Tech lead, WhatsApp Growth

TL for a team of 10+ engineers, leading the development of core features in the WhatsApp app like:

• Message translation using on-device ML: Developing message translation using cutting-edge on-device ML, enabling real-time language translation without compromising user data privacy

• Multi-Account support on WhatsApp: Developed a scalable architecture to allow users to register and manage on-device storage for multiple accounts in the WhatsApp app. Leading effort to enable simultaneous active accounts that would allow users to communicate effortlessly

• WhatsApp Registration & Onboarding: Leading effort to streamline registration flow, reducing friction and improving conversion rates. Implemented features like audio guided registration, flash call verification and more

WhatsApp Payments

• Led the development of a performance tracking system for a system enabling seamless backend-driven flows and user interfaces on WhatsApp across multiple platforms.

• Drove the effort to setup and rollout SLAs for Payments org + a new bug triaging process for all teams in an 80 person org

Portal App Store

• Engineering lead for app management on Portal

• Owned the vision, roadmap and project management aspects of app installation infrastructure on all Portal devices that enabled (un)installing, updating all apps on Portal

• Spearheaded a comprehensive analytics overhaul for Portal App Store, defining roadmap to collect key metrics, implementing data collection, and creating actionable dashboards and alerts that enhanced overall performance monitoring

• Led the effort to enable ADB on retail Portal devices for trusted 3p developers, collaborating with cross functional teams to simplify the process of onboarding new 3p partners to develop apps for Portal

Portal Assistant

• Worked with PMs and Designers on developing voice operated features like Attention System for Portal assistant, timers, photos, etc on different Portal form factors

• Developed apps with multiple flavors for various devices including Samsung edge, phone and tablet

• Lead a team to prototype and develop the Trulia app for Android TV, resulting in a successful launch and prominent feature on the Google Play Store

• Created and deployed a tool on raspberry-pi to test app performance on unreliable networks using Augmented Traffic Control library by Facebook

• Redesigned the Trulia App feed with animated pull to refresh to improve user engagement

Work on Trulia's Mobile Applications Team

Involved in development of apps for phone, tablets and Android TV

Developed Trulia Edge App for Samsung Edge Panel

Research and development of Android applications and application framework.

Added a module to fetch records from a MySQL database and to export the records in a CSV file

Developed functionality in Java based desktop application to enable the user to fetch and save remarks in the database and logout automatically

Implemented a calendar to allow the users to save events for different entities