Anil Kumar Parida

Designed shared Android frameworks using Kotlin, Flow, and Jetpack Compose for Cart, Checkout, and Payments, supporting 200M+ users across multiple app surfaces. Led platform-level initiatives enabling 15+ engineers across Android, iOS, Web, and Backend teams through reusable modules and architectural alignment. Strengthened release quality through 90%+ test coverage, leveraging GenAI tools (Co-pilot and Gemini) to improve confidence in changes and maintain safe, stable releases. Improved application stability by resolving ANRs affecting ~3% of sessions, enhancing overall reliability. Defined and enforced GraphQL API contracts, modular boundaries, and coding standards, reducing integration issues by 20%. Conducted 75+ code reviews and architecture discussions to ensure consistency, scalability, and maintainability across teams. Migrated 10 XML-based complex custom views to Jetpack Compose with proper lifecycle handling and state hoisting. Contributed to modern Android architecture discussions and pattern evaluations (including VIPER where applicable) and maintained proficiency with Android tooling (ADT). Contract concluded due to vendor disengagement following organizational restructuring, impacting multiple engineering teams.

Owned the full lifecycle of a WearOS application from development through production deployment. Designed modular communication layers for a GATT-based BLE architecture, improving reliability by 85%. Built shared platform components for BLE and WearOS ecosystems, enabling seamless IoT integrations across devices. Developed 7+ reusable Jetpack Compose components to ensure UI consistency across modules. Led end-to-end watch application R&D and mentored 3 junior engineers. Joined on a short-term contract engagement following prior organizational restructuring, ensuring continuity of professional commitments.

Designed and maintained a modular Android architecture (MVVM + Clean) supporting 5+ feature teams, improving scalability and reuse. As a platform team member, built shared libraries and reusable components, increasing development velocity by 30%. Reduced crashes by 15% through deep RCA and platform-level fixes using Firebase Crashlytics. Served as release manager, managing release pipelines and versioning strategies across 10+ production releases with zero rollbacks. Standardized Coroutines + Flow patterns across teams, improving consistency and maintainability. Role impacted due to company-wide organizational restructuring and workforce optimization initiatives. Transformed By Uplers.

Cut app startup time by ~900ms through profiling and targeted performance optimizations. Improved feed performance by ~30% by resolving scrolling issues using Paging and asynchronous execution. Shipped a media-heavy, multilingual content creation system supporting 12+ Indian languages within the Android app. Executed features rapidly in a fast-paced startup environment by leading front-end execution and coordinating implementation details.

Led a team of 6 engineers, driving architectural decisions and execution planning. Architected scalable feed and profile modules, defining reusable UI and data-layer patterns to support high user engagement. Organization ceased operations due to funding constraints shortly after onboarding.

Refactored legacy apps to MVVM, reducing memory leaks and ANRs by 35-40% using Android Profiler-driven analysis. Developed and shipped 7+ Android applications while partnering closely with iOS engineers and the CTO on product delivery. Earned a 90% salary increase within 6 months for high-impact contributions and ownership. Position impacted due to business slowdown caused by pandemic-related client attrition.

Migrated ~200 large files from Java to Kotlin with appropriate testing and a planned rollout strategy. Designed reusable base modules with clean abstractions to enable parallel feature development across the mobile codebase. Resolved production issues and released 20+ critical bug fixes for live e-commerce applications, improving stability and user experience. Role concluded following acquisition of an in-house project by an external organization, leading to transition of team ownership.