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Rahul Balimidi

Bengaluru

Summary

Results-driven Senior Engineering Manager with forward-thinking approach centered on company success and competitive growth. Demonstrated record of success in building successful teams .

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Vice President - Product Engineering Head

Kotak Investment Advisors Ltd
Bangalore
07.2021 - Current
  • Role and Responsibilities : Lead a team of 20 developers, providing guidance, mentorship, and support to foster a collaborative and high-performing environment.
  • Built their flagship investment platform Kotak Cherry from the scratch.
  • Architected the Mobile App using MVVM-R.
  • Built strong performant team with strong focus on delivery.
  • Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including product managers, designers, and quality assurance, to ensure seamless integration and delivery of features.

Mobile Architect

JP Morgan
Bengaluru, Karnataka , India
06.2017 - Current
  • Roles and Responsibilities: Acted as delivery lead for 2 mobile applications.Led team of 5 IOS and 2 Android developers.Architected new features on both IOS and Android versions.Projects Executed: Mobile Assistant (IOS and Android)(Duration: Nov 2018 - Present) Environment/Tools : Android Studio , Java ,XCode , Swift , Jenkins, Fastlane Description: Digital/Voice Assistants are on a rise
  • People are using google assistant /Siri more than ever
  • The intention is to provide a similar experience to the JPMC employees in the professional environment
  • Mobile Assistant acts as a one stop hub for the JPMC employees to search the people/content, view and join the meetings ,perform actions like their mandatory trainings and approvals.AppHub - ReactNative(Duration: Mar 2018 - Nov 2018) Environment/Tools : Visual Studio Code , React Native Description: This application acts as a download hub for all the other enterprise apps very similar to Appstore/play store but just for the JPMC employees
  • JPMC being a huge organization has various line of businesses
  • Each LOB has their separate enterprise applications
  • This application acts as a hub through which end user can search ,view and download the app on to their device.

Lead Mobile Developer

Synechron Technologies(Client - Morgan Stanley)
Bengaluru, Karnataka , India
07.2016 - 06.2017
  • Role & Responsibilities: Led development of Stock Plan Connect Android app using Cordova and Ionic from scratch and successfully pushed android app to play store within stringent timelines.I have written Cordova plugins required for communication between android native layer to JavaScript layer .Advocated use of crosswalk to business and included same in android app for better performance and reduction of bugs related to android device fragmentation.Project Details: Morgan Stanley-Stock Plan Connect App (Duration: July 2016 - June2017) Environment/Tools: Visual Studio Code ,Cordova ,Ionic, Angular JS
  • Description: This App is designed exclusively for stock plan participants with plans administered by Morgan Stanley
  • App enables customers to view their account balance and activity, check their award vesting schedules, sell shares and indicate profit distribution, and model future stock performance
  • In addition, interactive data visualizations gives important investment information at glance
  • Play Store Link of App: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.morganstanley.stockplanconnect&hl=en

Mobile Module Lead

SkillSoft
Hyderabad
11.2015 - 07.2016
  • Roles and Responsibilities: Led the design and development of the I OS modules for the skillsoft e-learning app which includes addition of live events, UI changes to Video Player and addition of offline saving to the videos.Worked on set-up of the Continuous Integration server (Jenkins) to streamline the build and deployment process.Helped the QA team in their I OS environment set-up and in writing the automation test cases using Appium.Worked on the design and development of a hybrid mobile solution for the skill soft acquired company sum total using IONIC and Angular JS.Project Details: Skillsoft Learning App - IOS(Duration : Nov 2015 - July 2016) Environment/Tools: Objective C, JavaScript, Cocoa frameworks, XCode, JSON
  • Description: This is their core learning app designed for their vast number of clients to help them access learning content across a variety of topics including business, personal development, Finance and IT in various forms like e-books, audio books , videos ,summaries and courses
  • Itunes link: https://itunes.apple.com/in/app/skillsoft-learning-app/id956302180?mt=8

Technical Analyst

Bank Of America
Hyderabad
11.2013 - 11.2015
  • Role and Responsibilities:
  • Worked as a sole iOS developer and developed the iOS app right from the scratch
  • I was made the Mobile lead after an year and started grooming a junior developer under me.
  • Actively participated in gathering requirements from business, coordinated with the UI designer to get the user –friendly UI for our app.
  • Received Platinum award for my work on this project, which went live in July 2014
  • It is the first mobile app in the Forex trading space for Bank of America.Project Details:Instinct-FX - IOS(Bank of America) (Duration: Nov 2013 - Nov 2015)Environment / Tools: Objective C, Cocoa frameworks, XCode, sockets.Description: Instinct –FX is a single dealer Forex trading platform for Bank of America clients
  • It helps the existing Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s institutional and corporate clients to check the live streaming FX rates of over 200 currency pairs, supports the ability to group currency pairs, track his orders and trades and allows placing four types of orders(Market,Take Profit,Stop loss and Call)
  • It is anI OS universal project which works both on Iphone and Ipad and supports push notifications.

Senior Developer- Mobility

Cognizant Technology Solutions
Hyderabad
07.2012 - 10.2013
  • Role & Responsibilities: Worked as an IOS lead for the app Receipt Match from the offshore team.Coordinating with the onsite project manager and giving the estimates for the new user stories along with the preparation of design documents, Unit test Cases.Implemented the features like tags and notes to the Upload Receipt screen
  • In order to make the app more convenient and easy to use to the end user, suggested the client to include the App tour feature
  • Received immense appreciation for it and the client has decided to include the feature.Project Details: Receipt Match - IOS – American Express (Feb 2013 - Oct 2013) Environment / Tools : Objective C, Cocoa frameworks, Xcode, web services
  • Description: Receipt Match is an iPhone project , which helps the American Express open cardholders to manage their receipts and does the task of matching it to a corresponding transaction on your online statement
  • The iTunes link of the app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/receiptmatch-from-american/id572989656?mt=8

Systems Engineer

Infosys
Mysore
06.2009 - 07.2012
  • Role and Responsibilities: Worked on multiple IOS apps as a developer.Acted as an IOS lead to the Dupont app.Received on the spot award from the GM for our first successful release of mobile project.Projects Executed: Tassimo - IOS (Mar 2010 - August 2010) Environment / Tools: Objective C, Cocoa frameworks, XCode, web services
  • Description: The Tassimo Hot Beverage System is a coffee machine that prepares one-cup servings of espresso, regular coffee tea, and various other coffee drinks
  • This iPhone application helps the user to buy this coffee machine along with various other coffee products and beverages
  • It also helps to locate their stores and contains the sample videos on how to use the machines
  • Crop R&D Protection tool - IOS(May 2011 - Dec 2011) Environment / Tools: Objective C, Cocoa frameworks, XCode
  • Description: DuPont Crop R & D iPad application is intended for the field development officers of DuPont in order to collect the data regarding the experimentation details and research done on the crops and also syncing the data with their desktop application Field-Pro Merlin Performance Review - Apple(Dec 2011 - April 2012) Environment / Tools: Objective C, Cocoa frameworks, XCode, Web Services
  • Description: Merlin is a Mac desktop application for Apple which allows the apple employees, HR’s, Managers to view or modify the official data .In short this is their internal application which has all the data of the employees in Apple .I have worked on the performance review Module which helps the manager to rate the employees under them and set the goals for their next cycles.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - EEE

Osmania University
Hyderabad, TG
06.2005 - 05.2009

High School Diploma -

Gowtha Junior College
Vijayawada, AP

High School Diploma -

Chaithanya High School
Karimnagar, TG

Skills

IOS AND ANDROID DEVELOPMENTundefined

Timeline

Vice President - Product Engineering Head

Kotak Investment Advisors Ltd
07.2021 - Current

Mobile Architect

JP Morgan
06.2017 - Current

Lead Mobile Developer

Synechron Technologies(Client - Morgan Stanley)
07.2016 - 06.2017

Mobile Module Lead

SkillSoft
11.2015 - 07.2016

Technical Analyst

Bank Of America
11.2013 - 11.2015

Senior Developer- Mobility

Cognizant Technology Solutions
07.2012 - 10.2013

Systems Engineer

Infosys
06.2009 - 07.2012

Bachelor of Engineering - EEE

Osmania University
06.2005 - 05.2009

High School Diploma -

Gowtha Junior College

High School Diploma -

Chaithanya High School

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