# Pranav Mehendiratta

> Android @ Nextdoor

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/pranavmehendiratta

Android, Design, UX, Generative AI

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Nextdoor
Jan 2024 – Present

### Senior Software Engineer @ Clari
Jan 2021 – Jan 2024
• Revitalized a dated Java application from 2013 into a modern, sleek single-activity-based app utilizing the Model-View-Intent architecture, Jetpack Navigation, and Compose. The result was a significant reduction in crashes from a staggering 500 to just 2 per week.
• Devised a sophisticated, asynchronous view refreshing API using Kotlin flows and channels, complete with scope management that mirrors the state management principles of React.
• Designed a multi-threading framework that leverages coroutines to incorporate caching capabilities and improve the reliability of network calls through context elements that enable seamless retries.
• Leveraging the robust exception handling mechanisms inherent to coroutines and capitalizing on the flexibility of coroutine context elements, I constructed an intricately designed multi-threading framework. This framework incorporates caching capabilities and seamlessly retries network calls in the event of an error, ensuring optimal performance and reliability.
• In the interest of maintaining a lean and efficient codebase, I employed the Koin framework for dependency injection. This versatile and nimble solution minimized object creation and allowed for immediate access to singletons, streamlining the development process while ensuring optimal performance.
• To ensure efficient and dependable software delivery, I developed a comprehensive CI/CD pipeline that incorporated Bitrise, Firebase App Distribution, and TestProject for UI testing.
• Created a rich text editor based on Quill (Salesforce) as a web application within a native Android app, which enables seamless and intuitive text editing.
• The average count of active users over the last 30 days has been around 10K.
• Play store - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.clari

### Software Engineer II @ Rally Health
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco Bay Area
• By leveraging the powerful Android WorkManager library, we have implemented an efficient task
scheduling mechanism to deliver engagement notifications seamlessly in the background.
• Developed a testing framework to verify that every release provides an exceptional user experience
by leveraging a combination of Appium, JUnit, and MockK for automated UI and unit testing.
• The REST API communication was facilitated through the utilization of Retrofit and OkHttp in the
networking layer.
• Contributed to a reverse proxy edge service utilizing a Mashery API gateway written in Scala and
Play Framework. My work involved adding new endpoints to support mobile features
• Used CircleCI for CI/CD
• The average count of active users over the last 30 days has been around 51K.
• Play store link - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rally.wellness

### Software Engineer Intern @ Intuit
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Mountain View, California
• Designed and Implemented new features using MVP design for QB Payroll Android native app.
• Designed custom components for enhanced user experience while increasing reusability of components for future use.
• Delivered 3 new production ready features with automated unit and integration tests which are available in production app.
• Scribe of the team for standups following agile for one complete sprint.

### Undergraduate Teaching Assistant @ University of Wisconsin-Madison
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Madison, Wisconsin Area
Leaded groups and individual sessions comprised of undergraduate students to discuss concepts and problems of algorithms.

### Software Engineering Intern @ Dell EMC
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Eden Prairie, Minnesota
• Designed and scripted a Test Harness in PowerShell for PhoneHome, a solution involving various windows and web services, to maintain the quality of the solution with minimal effort.
• Reduced time for QA and testing by 70%.
• Designed and configured additional tests for PhoneHome automated web UI testing framework written in Selenium and C#.
• Created failover cluster of Windows VMs on Dell EMC SC for deploying the PhoneHome solution.

### Research Assistant @ Software Assurance Marketplace (SWAMP) @ University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Computer Sciences
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Designed and coded a Perl script to load SWAMP results, data of static analysis of software packages stored in XML or JSON files, into various SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Designed a server in Flask, a Python framework, for performing data analysis and creating data visualizations of results saved in the databases using JavaScript and d3.
• Improved analysis by at least 50% and up to 70% in certain situations
• Documented the CLI usage for the Perl script in AsciiDoc and Markdown for GitHub compatibility.


## Education
### Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Computer Sciences and Mathematics
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Jan 2015 – Jan 2019

### High School Diploma in General Studies
Jaspal Kaur Public School
Jan 2000 – Jan 2014


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/pranavmehendiratta

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