Nikhil Rai
Lead Software Engineer
BANGALORE
Summary
Engineering Leader To secure a responsible and challenging position that offer the opportunity for career and personal development and contribute to the organization's progress through knowledge, leadership skills, supervision, and domain expertise.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
2
2
Language
Work History
Software Developer Architect (SDE-3)
Ola
BANGALORE
01.2023 - Current
- Working on Ola-Maps SDK, integrated into Consumer app, Driver App, and Ola-EV Scooters.
- Collaborated on all stages of systems development lifecycle.
- Collaborated with project managers to set coding milestones.
- Modernized and updated old code bases, reducing costs and improving functionality.
- Led version control efforts using public and open source repositories.
Tech Lead
Gameskraft (acquired Pocket52)
BANGALORE
06.2020 - 11.2022
- Mentoring team of 4 developers.
- Planned, scheduled, and delegated daily work to team of employees
- Worked on architecture design using Kotlin, MVVM, Coroutines, LibGDX, and Android JetPack libraries.
- Leading Poker Game App in Network model.
- Providing Poker Game for various clients.
- Leading team for Poker App and SDK.
- Managing sprint timeline, product, and client communication and critical bug fixes.
- Managed client communication, Scrum, and critical bug fixes.
Senior Developer
Kuliza Technologies India Pvt Ltd
Bangalore
01.2019 - 05.2020
- Leading Aditya Birla Mutual Fund App projects.
- Worked with Client GET-MEGA (Gaming App Startup - 2018).
- Led mobile application development for Mutual Funds.
- Mentored team of 4 developers.
- Built UI and Data Layer for "Get-Mega" Gaming App from scratch.
- Used Tools: Android, Kotlin, FireStore(DB), Retrofit, Coroutines, and Architecture Component.
Founder & Director
TechMineGuru Technologies India OPC
Lucknow
01.2018 - 01.2019
- Created organization's mission and vision statements for use by employees.
- Responsible for design syllabus and manage team
Sr. Software Engineer
PayU Payments Pvt. Ltd (acquired Citrus & Coin App)
Gurgaon
09.2015 - 01.2018
- Acquired Coin mobile technologies), Leading financial services provider in global growth markets
- Responsible for LazyPay Client Android SDK changes as well as LazyPay Android App development
- Coinn App — Mobile Payments App(Java, Android, BLE)
- Responsible for developing SDK for Client app, which can detect the beacons and make payments.
Software Engineer
Synchronoss Technologies India Pvt Ltd
Bangalore
10.2013 - 09.2015
- Responsible for UI changes and theming for Verizon Messaging Application.
- Integrated reading and reply to messages from Android Wear watch.
- Integrated Driving Mode Option.
- Worked with software development and testing team members to design and develop robust solutions to meet client requirements for functionality, scalability, and performance.
Education
B.Tech - Information Technologies
Gautam Budha Technical University
Lucknow 07.2008 - 05.2012
Skills
10 Years in software development
4 Years leading teams
6 Years in startups
4 Years leading teams
Kotlin, Android, Java
Android Jetpack, MVVM, Hilt
Motivates teams
Mentorship
Estimation skills
Executive communication
Code analysis, Mergers experience
HMI Map, LibGDX, Game Engine BLE, Payment Gateway Messaging, Games, Banking Jetpack, Coroutines, LiveData ViewModel, Paging, Room DB
Clean architecture, MVP Singleton, Builder
Android KTX, Retrofit, Payment Epoxy, Lottie, Glide
Timeline
Software Developer Architect (SDE-3)
Ola
01.2023 - Current
Tech Lead
Gameskraft (acquired Pocket52)
06.2020 - 11.2022
Senior Developer
Kuliza Technologies India Pvt Ltd
01.2019 - 05.2020
Founder & Director
TechMineGuru Technologies India OPC
01.2018 - 01.2019
Sr. Software Engineer
PayU Payments Pvt. Ltd (acquired Citrus & Coin App)
09.2015 - 01.2018
Software Engineer
Synchronoss Technologies India Pvt Ltd
10.2013 - 09.2015
B.Tech - Information Technologies
Gautam Budha Technical University
07.2008 - 05.2012