Ayaz Qureshi — Bangalore, India
Builder.Indie Developer.
I ship products end-to-end — from architecture and system design to delightful UIs.
Mobile-first, but increasingly building for web, AI, and automation. Currently working
on a handful of tools and platforms in parallel.
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Things I've built
Skills & expertise
Mobile Engineering Android SDK Kotlin Java Jetpack Compose Flutter Dart KMM Room DB WorkManager Paging 3 Navigation Component Material Design 3 Lifecycle ProGuard/R8
Built and scaled production Android apps serving tens of millions of users. Deep in architecture, performance optimisation, and smooth UI delivery.
Architecture & Design MVVM Clean Architecture SOLID TDD Dagger/Hilt Koin Coroutines Flow StateFlow LiveData DataStore Retrofit Modular Design
Owned architecture decisions end-to-end. Introduced patterns that reduced onboarding time and improved test coverage across teams.
Backend & Web Python FastAPI Node.js TypeScript Firebase PostgreSQL Redis Docker Astro Fly.io Vercel DigitalOcean REST APIs Nginx
Ships full products end-to-end — web frontends, backend services, and cloud deployments. Comfortable owning infra as a solo builder.
AI & Automation OpenAI APIs LangChain LLM Integration Prompt Engineering RAG Vector Databases Telegram Bots Algo Trading Whisper API Reportlab Fine-tuning
Built AI-powered bots, recommendation systems, and trading automation. Comfortable wiring LLMs into real products, not just demos.
Observability & Quality Firebase Crashlytics Mixpanel Datadog Sentry ktlint detekt JaCoCo LeakCanary Espresso Mockito Unit Testing A/B Testing
Maintained crash-free rates at scale. Introduced static analysis tooling that reduced code review time and improved reliability.
DevOps & Tooling Jenkins CI/CD GitHub Actions Gradle Git Play Console Firebase App Distribution Jira Bitbucket Branch.io Android Studio Cursor IDE
End-to-end release ownership — from pre-release analysis and CI/CD pipelines to zero-issue production rollouts.
Professional work
All Fintech Mobility Enterprise
Senior Android Engineer
Fintech / Trading Nov 2022 – Present · 2+ yrs
High-scale retail trading platform — 80M users · 4M+ DAU · ~99.7% crash-free rate
• Reduced order form load time by ~25% (480ms → 124ms) and improved overall order placement speed by 20% through targeted performance work. • Designed the advisory widget system — contributed to 1.95M+ user interactions and 117K orders placed in the first 6 months. • Developed the in-app nudges system, driving 120K additional orders by surfacing contextual prompts at the right moment. • Built offline-first Watchlist using Room DB and data prefetching — significantly improved perceived performance and reliability. • Owned architecture and delivery of a KMM module — clean layering, future-ready modularisation. • Delivered features end-to-end: pre-release analysis, A/B testing, and zero-issue production rollouts under tight deadlines. • Interviewed and evaluated candidates across all levels, contributing to team growth. Kotlin Jetpack Compose KMM Room DB Dagger/Hilt Coroutines Crashlytics Mixpanel A/B Testing
Senior Android Engineer
Mobility / Super-App Oct 2021 – Nov 2022 · 1 yr
Multi-service consumer super-app — Operated across Southeast Asia · 1M+ transactions at launch
• Implemented a train ticket booking system — handled 1M+ transactions in the first month with zero downtime or critical issues. • Introduced modular use-case architecture in MVVM, reducing onboarding time for new developers by ~30%. • Built and shipped a transaction logs system from scratch, reducing support tickets related to payment issues by ~20%. • Improved code quality via ktlint, detekt, and static analysis — reduced review time by ~25% and improved test coverage. • Delivered multiple cross-platform POCs (Flutter + React Native), accelerating architectural decisions. Kotlin MVVM Clean Architecture ktlint detekt Flutter React Native CI/CD
Android Engineer
EV / Hardware + App May 2021 – Oct 2021 · 6 mos
Consumer EV scooter companion app — Shipped on Play Store · zero-glitch launch
• Developed and published the scooter companion app within weeks — zero glitches at launch. • Implemented smooth animations to showcase scooter features in an engaging onboarding experience. • Conducted code reviews, enforced coding standards, and introduced quality tooling (detekt, ktlint, JaCoCo). Kotlin MVVM CI/CD Android Studio detekt JaCoCo
Android Engineer
Enterprise / Client Delivery Sep 2019 – May 2021 · ~2 yrs
Client-facing Android product delivery — Multiple clients · B2C mobility apps
• Built, enhanced, and maintained high-impact Android applications across mobility and enterprise clients. • Translated product requirements into well-scoped features — consistent on-time delivery of user-focused solutions. Android Kotlin Java MVVM REST APIs Play Store