Nilay S.

Nilay S.

Senior Android Developer

India
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About Me

Talented Software Developer with 8+ years of professional experience in Native Android application development using Kotlin/Java, as well as Android architecture and components. Nilay has a solid understanding and awareness of best practices in the entire software development life cycle for Android Apps - right from design, development, and testing to deployment on Google Play Store. Hands-on experience in leading development teams in an agile environment with strict deadlines and multiple deliverables.

Work history

UpStack
UpStack
Senior Android Developer
2020 - Present (3 years)
Remote
  • Create and develop innovative software solutions for different clients across a broad range of industries.

  • Participate in scrums consisting of cross-functional teams, both software and hardware.

  • Ensure that features are being delivered efficiently and on-time.

Global Gene Corp
Global Gene Corp
Team Lead/Senior Android Developer
2017 - Present (6 years)
India
  • Worked on mobile application development right from the requirement analysis to participating in the design of newer modules.

  • Developed a simple form-based data collection app, created to capture an individual’s medical history in a specially designed structured format.

  • Participated in NHS compliance study as the application was in the health care section.

Triz Ventures
Triz Ventures
Team Lead/Android Developer
2017 - 2017
India
  • Led the mobile team to develop a communication chat app that assisted the communication flow across the employees of the company.

  • Developed major modules, including Component Designing, Merging and interactive Notification messaging, Firebase, Crashlytics, Realm, Firebase Analytics, Amazon AWS, Amazon S3, Sinch for Audio/Video/Conference calls, Fingerprint Scanner etc.

  • Contributed by developing the entire Android version of the application.

NAILBITER
NAILBITER
Senior Android Developer
2014 - 2017 (3 years)
India
  • Spearheaded the Android as well as iPhone app development for a Global Quantitative Videometrics platform developed exclusively for quantitative video-based market research.

  • Developed ProductTube, an application that rewards shoppers for making short videos about the products that they buy and consume.

  • Worked on multiple major models, including Material design components, Firebase, Retrofit, ButterKnife, App Indexing, Referral links with Branch IO, basic use of Dagger 2, Rx Android, RealM, GeoFencing API, Google Speech API, Google Places API, Sync Adapters, Amazon web services, SpeechRecognizer.

Silicon IT Hub
Silicon IT Hub
Senior Android Developer
2013 - 2014 (1 year)
India
  • Led a team of four developers in creating custom Android applications for global clients.

  • Participated in providing feature listing for the upcoming projects, provided time frames for the same, and conducted technical interviews for the company's newest recruits.

  • Developed a total of 30+ applications at Silicon IT Hub, including KicksOnFire, Kixify, MyKidzDay, OnSource Inspector App.

Star Infosoft
Star Infosoft
Android Developer
2012 - 2013 (1 year)
India
  • Developed 6+ Android application, including Block Call/SMS and Star Expense Manager.

  • Built Android apps with back-end API integration to improve the customer experience .

  • Worked on the development of multiple modules: JSON Parsing, XML Parsing, Custom views & designs, Telephony API, SMS blocking, background services, receivers, In-App purchase, Admob integration, SQLite, Server side file access over wifi.

Portfolio

Android Developer - NamCotrace
Android Developer - NamCotrace

NamCotrace is a mobile application developed as a pilot project for deployment at the University of Namibia to demonstrate its ability to assist the country’s health care services in their fight against COVID-19. The App helps evaluate an individual’s risk of infection and provides health information & best practices to break the chain of infection in the community. Worked on the development of the application during the whole lifecycle. Technologies used in the project: Kotlin, Modular Design, Dynamic Form generation, Google Tag Manager, Firebase libraries like Firebase Remote Config, Firebase Realtime Database, Firebase Authentication, Firebase Analytics, RealM Database, Offline development, Atlassian Confluence Documentation.

Android Developer - ggcPHENO
Android Developer - ggcPHENO

ggcPHENO is a B2B application. It is a simple form-based data collection app, created to capture an individual’s medical history in a specially designed structured format. The personnel can collect the data, manage their own profile, and raise support tickets as and when needed. The ggcPHENO app is currently for use only under the supervision of authorized Clinicians. Played a key role in writing application logic and followed up with testing after project completion. Technologies used in the project: Kotlin, Modular Design, Dynamic Form generation, Google Tag Manager, Firebase libraries like Firebase Remote Config, Firebase Realtime database, Firebase Authentication, Firebase Analytics, Custom Crash logger, Camera2, Device Owner Mode, KIOSK module, NHS Compliance study, Room Database, Offline development, Atlassian Confluence Documentation.

Android Developer - ProductTube
Android Developer - ProductTube

ProductTube is an application that rewards shoppers for making short videos about the products that they buy and consume. These videos are used for market research purposes to guide product manufacturers on how to improve their products to better meet consumer needs. These videos are never used to market the products and never shared with other websites. It is much easier and much more rewarding than traditional online surveys. Worked on the full mobile application development lifecycle from planning, requirement gathering, development, testing, and launching on Google play store. Technologies used in the project: Material design components, Firebase, Retrofit, MVVM architecture, ButterKnife, Firebase Mobile App Indexing, Referral links with Branch IO, Dagger 2, Rx Android, RealM, GeoFencing API, Google Speech API, Google Places API, Google Vision API, Android Sync Adapter, Amazon web services, SpeechRecognizer.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Engineering
G H Patel College of Engineering & Technology
2008 - 2012 (4 years)
Scrum Fundamentals Certified
Scrum Fundamentals Certified
SCRUMstudy
Professional Scrum Master I
Professional Scrum Master I
Scrum.org