Taral Rathod

Apps: The New Yorker, Epicurious, Vogue

• Led end-to-end development of flagship editorial and recipe apps serving 6M+ monthly users, improving cold start time by ~27% through launch sequence optimization, lazy loading, and dependency reduction.
• Maintained 99.9%+ crash-free sessions by strengthening error handling, monitoring, and performance profiling across releases.
• Designed and built 3 reusable Swift frameworks adopted across internal mobile teams, reducing feature development time by ~30% and improving cross-team code consistency.
• Architected a cross-platform foundation using Kotlin Multiplatform and Flutter, enabling shared business logic and reducing platform-specific engineering effort by ~40%.
• Optimized networking, caching, and rendering pipelines, resulting in ~20% faster article and recipe load times and improved user engagement.
• Improved release reliability by implementing CI/CD automation and stricter code review standards, reducing regression issues by ~35%.
• Tech lead for a 6-engineer iOS team, driving architecture decisions, mentoring developers, and delivering performance-focused mobile features used by millions of readers daily.

Apps: HSBC Mobile Banking

• Contributed to development of HSBC mobile banking applications deployed across 40+ countries, delivering secure and scalable experiences to millions of global users and achieving App Store featured recognition in multiple regions.
• Implemented security and authentication enhancements aligned with enterprise banking standards, strengthening protection of sensitive financial data across global markets.
• Optimized app memory usage and resource management, reducing peak memory consumption by ~8% and improving overall app stability on lower-memory devices.
• Improved application performance and responsiveness by optimizing networking and UI rendering workflows, leading to faster screen load times and smoother navigation.
• Collaborated within cross-functional global teams (product, security, QA) to deliver high-quality releases while maintaining strict compliance with banking security requirements.

Apps: Barclays Mobile Banking, AOK Health Insuracne, SonyLiv

• Played a key role in developing and optimizing large-scale mobile applications across OTT, global banking, and insurance domains, delivering high-performance experiences to millions of users worldwide.
• Improved overall bottlenecks app performance by ~23% through UI rendering optimizations, efficient networking, and better resource management.
• Identified and resolved critical memory leaks, significantly reducing app crashes and improving long-session stability on lower-memory devices.
• Enhanced offline download reliability by implementing robust background download management and failure recovery mechanisms, ensuring consistent access to content in low or no network conditions.

Apps: White&Yellow Pages, Bludente, Mindworks, Thirty2Give

• Delivered 7+ IoT and healthcare mobile applications (4.5★+ App Store ratings) serving 3M+ users, enabling seamless communication between mobile apps and connected hardware devices.
• Engineered real-time app–device communication layers using Bluetooth/Wi-Fi protocols, enabling reliable data exchange between mobile applications and medical/IoT hardware.
• Optimized device connectivity and data synchronization, improving reliability and reducing connection failures across large-scale deployments.
• Implemented In-App Purchase infrastructure, enabling subscription and premium features that directly increased client revenue streams.
• Built scalable mobile architectures capable of handling continuous device data streams while maintaining smooth UI performance and low latency.

• Independently built and launched 4 full-scale iOS applications from initial prototype to App Store release, owning end-to-end development including architecture, implementation, testing, and deployment.
• Rapidly learned and applied new frameworks, APIs, and mobile technologies to deliver production-ready solutions while adapting to evolving product requirements.
• Collaborated directly with clients and stakeholders to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions, ensuring timely delivery and high product quality.
• Demonstrated strong self-driven problem solving and fast learning ability while managing the complete mobile development lifecycle independently.