Maria Jayanila Johny
Bengaluru
Summary
Mobile Application Developer with 13 years of experience, specialising in iOS and Flutter, and currently serving as a Lead Engineer. Proven expertise in architectural decision-making, codebase revamping, and enhancing applications for scalability, extensibility, and reusability. Recognised for single-handedly developing and owning mobile applications from scratch, delivering high-quality, production-ready solutions. Brings diverse domain experience across different sectors, such as news and media, education platforms, e-commerce, and online food delivery sectors, with a strong focus on performance optimisation, clean architecture, and long-term maintainability.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Lead Engineer I
PowerSchool India Pvt Ltd
Bangalore, Karnataka
10.2021 - 12.2025
- Single-handedly developed the flutter mobile app for SchoolSpring - a national job board focused on K-12 education jobs where candidates can search and apply for teaching and school district positions. It aggregates job postings from many districts and states on one platform. The corresponding web app is available here - https://www.schoolspring.com
- Refactored the Powerschool Mobile application architecture and optimised core modules to deliver a cleaner, high-performance codebase, such as revamped the code by adding a proper architectural pattern and improved scalability.
Enhanced the app performance by reducing the delay in load time, and in cooperated accessibility in all the modules. Optimised the code for reusability enhancements - Enhanced the features in the Schoology mobile app - a Learning Management System (LMS) used by K12 schools, higher education, and other learning institutions to manage courses, assignments, assessments, and communication between teachers, students, and parents. The features included PDF annotations, elementary course section, news-letter feed.
Senior Software Engineer
Falabella India
Bangalore, Karnataka
08.2019 - 09.2021
- Transformed Falabella mobile application for a modernized retail interface.
- Implemented payment functionality and led the end-to-end development of the complete checkout module.
- Implemented AI-driven solutions to advance image search capabilities.
- Enhanced the product filter screen with more optimised code and latest UI/UX.
- Optimised the code in terms of replacing the costly frameworks with native code.
Module Lead
Aspire Systems
Kochin, Kerala
02.2018 - 08.2019
- Enhanced the features in the top news applications in India - IndiaToday and AAjTak.
- Added Chrome-Cast support to the mobile app.
- Optimised the performance in the news apps for special occasions like election and sports events.
Senior Software Engineer
Bolas Intelli Solutions Pvt Ltd
Managlore, Karnataka
01.2016 - 01.2018
- Development lead of the in-house mobile applications.
- Built and launched a complete cloud kitchen/restaurant application from the ground up, taking full ownership of the development lifecycle.
Software Engineer
Robosoft Technologies
Udupi, Karnataka
10.2012 - 12.2015
- iOS developer responsible for handling and maintaining the mobile apps for the media sector - Hungama Play and Voot entertainments
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science
Mahatma Gandhi University
Kerala, India06.2012
Skills
- Mobile application development
- iOS development
- Swift programming
- Mobile app design with Flutter
- iOS design patterns
- Flutter state management
- Flutter BLoC
- Flutter Riverpod
- Micro front end (MFE)
- Hybrid mobile application
- AWS and TypeScript
- AWS CDK
AppStore release
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/falabella-com-compra-online/id947145705
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/powerschool-mobile/id973741088
https://apps.apple.com/in/app/india-today-tv-english-news/id510733452
https://apps.apple.com/in/app/aaj-tak-live-hindi-news-india/id493319791
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/schoology/id411766326
https://apps.apple.com/in/app/hungama-ott-shows-movies/id414009038
Timeline
Lead Engineer I
PowerSchool India Pvt Ltd
10.2021 - 12.2025
Senior Software Engineer
Falabella India
08.2019 - 09.2021
Module Lead
Aspire Systems
02.2018 - 08.2019
Senior Software Engineer
Bolas Intelli Solutions Pvt Ltd
01.2016 - 01.2018
Software Engineer
Robosoft Technologies
10.2012 - 12.2015
Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science
Mahatma Gandhi University