# Nilesh Kumar > Senior Software Engineer @ Inspire Brands | React Native Development Location: Atlanta, Georgia, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/nilesh As a senior software engineer at Dictionary.com, I use my React Native expertise to create engaging and user-friendly mobile applications that help millions of people learn and improve their English skills. I am passionate about building stellar products from scratch and delivering high-quality code and features that meet the needs and expectations of our users and stakeholders. I have over six years of experience in mobile app development, working with various technologies and frameworks such as React Native, Typescript, Redux, Hooks, Node.js, Git, Firebase, and Stripe. I have successfully led and contributed to multiple projects at startups such as Vertoe and HokuPop, where I demonstrated my skills in cross-platform development, API integration, performance optimization, SEO, and user retention. I have a master's degree in computer science from New York University. ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer @ Inspire Jan 2024 – Present | Atlanta, Georgia, United States ### Senior Software Engineer (React Native) @ Dictionary.com Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 ### Mobile Engineer @ Vertoe Jan 2018 – Jan 2021 | Greater New York City Area • Led Vertoe’s product development effort with 8 engineers to grow the company 10x in annual revenue to $1.2m in less than 2 years. • Led product development of Vertoe's primary mobile-optimized website, iOS/Android apps, REST API, and all internal tools to set the foundation for the company's end-to-end tech stack. • Created cross-platform Vertoe’s customer app (20,000+ users/rating of 4.3), POS, and partner apps using React Native • Managed the tech team and SEO to improve Vertoe’s page ranking up to 400% • Increased the percentage of repeat users by 200% on the mobile platform as compared to web by studying the user journey and improvising on the search and booking flow • Managed cross-functional (Marketing, Operations, Tech, and UX) and international team to plan, build, and launched an MVP for Vertoe’s experimental growth efforts, Livelyt and Stowfly to go after the self storage and package storage opportunities ($500M+ annual revenue opportunity combined) within 90 days of ideation which resulted in numerous B2B partnerships . ### React Native Mobile Developer @ HokuPop Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area • Build a cross-platform react native application from scratch to deployment. • Used Google Firebase for login/authentication (Email, Facebook and Google), receiving notifications on the phone. • Writing APIs to develop a hybrid mobile application to connect merchants and people interested in comic cons and more. • Wrote API to embed YouTube and Vimeo videos into the application from the posts shared by the users. • Build Chat, Profile posts and Like, Comment and Share feature in the application using React-Native and Firebase. • Integrated PayPal Payment in the application for purchases. • Migrating the old database into a more flattened database structure to improve the performance of the application. • Using React Native and Firebase to build the application, and GitHub for version control and source code management. ### React Native Mobile Developer @ BoozeOff Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area • Build a scalable cross-platform react native and node.js application from scratch. • Used Google Firebase for login/authentication (Email, Facebook and Google), push notifications on the phone. • Implemented location-based search using React Native Geolocation API to search for nearby clubs. • Used QR code scanner to authenticate purchases and Integrated PayPal Payment in the application for purchases. • Implemented a loyalty program to keep track of the points earned and functions to redeem it. • Used API to list upcoming events, add users to the guest list and ticket purchases through the application. • Designed the database and created over 25 screens and various components in the application. • Used React Native, node.js and Firebase to build the application, and GitLab for version control and source code management. ### Software Developer @ ConsultAdd Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area Responsibilities:  • Involved in Requirement gathering, analysis, design, development, testing and Maintenance phases of application. • Followed Agile SCRUM methodology and used Test Driven Development (TDD) for the developing the application. • Used Flask, Python and Javascript to create a web portal for the migration of login page project from Java to Python with GIT. • Created Restful APIs that allow sophisticated, effective and low cost application integration. • Involved in writing application level code to interact with APIs and Web Services using JSON. • Used Java to create bug fixes and new services in the legacy system following best practices in coding. • Designed the web application layout and forms using Javascript, HTML and CSS. • Wrote methods to perform CRUD operation and executed various PostgreSQL database queries from Python using psycopg2 adapter. • Created to scripts to perform ETL (Extract, Transform and Load) operations using PostgreSQL and Python. • Used MVC architecture for developing the application. • Used pytest, Junit and tox for Unit Testing, Functional Testing and code coverage. Environment: Java, Python, Flask, PostgreSQL, HTML, CSS, Javascript, Apache, Centos-7. ### Software Developer Internship @ Commercial Syndicate Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | New Delhi Area, India • Assisted in development of company’s windows-based and web-based Inventory Management Software using Java, Spring etc. • Developed the UI pages using HTML, Javascript, Angular.js etc. • Designed the database for the inventory management system using SQL. • Ensured quick response time by using stored procedures to create data reports. • Imported the old data from SQL Server 2008 in to the new database SQL Server 2012. ## Education ### Master's degree in Computer Science New York University Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 ### Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) in Computer Science SRM University Jan 2010 – Jan 2014 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/nileshkumar10 --- Source: https://flows.cv/nilesh JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/nilesh/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-22