Maiz Bagwala

Diagnosed and resolved critical performance bottlenecks utilizing React DevTools and Android Studio profilers, optimizing list rendering and reducing overall bundle sizes. Spearheaded the critical migration of legacy React Native codebases to version 0.76+, comprehensively adopting the New Architecture (JavaScript Interface and Fabric renderer) to eliminate JSON serialization overhead. Engineered custom native Expo plugins to bridge platform-specific hardware APIs, ensuring highly reliable background execution. Architected a highly efficient data-fetching layer utilizing GraphQL and Apollo Client, implementing advanced caching strategies that reduced redundant network payloads by approximately 40%. Mentored a junior engineering intern over a 6-month period and established rigorous peer code review protocols, enforcing strict ESLint rules to maintain code quality and reduce technical debt across the team.

Architected robust global state management utilizing Redux Toolkit (RTK), reducing boilerplate code by 40% and improving UI rendering predictability. Translated complex Figma designs into fully responsive, typed architectures utilizing React Native and TypeScript, minimizing runtime errors by 25%. Collaborated closely with backend engineering teams to ensure seamless data flow and synchronization between complex mobile client states and distributed server systems.

Designed and developed a fully functional real-time communication application utilizing the comprehensive Firebase suite. Implemented secure user authentication flows and engineered the database architecture using Cloud Firestore. Optimized UI performance for long message threads by implementing highly efficient FlatList pagination, actively managing memory consumption and ensuring smooth 60fps scrolling.

Built a React Native social media application featuring post creation, contextual commenting, sharing mechanisms, and auto-play video features to boost user engagement. Integrated complex payment gateways (Apple Pay, Google Pay, PayPal via Stripe) into a Flutter application, streamlining secure payment processing. Improved an Android Kotlin application using MVVM Architecture, enhancing performance by 50% through targeted code optimization and rigorous bug fixing.

Designed intuitive mobile app interfaces utilizing Adobe XD, aligning with client branding and UX best practices. Developed and published e-commerce Android applications to the Google Play Store using Java and Kotlin (MVVM architecture) featuring secure checkouts and complex API integrations.