Project Manager (Mobile Tech Architect & Engineering Lead) - Vagaro Technologies Pvt Ltd
(2020-06 - 2026-04)
US-based SaaS platform serving 220,000+ beauty, wellness & fitness businesses. Led end-to-end delivery of Android and cross-platform products while actively participating in architecture decisions, code reviews, and system design.
- Architected and co-delivered Vagaro Connect — a real-time messaging app for Android, iOS & Web using SignalR and WebSocket protocols — from 0 to production in 3 months, now active across 20,000+ businesses.
- Led Android delivery for Vagaro Live Stream — a WebRTC-based interactive streaming app (Ant Media SDK) supporting live classes, chat, recording, and on-demand replay on Android & iOS.
- Participated in Android architecture discussions (MVVM, REST API design, push notification pipelines), translating product requirements into sprint-ready technical specifications for a 15-engineer team.
- Drove CI/CD adoption via Azure DevOps for Android build pipelines, reducing release cycles from bi-monthly to bi-weekly and achieving ~95% on-time delivery across all major releases.
- Conducted code reviews for Kotlin and Java Android codebases, enforcing architecture standards and performance best practices across the mobile team.
- Collaborated daily with US-based product owners, firmware, QA, and DevOps teams in a fast-paced Agile/Scrum environment across multiple time zones.
Assistant Project Lead — Mobile Engineering & Architecture - Silver Touch Technologies Pvt Ltd
(2011-11 - 2020-05)
One of India's largest IT services firms. Hands-on Android developer and lead across 50+ projects covering government, enterprise, and consumer apps.
- Delivered the official Narendra Modi App (Android & iOS) for the Prime Minister of India — a national-scale, zero-failure-tolerance product achieving 4.3★ App Store rating with real-time updates, push notifications, and direct communication channels.
- Managed Android app development for the Honorable President of India — met 100% on-time delivery under strict government security, compliance, and performance requirements.
- Hands-on experience with BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) communication in Android — worked on device connectivity workflows including discovery, pairing, and data exchange between Android apps and hardware peripherals.
- Built 100+ production Android applications (Java/Kotlin) published on Google Play Store — spanning consumer apps, enterprise tools, and government platforms — with zero major post-launch rollbacks on flagship accounts.
- Integrated REST APIs, GraphQL endpoints, Room DB for local persistence, and Dagger for dependency injection across multiple enterprise Android projects.
- Led end-to-end product discovery, requirement workshops, and user story grooming for 20+ enterprise clients, translating hardware/firmware requirements into Android-side implementation specs.
- Awarded 'Project Lead of the Year' within 6 months of joining — fastest recognition in team history.
Software Engineer — Mobile & Platform Engineering - Astron Infotech / Priya Soft / Indianic Pvt Ltd
(2009-01 - 2011-11)
- Built Android applications using Java, Android SDK, SQLite, and REST APIs — developing foundational expertise in mobile architecture, activity lifecycle, threading, and offline data handling.
- Worked on J2EE-based backend (JSP, Servlet) integrated with Android front-end clients — providing full-stack development experience now leveraged in cross-team technical discussions.
