Cherag Verma

Lead React Native developer with 9+ years of experience architecting and scaling mobile applications across e-commerce, healthcare, and consumer sectors. Proven track record taking products from 0 to 1 (MVP architecture) and 1 to 100 (scaling to 500K+ users). Deep expertise in cross-platform delivery, TypeScript, UI/UX performance, and AI-assisted engineering.

Experienced leading cross-border engineering teams and partnering with global stakeholders to deliver measurable business impact. Open to relocating to the UAE or joining international teams remotely, with prior experience working directly with US-based teams and clients (Santa Clara, New York) across time zones.

Lead React Native Engineer at CGI (2026-04 – Present)

Enterprise mobile delivery for SHRM (B2B HR SaaS). Via Workflexi contract.

• Leading a 5-person mobile engineering team for SHRM (B2B HR SaaS), driving React Native and TypeScript delivery across quality, architecture, and sprint execution.
• Collaborating with global cross-border teams and client stakeholders to convert requirements into sprint-ready deliverables and production-ready releases.
• Reviewing architecture, code quality, and implementation decisions to improve consistency, maintainability, and confidence in releases across the team.
• Owning delivery planning, technical risk management, code reviews, and release execution for client-facing mobile initiatives.

Independent Product Builder at Appdevy (2025-07 – 2026-03)

Consumer mobile product - Numerology App.

• Took a product from 0 to 1 and scaled the mobile application from 20K to 500K users through product iteration, App Store Optimization, and UX improvements.
• Implemented in-app purchases to monetize, generating consistent monthly recurring revenue.
• Owned the full product lifecycle including React Native development, analytics, release management, growth strategy, and app store performance.

Staff Software Engineer at Homesome (2024-07 – 2025-06)

All-in-one e-commerce platform.

• Led development of a multi-tenant, white-labeled e-commerce mobile platform for grocery retailers using React Native and Firebase.
• Engineered an AI-powered receipt and list scanning feature using AI-assisted development workflows, extracting products from user photos, querying the backend for matches, and enabling one-click cart additions.
• Architected a modular, plug-and-play component and design system enabling rapid customization for multiple client brands, deploying apps for Hy-Vee, Erewhon, and others.
• Integrated native iOS/Android modules and deep linking to support platform-specific functionality and seamless in-app navigation across client brands.
• Grew the engineering team from 1 to 7 members by owning hiring, onboarding, mentoring, and day-to-day technical guidance across distributed teams.

Software Consultant at Loop (2024-03 – 2024-06)

Healthcare product delivery.

• Built a live Stepathon experience enabling employees to participate in company fitness events and compete through team step tracking.
• Increased user engagement from 27% to 66% through improvements to the challenge experience and participation flows.
• Automated reporting workflows for HR teams, significantly reducing manual operational effort.

Software Consultant at Glaze (2024-04 – 2024-05)

AI-powered shopping recommendation.

• Built the mobile app from scratch (0 to 1) in a fast-paced consulting setup, covering onboarding, explore flows, product pages, and performance improvements.
• Delivered quickly in a lean two-developer team working synchronously across US and India time zones.

Senior Software Engineer at Loop (2022-09 – 2024-03)

Healthcare product delivery.

• Helped revamp native iOS and Android applications into a unified React Native platform, improving delivery speed and maintainability.
• Owned frontend delivery for mediclaim tracking flows that replaced manual processes for end users.
• Improved app performance, resolved memory leaks, and strengthened analytics instrumentation.

Software Engineer III at Walmart Labs India (2020-06 – 2022-09)

Retail platform engineering.

• Built frontend features for Express membership that contributed to 159% growth in customer acquisitions.
• Developed return, refund, and cancellation flows across three banners, reducing customer care calls by 90%.
• Worked in a monorepo environment and contributed across the design-to-deployment lifecycle.

Senior Software Developer at Le Travenues / ixigo.com (2018-05 – 2020-06)

Travel portal.

• Contributed to end-to-end development of the SpiceJet mobile and web application across flight status, add-ons, profile management, and payments.
• Owned multiple customer-facing flows and delivered enhancements across high-traffic travel booking experiences.

Member of Technical Staff at MetricStream (2016-09 – 2018-05)

Enterprise GRC (Governance, Risk & Compliance) software.

• Worked as a hybrid front-end mobile application developer building enterprise-facing solutions for integrated risk management and GRC products, using JavaScript, ES6, and React Native.
• Built a reusable mobile UI component library adopted enterprise-wide, improving design consistency and development velocity across product teams.
• Strengthened core JavaScript and mobile engineering foundations across cross-platform hybrid app development, including React Native, react-redux, and native tooling (Xcode, Android Studio).

B.Tech in Computer Science – Maharaja Surajmal Institute of Technology (2012 – 2016)