# Rishabh Sharma

> Principal Software Engineer

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/rishabhsharma

Interests:
- System design/architecture
- Building for scale
- Learning new technologies
- Distributed systems

Backend technologies: Golang, Typescript, NodeJS, MySQL, Redis
Mobile technologies: Kotlin, Java, Android
Misc: Kubernetes, Git, Docker

## Work Experience
### Principal Software Engineer @ Twilio
Jan 2022 – Present

### Staff Software Engineer @ ASAPP
Jan 2017 – Jan 2022
• Primarily worked on the backend side. Broke up the monolith into scalable microservices written in Golang. Set up deployment pipelines over CircleCI and used Kubernetes for managing services. 
• Led the initiative (including building the POC) to add Voice as a channel in our Chat System. POC included backend and frontend work and was written in Typescript.
• Led the initiative for integrating with third party channels in our Chat System. Channels include Google  Business Message, Apple Business Chat, SMS etc
• Point person on the team for new initiatives, architecture, and design discussions.
• Worked on the Android SDK for the first 8-10 months. Moving the codebase to Kotlin, improving the  performance, and adding new features.
• Code reviews, testing, and mentoring

### Lead Software Engineer @ MyFitnessPal
Jan 2014 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area
• Everything Android  
• Improving the architecture of the app (which included a complete rewrite essentially)
• Improving the performance  to build a faster and smoother user experience.  
• Involved in redesigning the app to follow the latest Android design principles.  
• Building features end to end.  
• Code reviews, testing, and mentoring.

### Principal Software Engineer @ hike messenger
Jan 2012 – Jan 2014 | Delhi Area, India
• Took complete ownership of the android client and was the only android dev in the team for the first 1.5 years.  • Architected and delivered the v1 and subsequent versions.  
• Mentored other members of the team with lesser experience as the team grew.  
• Scaled the app user base to 35+ million users.  
• Helped grow the android team to a size of 10+ engineers.

### Software Engineer @ Tata Consultancy Services
Jan 2010 – Jan 2012 | Cochin Area, India


## Education
### Bachelor of Engineering - BE in Electronics and Instrumentation
Maharshi Dayanand University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/rishabhsh09

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Last updated: 2026-04-12