Prateek Bhatnagar

Senior Android Developer (Team Lead).|Drishti IAS, New Delhi, India.|Nov. 2023 – Present

• Led the end-to-end mobile app development lifecycle across Android and iOS platforms, overseeing a cross-functional team of Android, iOS, and QA engineers.
• Acted as Scrum Master within a team, facilitating daily stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives, and Agile ceremonies to ensure timely and high-quality product delivery.
• Spearheaded Agile transformations by embedding Scrum practices, improving team velocity, and delivery predictability by 30%.
• Designed and maintained modular, reusable Android codebases, enforcing clean architecture principles, and consistent coding standards.
• Implemented ExoPlayer for seamless video playback, and collaborated with Pallycon DRM to ensure secure and scalable digital content distribution.
• Drove collaboration between product, design, and engineering teams to align technical execution with business goals, and user needs.
• Utilized Jira, Confluence, and Git to track progress, document architecture decisions, and manage release cycles effectively.

• Spearheaded development of critical Android telephony framework APIs for Samsung Research Institute application.
• Integrated Android application into framework, ensuring optimal functionality.
• Debugged and optimized complex issues in Android Telephony Framework call components.
• Conducted code reviews while mentoring junior developers to enhance code quality.

• Translated designs and wireframes into high-quality Java and Kotlin code.
• Led development team to complete major software project on time and within budget.
• Built and maintained reliable, high-performance code for multiple Android applications.
• Identified bottlenecks and resolved bugs to ensure flawless application delivery.
• Conducted rigorous testing and optimization to enhance application performance.

• Presented system improvement ideas and produced detailed specifications for program implementation.
• Integrated Firebase database and storage to enhance data management efficiency.
• Implemented NFC technology for reading encrypted cards, improving security and user experience.
• Developed media player functionalities to support multimedia experiences within applications.

• Developed detailed specifications and implemented program codes integrating Facebook, Gmail, YouTube, and other services.
• Integrated EBS Payment Gateway to facilitate seamless transactions.
• Implemented ExoPlayer for playback of embedded videos to enhance user experience.
• Integrated AdMob and Vungle SDK to display advertisements and increase revenue.

• Created new websites, primarily focusing on front-end development using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
• Worked on an online campus web application built with Ruby on Rails.
• Conducted thorough testing in real scenarios before launching products.