SURENDRA BIND
Senior Software Engineer
Bengaluru
Summary
Android developer focused on Senior Android Developer work for merchant payments and banking applications. Delivers Retrofit, Coroutines, and Flow integrations for 20+ APIs that improve API performance, stability, and feature delivery for large user bases. Modernizes legacy screens, supports 10+ production fixes per quarter, and keeps business-critical modules at 90%+ test coverage.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Software Engineer
Mintoak Innovations Pvt. Ltd.
Mumbai, Maharashtra
05.2023 - 08.2026
- Architected secure, scalable merchant onboarding, payments, and banking apps with Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, MVVM, and Clean Architecture.
- Delivered ETB and NTB onboarding journeys with Retrofit, OkHttp, Coroutines, and Flow, driving 30% onboarding completion growth.
- Hardened application security through SSL pinning, encryption, R8, and ProGuard across merchant-facing Android releases.
- Reduced crash rates by 30% crash reduction through production ANR analysis, root-cause investigation, and targeted fixes using Android performance profiling and memory leak detection.
- Maintained 80%+ unit test coverage across business-critical modules with JUnit, Mockito, and Robolectric.
- Automated Android CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, Fastlane, and Bitbucket, supporting 10+ production releases annually with minimal post-release issues.
- Mentored junior and mid-level engineers through code reviews on architecture, testing, coding standards, and engineering best practices.
- Collaborated with management, internal and development partners regarding software application design status and project progress.
- Supervised work of programmers, designers and technicians, assigned tasks and monitored performance against targets.
- Mentored junior developers, fostering professional growth and enhancing team productivity.
- Created proofs of concept for innovative new solutions.
- Proactively identified areas for process improvement, implementing changes that led to significant time savings for the team.
- Developed robust, scalable, modular and API-centric infrastructures.
- Coordinated deployments of new software, feature updates and fixes.
- Authored code fixes and enhancements for inclusion in future code releases and patches.
- Corrected, modified and upgraded software to improve performance.
Software Engineer
Mintoak Innovations Pvt. Ltd.
Mumbai, Maharashtra
06.2019 - 04.2023
- Developed merchant payment features in Kotlin and Java using MVVM, Jetpack Compose, and Clean Architecture.
- Integrated Retrofit-based REST APIs and Firebase Analytics, Crashlytics, and Remote Config to support observability and stability.
- Resolved production crashes by diagnosing issues in customer-facing Android applications and shipping targeted fixes.
- Refactored legacy modules to MVVM and cleaner shared patterns to improve maintainability and code consistency.
- Delivered prioritized customer features with product and cross-functional teams, supporting 1M+ merchant users in HDFC Bank SmartHub Vyapar.
- Supported secure payments, performance, reliability, and production-quality releases for Android features in the HDFC Bank SmartHub Vyapar application.
- Developed comprehensive documentation for software applications, enabling easier maintenance and user support.
- Analyzed work to generate logic for new systems, procedures and tests.
- Implemented effective debugging strategies, resulting in fewer software defects and increased reliability.
- Optimized dust, temperature and humidity controls for installed systems.
- Analyzed proposed technical solutions based on customer requirements.
- Streamlined development processes to increase efficiency and reduce production time.
- Developed scalable and maintainable code, ensuring long-term stability of the software.
- Developed reusable components that significantly reduced development effort on multiple projects.
- Enhanced user experience with intuitive interface design and responsive web applications.
Technical Consultant
Transovative Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Mumbai, Maharashtra
01.2015 - 06.2019
- Owned Android application delivery end to end, from requirements analysis through implementation, testing, and production deployment.
- Built reusable UI and networking modules using Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, and MVVM to speed client-specific Android development.
- Translated client requirements into tailored Android solutions, aligning technical delivery with enterprise, logistics, and field-service needs.
- Managed order, inventory, and dispatch workflows, improving stock visibility and supporting accurate fulfillment and inventory reconciliation.
- Structured mobile code around Clean Architecture and Android app modularization to keep shared components maintainable across releases.
- Analyzed client requirements to design tailored software solutions, resulting in improved project outcomes.
- Conducted comprehensive system audits to identify performance issues and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
- Collaborated with stakeholders to define project scope, objectives, and deliverables, ensuring alignment with business goals.
- Mentored junior consultants, fostering professional development and enhancing team competencies in solution delivery.
- Streamlined project workflows through the integration of agile methodologies, reducing turnaround times for client projects.
- Enhanced system performance by identifying and resolving technical issues through troubleshooting and root cause analysis.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to complete complex projects on time and within budget constraints, meeting or exceeding project requirements.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Information Technology
St. Gonsalo Garcia College
Vasai West06-2014
HSC - Commerce
St. Joseph's Jr. College of Arts and Commerce
Nandakhal, Virar west06-2011
SSC - Marathi
Holy Cross High School
Nirmal, Nallasopara West06-2009
Skills
Kotlin
Java
Android SDK
Jetpack Compose
MVVM
Android performance profiling
Memory leak detection
A/B testing
Clean Architecture
Dependency injection
Hilt
Gradle build scripts
Android app modularization
Technical roadmap planning
Cross-functional stakeholder management
Code review standards
Engineering mentorship
Hiring interviews
App store release management
Feature flag management
Timeline
Senior Software Engineer
Mintoak Innovations Pvt. Ltd.
05.2023 - 08.2026
Software Engineer
Mintoak Innovations Pvt. Ltd.
06.2019 - 04.2023
Technical Consultant
Transovative Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
01.2015 - 06.2019
SSC - Marathi
Holy Cross High School
HSC - Commerce
St. Joseph's Jr. College of Arts and Commerce
Bachelor of Science - Information Technology
St. Gonsalo Garcia College