Expertise: Accelerated feature development by 20% with swift adoption of Jetpack Compose.
- Efficient API Architecture: Reduced API calls by 7% with a widget-based design.
- AppsFlyer & Firebase Integration: Boosted user engagement & logging depth of analytics
- Manual KYC Module: Increased verified users by 5% with a secure manual KYC solution.
- Code Optimization: Reduced boilerplate by 19% using repository patterns and Hilt for location features.
Software Engineer
Vedantu
04.2021 - 06.2022
- Fast-Track Promotion & Key Contributions: Promoted to SDE II within a year for driving high-impact features like doubts module , global search with Algolia (16% efficiency boost).
Education
BTech - Computer Science
Indraprastha University (GGSIPU)
New Delhi01.2021
Skills
- Android Jetpack, Android Studio
- Ad Tech Experience (Google , Meta, Amazon)
- Kotlin , Java , React-Native My-SQL
- MVVM , Clean Arch , Modular Arc
- Dagger / Hilt
- Charles Proxy
- Solid Principles / System Design
- Data Structures
- Git
- HLD/LLD
- Product User Experience/ UI Design
- Room Db Cache
- Retrofit
- Jetpack Compose
- Firebase
- Coroutines
- Flow
- App Profiling
- Unit Testing
- Postman
Accomplishments
- Promoted to senior engineer after just 5 month
- Bug Hunting in Facebook Branch SDK
Languages
English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Hindi
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Additional Information
- Vedantu
- Testbook.com
- Bulbul.TV
- Backend Resume Builder : Designed and deployed a full-stack resume builder with a Java Spring Boot backend (PostgreSQL) and an interactive React frontend, enabling seamless resume creation and management. (https://srv2606.github.io/resume-builder/)
Work Availability
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Timeline
Senior Software Engineer - Android Platforms
PocketFM
06.2024 - Current
Senior Software Engineer - Android
Fi Money
07.2023 - 06.2024
Founding Software Engineer
Crypso
07.2022 - 06.2023
Software Engineer
Vedantu
04.2021 - 06.2022
BTech - Computer Science
Indraprastha University (GGSIPU)
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