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Nirbhay Pherwani CV

Nirbhay Pherwani

Principal Engineer, Android Apps @ ReachMobi
Featured Author @ ProAndroidDev


Contact Information

πŸ“§ pherwani37@gmail.com
πŸ”— linkedin.com/in/nirbhaypherwani
πŸ”— linktree.com/nirbhaypherwani
πŸ“ Florida, United States


Professional Summary

Mobile engineering and systems architect specializing in platform-level frameworks, automation infrastructure, and high-scale Android experiences supporting multiple product teams and 15+ million users worldwide.

At ReachMobi, I architect foundational systems for messaging, email, personalization, accessibility, ads, and launcher-driven experiencesβ€”solving complex problems in stability, architecture, ad tech, testing, performance, and development velocity.

Current Focus: Cross-Studio CI Automation Testing Kit and Release Management infrastructure, Core Launcher SDK architecture, and revenue-critical ad tech optimization.

Global Recognition: Published technical author with 150,000+ article views across 12+ international publications, featured by Android Weekly, Droidcon, JetBrains, and translated into multiple languages. Articles referenced by Google Dev Library, adopted by corporations, and integrated into AI knowledge bases.


Core Competencies

Technical Leadership: Platform architecture β€’ SDK development β€’ CI/CD automation β€’ Performance optimization β€’ Ad tech monetization

Technologies: Kotlin β€’ Java β€’ Android β€’ Jetpack Compose β€’ Python β€’ PyPI β€’ GitLab CI β€’ Bitrise β€’ Appium β€’ AWS

Domains: Mobile platforms β€’ Launcher systems β€’ Automation frameworks β€’ Ad mediation β€’ Analytics β€’ ML/AI integration

Languages: English β€’ Hindi β€’ Marathi β€’ Sindhi


Professional Experience

ReachMobi β€” Fort Myers, Florida

Total Tenure: 5 years 9 months (May 2020 – Present)

Principal Engineer, Android Apps

December 2025 – Present (2 months)

Promoted to Principal Engineer in recognition of sustained technical leadership, platform-level architecture, and cross-company impact on stability, automation, and monetization.


Product Leader, Android Apps

April 2024 – December 2025 (1 year 9 months)

First and only engineer to transition into Product Leadership, beginning with engineering strategy and product decision-making for new Compose-based home screen initiatives. Identified systemic engineering gaps across studios and proposed a cross-studio strategic role to leadershipβ€”a data-backed plan that was approved and reshaped engineering workflows.

Platform Architecture & Automation:

  • Built the Cross-Studio CI & Release Management Kit (PyPI package) standardizing GitLab CI, Bitrise, QA flows, release notes, MRβ†’Trello sync, and AI-generated MR descriptionsβ€”enabling predictable, auditable releases
  • Designed the Cross-Studio Automated Testing Kit (PyPI package): Appium orchestrator with build-over-build performance analytics, device-level and test-session-level analytics, scalable to multiple third-party farms and local device-farm support
  • Authored Cross-Studio Frameworks: Ad Slot Tracking, S2S Ad Request IDs, Bugsnag Performance Alerts, Git Hygiene, and A/B Experiment Templates

Revenue & Monetization Impact:

  • Delivered the AppLovin interstitial respawn fix, restoring ~60% lost interstitial revenue
  • Enabled multiple launcher products to build on event-driven architecture and reusable Compose patterns
  • Led one launcher's SDK adoption and go-to-market, while owning 2024 product rocks and shaping 2025 retention and monetization roadmap

Performance Optimization:

  • Reduced GPU overdraw (Dark Red β†’ White), denested heavy Compose hierarchies, and optimized render paths
  • Reduced slow frames by 30%
  • Maintained 0.7% ANR rate and 0.15% crash rate (industry-leading stability)

Cross-Studio Leadership:

  • Built onboarding paths, led cross-studio alignment, acted as connective tissue between studios
  • Improved collaboration between product, engineering, and monetizationβ€”dissolving silos and enabling unified workflows

Lead Engineer, Android

March 2022 – April 2024 (2 years 2 months)

Promoted to Lead Engineer in just 8 months, recognized for driving high-impact engineering initiatives, transforming monetization strategy, and delivering measurable product growth across studios.

Platform Architecture:

  • Architected and launched the Core Launcher SDK, a plug-and-play foundation powering 5+ product studios:
    • 50% reduction in time-to-market
    • 60% reduction in duplicated launcher code
    • Improved maintainability and accelerated feature rollouts
  • Led company-wide shift to Jetpack Compose, reducing UI tech debt and enabling faster iteration
  • Built key home-screen features: drag-drop, drawer, pagers, widget integrations
  • Designed secure, cost-efficient dependency pipeline using GitLab Maven Registryβ€”60% reduction in package integration time

Monetization Impact:

  • Built Placement ID integration, enabling real-time revenue attribution, dynamic ad swaps, and granular experimentation:
    • 20% RPU lift
  • Decoupled Yahoo Ads into standalone plug-and-play module:
    • 90% reduction in integration time
    • Improved cross-studio flexibility

Performance & Stability:

  • Led performance optimizations for flagship messaging product:
    • 0.9% ANR rate for launcher
    • 99.95% crash-free stability (best in category)
  • Refactored async operations and background tasks:
    • 30% reduction in CPU usage

Engineering Culture:

  • Introduced structured weekly engineering updates and detailed release notes
  • Mentored new developers and led onboarding for Core Launcher SDK
  • Conducted learning sessions on Compose, debugging, and ad optimization
  • Aligned engineering priorities with business goals (retention, monetization)
  • Launched Messaging Hub, defining vision for unified messaging inbox experience

Senior Software Engineer, Android

August 2021 – March 2022 (8 months)

Fast-tracked to Senior Engineer in just over 1 year, expanding impact across multiple products and building on wins from Android Engineer role.

Cross-Company Impact:

  • Founding member of ReachMobi's Core Team, an elite engineering group created to solve company-wide challenges, optimize infrastructure, and accelerate monetization and scalability initiatives
  • Built foundational libraries adopted across all apps:
    • Tracking accuracy improvements
    • Remote-config-based update flows (35% increase in update adoption)
    • Ads Core Library with dynamic caching:
      • 30% boost in AppOpenAd show rates
      • 50% increase in interstitial revenue

Monetization Strategy Overhaul:

  • Led company-wide ad strategy overhaul, driving:
    • 50% increase in Day-0 interstitial RPU
    • 300% increase in interstitial show rates
    • 30% uplift in Inbox Ad revenue

Performance Optimization:

  • Reduced first-time inbox load time by 71% (7s β†’ <2s), directly improving early-session retention
  • Improved cold start time by 60% and hot start by 45%
  • Cut app size by 55% (51MB β†’ 23MB), improving install rates
  • Achieved 98.3% crash-free and 98.8% ANR-free sessions

Infrastructure & Cost Optimization:

  • Reduced Firebase storage costs by 14,600% by migrating media to Amazon S3
  • Integrated MLKit-powered entity extraction for smarter search, contextual notifications, and personalized UX upgrades
  • Introduced hidden-settings tooling for non-engineering teams (2-tap access to critical debugging insights)

Recognition:

  • Became go-to problem solver for systemic issues
  • Delivered sustained, cross-company impact leading to record-time promotion to Lead Engineer in just 8 months

Software Engineer, Android

May 2020 – August 2021 (1 year 4 months)

Joined as Android Engineer and became key contributor to growth and stability of messaging and weather launcher products collectively reaching 15M+ users. Played core role in strengthening foundations, product quality, monetization, and performance.

Foundational Architecture:

  • Built cross-product libraries (tracking, remote config, ad SDKs, app updates, ad-quality handling):
    • 20% reduction in feature rollout time
    • Improved reliability across all studios
  • Engineered company-wide ad management library, abstracting and QA-testing partner ad integrations

Monetization Innovation:

  • Re-architected AdMob, AppOpen, and Native placements:
    • Doubled ad efficiency
    • 40% lift in Q4 LTV without impacting retention
  • Introduced App Open Ads as new monetization stream:
    • Zero DAU decline
    • Meaningful daily revenue improvements

Stability & Performance:

  • Led major stability enhancements by refactoring legacy code and resolving systemic crashes/ANRs:
    • Achieved 99.89% crash-free users (most stable product in company)
  • Launched iTheme, an iOS-style launcher, in just 2 weeks (new internal benchmark for execution speed)
  • Shipped A/B-tested features improving Day 30 retention by 7 points

Engineering Culture:

  • Championed data-driven engineering, tying feature changes and bug fixes to measured retention, performance, and revenue impact
  • Took on early leadership responsibilitiesβ€”mentoring new developers, guiding engineering decisions

Solu Technology Partners β€” Rochester, New York

Software Developer Co-Op
January 2020 – May 2020 (5 months)

Developed two impactful applications:

  1. Internal contact management and time-off request application
  2. Cutting-edge survey tool for conducting surveys and streamlining onboarding/hiring processes

Technical Achievements:

  • Added Angular and conducted in-depth DAR Analysis research on frontend analytics libraries
  • Leveraged Ngx-Charts (D3) for clean, minimalistic data visualization
  • Implemented charts: counters, submission history, time-spent scatter plots, optional pie/donut/bar charts
  • Designed sophisticated routing system segregating survey and question-level data with intuitive tabs
  • Developed dynamic data-table using API data with sorting and filtering capabilities
  • Pioneered filter chips concept for drill-down filtering on question-level charts
  • Introduced Invisible ReCaptcha for survey-level security
  • Resolved open issues on Ngx-Charts library (text on chart slices, clickable chart slices)
  • Added migration scripting for database updates
  • Achieved minimum 95% code coverage through comprehensive automation and unit tests

Rochester Institute of Technology β€” Rochester, New York

Developer (@ DAR, RIT)
December 2018 – December 2019 (1 year 1 month)

Managed and maintained Drupal web environment for "Alumni" and "Giving" sites at DAR, ensuring seamless functionality.

Technical Achievements:

  • Successfully deployed 10+ modules and 15+ pages from staging to production
  • Notable Modules Built:
    • iModules Rest API
    • iModules Analytics Client (Chart.js)
    • Accordion in Accordion
    • Custom Bootstrap Column Module
    • Chapters and Groups
    • FAQ Module
    • Stories of Impact
    • Tiger's Tale
    • Web Forms Module

CHAMPS Software, Inc. β€” Ocala, Florida

AI / ML Engineer Co-Op
May 2019 – August 2019 (4 months)

Created IMClassify, a versatile PaaS platform for complete computer vision lifecycles, enabling individuals and organizations to develop object detection systems efficiently.

Platform Capabilities:

  • Training images to detect "any object" through browser interface
  • End-to-end pipeline: data collection β†’ pre-processing β†’ training β†’ testing β†’ deployment

Technical Achievements:

  • Lead developer: researched business requirements and designed wireframes for clean, minimal UI
  • Leveraged AWS to configure scalable cloud infrastructure and darkflow training environment
  • Set up Apache PHP environment for REST services and relational database with automated developer onboarding
  • Developed REST API services (PHP) for seamless CRUD operations
  • Implemented scripts for deep learning model interactions, asynchronous monitoring, and testing at various checkpoints
  • Created scripts for model/parameter configuration, data collection, training, testing, evaluation, and RAD
  • Crafted React.js client application with dashboard consuming REST APIs
  • Utilized visual analytics and charts to simplify user understanding of training process and metrics
  • Modified VGG Annotator open-source tool, tailoring it to platform needs and integrating with REST services

Preseed (Startup) β€” Mumbai, India

Co-Founder and Lead Full Stack Developer @ Chattodo
November 2017 – August 2018 (10 months)

Led development of Chattodo, a chat-first productivity app transforming task collaboration into knowledge acquisition for small teams.

Product Innovation:

  • Chat-first productivity approach with "move fast, fail fast" philosophy
  • Innovative task discussion analysis marking completed tasks for knowledge recognition
  • Seamless integration of messaging and task management

JPMorgan Chase & Co. β€” Mumbai, India

Software Engineer (Technology Analyst Program)
August 2017 – November 2017 (4 months)

Contributed to trade processing system development, accepting trades from RESTful services in various internal formats (e.g., FPML) and converting to unified format for seamless amendments and enhancements.

Recognition:

  • Secured top spot at "Flow Monster Hackathon" during Global Technology Analyst Program
  • Showcased innovation and problem-solving skills

KeyQual Technologies Private Limited β€” Mumbai, India

Software Engineer
November 2015 – February 2017 (1 year 4 months)

Developed two chatbots and a comprehensive job portal platform for KeyQual.

Chatbot Development:

  • NetXit: B2B and B2C connections chatbot for online work exchange platform
  • Keyhire: Social hiring chatbot with Job Search, Applications, Evaluations, and Corporate-Candidate Reverse Connect

Technical Stack:

  • Utilized Tensorflow, NLTK, Dual Encoder LSTM, numpy, pandas, ubuntu dialog corpus for retrieval-based capabilities
  • Employed Redis database for seamless data retrieval

Job Portal Development:

  • Responsive job portal with: Mobile Compatibility, Authentication, SSL Certification, Runtime Notifications, Google Maps API, Pagination, Filters, Social Sharing
  • Extracted and stored vast amounts of structured data from web portals dynamically
  • Implemented one-click creation of sub job portals with responsive admin dashboard

Company Recognition:

  • KeyQual Technologies: "Innovative" Startup affiliated with Govt. of India (DIPP149)
  • Supported by: NASSCOM 10000 Startups, E-Sparks Viridian Accelerator, IvyCamp, Youth4Work, Smeep Technologies, Nityam i-Tech

Mahindra & Mahindra β€” Mumbai, India

Data Analytics Intern
December 2015 – January 2016 (2 months)

Data Analysis with R Programming:

  • Developed predictive model for survival and failure patterns of automotive car components
  • Employed Weibull for failure modeling
  • Leveraged Kaplan Meier and Nelson Aalen methods for comprehensive survival analysis
  • Analyzed sales data (Bolero sales in Chennai) and forecasted sales for upcoming 6 months using ARIMA Model

Air India Limited β€” Mumbai, India

.NET Developer (Intern)
June 2015 – July 2015 (2 months)

Web Development for Air India Engineering Services Ltd:

  • Successfully developed company website and dynamic inquiry portal
  • Streamlined customer interactions

Education

Rochester Institute of Technology

Master's Degree, Information Sciences and Technologies
2018 – 2020

University of Mumbai

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Computer Engineering
2013 – 2017


Awards & Recognition

Government of India β€” Make in India: Driving Innovation Hackathon

Winner | IIT Bombay | February 2016

Awarded at the Government of India's flagship "Make in India: Driving Innovation" Hackathon, hosted at IIT Bombay (India's #1 ranked engineering university), for developing a pioneering IoT-based subsurface irrigation system for drought-hit farmers.

Organizers:

  • Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
  • Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (Ministry of Commerce & Industry)
  • Ministry of External Affairs
  • Ministry of Education
  • Atal Innovation Mission (NITI Aayog)
  • Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)
  • Government of Maharashtra

Dignitaries:

  • Amitabh Kant β€” CEO of NITI Aayog, Chief Architect of Make in India mission
  • Prof. Devang V. Khakhar β€” Director, IIT Bombay
  • Prof. Krithi Ramamritham β€” Chair Professor, IIT Bombay

International Recognition:

  • International participation including University of Edinburgh (Scotland)
  • Embassy broadcasts through Embassy of India in New York and global Indian missions
  • Featured on Government of India's official YouTube channel

National Media Coverage:

  • Times of India
  • Economic Times
  • The Hindu
  • DNA India
  • The Better India
  • Navbharat Times
  • Ten News
  • InShorts
  • Punekar News
  • Official Make in India Twitter/X channel

Impact: Addressed national-priority problem (agricultural water scarcity) with demonstrable real-world application at scale.


IIT Bombay ESummit 2017 IHack Hackathon

Winner | January 2017

Organizers:

  • Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
  • Facebook (Title Sponsor)
  • VistaPrint
  • Cimpress India

Dignitaries:

  • Nilesh Parwani β€” Ex-CEO of VistaPrint, CEO of kaam.work

Coverage:

  • Forbes India: Pre-event feature
  • Cimpress Official LinkedIn: Post-event recognition
  • Official event video coverage

JPMorgan Chase & Co. β€” Flow Monster Hackathon

Winner | 2017

Secured top spot during Global Technology Analyst Program, showcasing innovation and problem-solving skills.


Technical Publications

Portfolio Overview

12+ technical articles | 150,000+ combined views | 50,000+ combined reads

International Reach: Featured across North America, Europe, Russia, China, Japan, Middle East
Editorial Recognition: Android Weekly (8+ features), Droidcon (10+ republications), JetBrains Official Blog
Corporate Adoption: NHN Corp (South Korea, $1.8B revenue), AltenGroup SharePoint
Search Authority: 17,200+ Google referrals for top-performing article
AI Integration: Referenced by ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini


Featured Publications

"Composing AnnotatedString β€” Poetry, Music, Code, Blogs, Expandables and Beyond"

ProAndroidDev | September 17, 2023
πŸ”— Article Link

πŸ“Š Impact Metrics:

  • 18,600+ views | 9,500+ reads | 51% read ratio
  • 97% external traffic | 17,200 Google Search referrals

🌍 International Recognition:

  • Droidcon (global republication)
  • Android Dagashi (Japan)
  • AppTractor (Russia)
  • Jetc.dev Newsletter (Issue #184)
  • Google Dev Library referrals

Significance: Industry's primary reference for AnnotatedString implementation. Highest Google referral count in portfolio.


"Kotlin Unknotting β€” From Realizing Anti-Patterns to Becoming a Better Developer"

ProAndroidDev | November 29, 2023
πŸ”— Article Link

πŸ“Š Impact Metrics:

  • 29,000+ views | 4,800+ reads | 17% read ratio
  • 93% external traffic | 26,000+ Email/IM/Direct referrals

🌍 International Recognition:

  • Droidcon (global republication)
  • Android Weekly (Issue #599)
  • Kotlin Weekly
  • Mobile Developer Telegram (30K+ followers)
  • Praxis IT (Germany)
  • JoΓ£o Freitas Developer Reads (Former BMW/Critical TechWorks Lead)

Significance: Highest view count in portfolio. Featured in Kotlin Weekly and multiple international publications.


"Animating Inside and Outside the Box with Jetpack Compose"

ProAndroidDev | December 15, 2023
πŸ”— Article Link

πŸ“Š Impact Metrics:

  • 23,000+ views | 7,100+ reads | 31% read ratio
  • 89% external traffic | 6,000+ Google referrals

🌍 International Recognition:

  • Medium "Boost" β€” Manually selected by editorial board (<2% of articles)
  • Droidcon (global republication)
  • Android Weekly (Issue #601)
  • Android Broadcast Telegram (50K+ followers)
  • Android Dagashi (Japan)
  • Note.com (Japan)
  • GDG Sanaa (Middle East)
  • Forpes.ru (Russia)

Significance: Only article to receive Medium "Boost" distinction, demonstrating editorial excellence.


"Evolving with Kotlin β€” Advanced Functional Programming Techniques"

ProAndroidDev | November 7, 2023
πŸ”— Article Link

πŸ“Š Impact Metrics:

  • 13,300+ views | 5,600+ reads | 42% read ratio
  • 67% external traffic | 8.5% CTR (212% higher than platform average)

πŸ† Tier-1 Peer Validation:

  • Amrit Sanjeev (Staff Developer Advocate at Google, India's 1st Android GDE) β€” Personal LinkedIn share

🌍 International Recognition:

  • Medium "Boosted" β€” Manually selected by editorial board
  • Droidcon (global republication)
  • Android Weekly (Issue #594)
  • NuancesProg (Russia) β€” Full translation into Russian
  • NHN Dooray! (South Korea) β€” Corporate adoption by NHN Corp ($1.8B revenue)
  • Note.com (Japan)

Significance: Corporate adoption by major Asian technology company. Russian translation by major developer portal.


"Creating an iPhone-like Glassmorphism Blur Effect with Jetpack Compose"

ProAndroidDev | July 19, 2023
πŸ”— Article Link

πŸ“Š Impact Metrics:

  • 11,000+ views | 5,500+ reads | 50% read ratio
  • 94% external traffic

🌍 International Recognition:

  • ProAndroidDev (primary publication)
  • Better Programming
  • Yandex (Russia) β€” Indexed in Russian search ecosystem
  • LinkedIn, Twitter, Brave Search

Significance: Highest external traffic percentage (94%), demonstrating exceptional organic discovery.


"Getting Better with Kotlin β€” Exploring Advanced Features and Effective Coding Strategies"

ProAndroidDev | August 29, 2023
πŸ”— Article Link

πŸ“Š Impact Metrics:

  • 4,100+ views | 2,300+ reads | 58% read ratio
  • 84% external traffic | 1,100+ JetBrains referrals

πŸ† Platform Creator Recognition:

  • JetBrains Official Blog β€” Featured in "Java Annotated Monthly" (October 2023)

🌍 International Recognition:

  • Droidcon (global republication)
  • AppTractor (Russia)
  • Daily.dev API indexing
  • Mailchimp distribution (71+ professional newsletters)

Significance: Featured by JetBrains, the creators of Kotlin and IntelliJ IDEA. Official platform creator recognition.


"Command Your User Inputs with Jetpack Compose β€” Text Field Features Hidden in Plain Sight"

ProAndroidDev | July 21, 2024
πŸ”— Article Link

πŸ“Š Impact Metrics:

  • 5,600+ views | 3,300+ reads | 60% read ratio
  • 87% external traffic | 1,800+ Google referrals

🌍 International Recognition:

  • Droidcon (global republication)
  • Android Weekly (Issue #633)
  • Habr Productivity Inside (Russia, 13M+ users)
  • AppTractor (Russia)
  • Jetc.dev (Issue #225)
  • Android Good Reads Telegram (10K+ subscribers, 3.41K post views)
  • Android Dagashi (Japan, Issue #337)
  • Hatena Bookmarks (Japan)

Significance: Highest read ratio (60%) in portfolio, demonstrating exceptional engagement quality.


"What Can Advanced / Lesser-Known Modifiers Do for Your UI?"

ProAndroidDev | December 11, 2023
πŸ”— Article Link

πŸ“Š Impact Metrics:

  • 6,900+ views | 3,300+ reads | 48% read ratio
  • 84% external traffic | 3,900+ Google referrals

🌍 International Recognition:

  • Droidcon (global republication)
  • Android Weekly (Issue #600 β€” milestone issue)
  • Habr Productivity Inside (Russia, 13M+ users)
  • Android Dagashi (Japan)
  • Note.com (Japan)
  • Jetc.dev (Issue #194)

Significance: Featured in Android Weekly's milestone Issue #600.


"Mapping Experiences with Google Maps and Jetpack Compose"

ProAndroidDev | September 20, 2023
πŸ”— Article Link

πŸ“Š Impact Metrics:

  • 7,000+ views | 4,000+ reads | 57% read ratio
  • 95% external traffic | 5,600+ Google referrals

🌍 International Recognition:

  • Droidcon (global republication)
  • AppTractor (Russia)
  • Jetc.dev (Issue #183)
  • Google Dev Library referrals
  • Reddit, Twitter, LinkedIn

Significance: Essential companion guide to Google Maps for Compose library updates. Highest external traffic percentage with Google referrals.


"Exploring Canvas in Jetpack Compose β€” Crafting Graphics, Animations, and Game Experiences"

ProAndroidDev | September 2, 2023
πŸ”— Article Link

πŸ“Š Impact Metrics:

  • 5,600+ views | 2,900+ reads | 52% read ratio
  • 87% external traffic | 3,200+ Google referrals

🌍 International Recognition:

  • Droidcon (global republication)
  • AppTractor (Russia)
  • Daily.dev (global aggregator)
  • Google Dev Library (42 referrals)
  • Canopas Android Stack Weekly (Issue #89)
  • Habr Productivity Inside (Russia)
  • Kotlin Academy Blog β€” Featured on leading Kotlin educational platform
  • Official Android Developer Site (developer.android.com) β€” Referenced from Google's official platform

πŸ€– AI System Integration:

  • ChatGPT: 7 referrals
  • Perplexity: 4 referrals
  • Gemini: 1 referral

Additional Mentions: DevGenius, Better Programming, TechHype, multiple search engines (Yahoo, Qwant, Ecosia, Startpage, MetaGer, Chinese Bing)

Significance: Referenced from Google's official Android Developer Site. Integrated into AI knowledge bases.


"Building the Flappy Musketeer Arcade Game with Jetpack Compose"

ProAndroidDev | October 12, 2023
πŸ”— Article Link

πŸ“Š Impact Metrics:

  • 2,200+ views | 1,100+ reads | 50% read ratio
  • 71% external traffic

🌍 International Recognition:

  • Droidcon (global republication)
  • Android Weekly (Issue #603)
  • Product Hunt β€” Featured on official feed (100K+ followers)
  • CSDN China β€” Full translation (50M+ users)
  • AppTractor (Russia)
  • Jetc.dev (Issue #185)
  • Discover Walks (columnist feature)
  • TapTap Platform

Significance: Unique cross-disciplinary recognition (technical + creative). Featured on Product Hunt alongside technical publications.


"Have You Truly Used Generics? Understanding Kotlin's Powerful Type System"

Level Up Coding (GitConnected) | December 18, 2023
πŸ”— Article Link

πŸ“Š Impact Metrics:

  • 4,500+ views | 2,100+ reads | 47% read ratio
  • 85% external traffic

πŸ† Editorial Recognition:

  • "Best of Level Up Coding (December 2023)" β€” Selected by Trey Huffine as one of month's top articles

πŸ† Tier-1 Peer Validation:

  • Amrit Sanjeev (Google Staff Developer Advocate) β€” LinkedIn share with 16+ reactions
  • Sudhir Singh Khanger (Engineering @ JioHotstar) β€” LinkedIn share

🌍 International Recognition:

  • Level Up Coding (DR 78, 60K+ followers)
  • Android Weekly (Issue #598)
  • AltenGroup SharePoint β€” Corporate adoption as internal training resource

Significance: Dual recognition (initial publication + "Best of" selection). Corporate adoption by professional technology organization.


"Unleashing Creativity with Custom Modifiers in Android Jetpack Compose"

ProAndroidDev | August 2023
πŸ”— Article Link

πŸ“Š Impact Metrics:

  • 7,700+ views | 2,600+ reads | 35% read ratio
  • 90% external traffic | 1,900+ Google referrals

🌍 International Recognition:

  • Droidcon (global republication)
  • Android Weekly (Issue #584)
  • AppTractor (Russia)
  • Jetc.dev (Issue #178)
  • Google Dev Library referrals

"Kotlin's Supercharged Flow API β€” Combining and Merging Flows for Reactive Programming"

ProAndroidDev | August 2023
πŸ”— Article Link

πŸ“Š Impact Metrics:

  • 5,500+ views | 2,700+ reads | 49% read ratio
  • 89% external traffic | 1,600+ Google referrals

🌍 International Recognition:

  • Droidcon (global republication)
  • Android Weekly (Issue #584)
  • AppTractor (Russia)
  • LinkedIn, Twitter professional sharing

Publication Platforms & Recognition

Platform Type Recognition
Android Weekly Industry Newsletter (80K+ subscribers) 8+ features β€’ <1% selection rate
Droidcon Global Android Authority (DR 74) 10+ republications β€’ Conference-grade standards
JetBrains Official Blog Platform Creator Featured in "Java Annotated Monthly"
ProAndroidDev Trade Publication (DR 74) 12+ articles β€’ Editorial review by GDEs
Level Up Coding Professional Publication (DR 78) 1 article β€’ "Best of" selection
Medium "Boost" Editorial Program 1 article β€’ <2% selection rate
Kotlin Weekly Language Newsletter Multiple features
Jetc.dev Compose Newsletter (5K+ subscribers) 6+ features

International Syndication

Region Platforms Impact
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ North America Android Weekly, Google Dev Library, Product Hunt, Daily.dev Primary market, 80K+ direct reach
πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί Russia / Eastern Europe Habr (13M+ users), AppTractor, NuancesProg, Forpes.ru Full translations, millions of developers
πŸ‡¨πŸ‡³ China CSDN (50M+ users) Full translation, largest developer market
πŸ‡―πŸ‡΅ Japan Android Dagashi, Note.com, Hatena Bookmarks Primary Japanese technical digests
πŸ‡°πŸ‡· South Korea NHN Dooray! (NHN Corp, $1.8B revenue) Corporate adoption as internal knowledge standard
🌍 Middle East GDG Sanaa (Google Developer Group) Arabic-language developer audience
πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί Europe Praxis IT (Germany), AppTractor European corporate IT readers

Search Authority & Impact

  • Google Search: 17,200+ referrals (top article) β€’ Primary reference status for specialized queries
  • Multi-Platform Search: DuckDuckGo, Bing, Brave, Yahoo, Qwant, Ecosia, Startpage, MetaGer, Chinese Bing
  • Google Dev Library: Multiple articles featured β€’ Official ecosystem recognition
  • Official Android Developer Site: Referenced from developer.android.com

Corporate & Institutional Adoption

  • AltenGroup SharePoint β€” Corporate training resource
  • Google Dev Library β€” Algorithmically included in official recommendations
  • Kotlin Academy β€” Featured on leading Kotlin educational platform
  • NHN Corp (South Korea, $1.8B revenue) β€” Internal knowledge-sharing standard

Articles recognized as authoritative technical references by AI systems.


Speaking Engagements

Google DevFest Orlando

Speaker
2024

Technical presentation to Google Developer Group community on Android/Kotlin development topics.


Google DevFest Miami

Speaker
2024

Technical presentation to Google Developer Group community on Android/Kotlin development topics.

Recognition: Official Google Developer Groups recognition. Community impact and technical expertise validation.


GitHub Repositories

πŸ“‚ Complete project portfolio available on GitHub: github.com/nirbhayph

All personal projects, open-source contributions, and technical implementations are documented and accessible through my GitHub profile.


Research Papers

ARIMA Modeling

Mahindra & Mahindra | 2015-2016

Sales forecasting using ARIMA Model for automotive sales (Bolero sales in Chennai, 6-month forecast).


Fleet Management

Academic Research

Research on real-time fleet tracking, GPS integration, and management analytics.


VR Security

Academic Research

Research on virtual reality security challenges and solutions.


GIS Papers

Academic Research

Geographic Information Systems research and applications.


VA Papers

Academic Research

Visual Analytics research and applications.


Certifications

  • Front End Engineer β€” Triplebyte Certified
  • SQL (Intermediate) β€” Certified
  • REST API β€” Certified
  • Python β€” Certified
  • Excel β€” Data Visualization β€” Certified

Technical Skills

Mobile Development

Kotlin β€’ Java β€’ Android SDK β€’ Jetpack Compose β€’ Android Architecture Components β€’ MVVM β€’ MVI β€’ Clean Architecture β€’ Coroutines β€’ Flow β€’ LiveData β€’ Room β€’ DataStore β€’ Navigation β€’ Paging β€’ WorkManager

Platform & Infrastructure

CI/CD (GitLab CI, Bitrise) β€’ PyPI Package Development β€’ Maven β€’ Gradle β€’ Git β€’ Device Farms β€’ Appium β€’ Firebase β€’ AWS β€’ Google Cloud Platform

Performance & Testing

Performance Profiling β€’ Memory Optimization β€’ GPU Overdraw Analysis β€’ ANR Resolution β€’ Crash Analytics β€’ Automated Testing β€’ Unit Testing β€’ Integration Testing β€’ Appium Automation β€’ Code Coverage

Ad Tech & Monetization

AdMob β€’ AppLovin β€’ Yahoo Ads β€’ Mediation β€’ Ad Placement Optimization β€’ Revenue Attribution β€’ A/B Testing β€’ Dynamic Ad Swaps β€’ RPU Optimization

Backend & Full Stack

Python β€’ REST API Development β€’ PHP β€’ Node.js β€’ React.js β€’ Angular β€’ Drupal β€’ Database Design (MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, MongoDB)

Machine Learning & AI

TensorFlow β€’ NLTK β€’ PyTorch β€’ Computer Vision β€’ Object Detection β€’ NLP β€’ Dual Encoder LSTM β€’ MLKit

Data Science & Analytics

R Programming β€’ ARIMA Modeling β€’ Survival Analysis (Weibull, Kaplan Meier, Nelson Aalen) β€’ Data Visualization (D3, Chart.js, Ngx-Charts) β€’ Excel Analytics

Cloud & DevOps

AWS (S3, EC2, Lambda) β€’ Apache β€’ Docker β€’ Cloud Infrastructure β€’ Database Management β€’ Automated Deployment


Recognition & Impact Metrics

Publication Impact

  • 150,000+ total article views
  • 50,000+ engaged reads
  • 12+ technical publications
  • 10+ Droidcon republications
  • 8+ Android Weekly features
  • 6+ Jetc.dev newsletter features
  • 5 continents reach
  • 3 language translations (English, Russian, Chinese)

Search Authority

  • 17,200+ Google referrals (top article)
  • Primary reference for specialized Android/Kotlin queries
  • Featured by Google Dev Library
  • Referenced by official Android Developer Site

Corporate & Institutional Impact

  • 15,000,000+ users impacted through ReachMobi products
  • Corporate adoption by NHN Corp ($1.8B revenue)
  • Corporate adoption by AltenGroup

Editorial Recognition

  • Medium "Boost" (1 article, <2% selection rate)
  • JetBrains Official Blog feature
  • "Best of Level Up Coding" selection
  • Android Weekly features (8+, <1% weekly selection rate)
  • Droidcon republications (10+, conference-grade standards)

Professional Achievements

  • Record-time promotions: Engineer β†’ Senior (1.4 years) β†’ Lead (8 months) β†’ Product Leader β†’ Principal Engineer
  • 60% revenue recovery (AppLovin interstitial fix)
  • 20% RPU lift (Placement ID integration)
  • 50% faster time-to-market (Core Launcher SDK)
  • 0.7% ANR rate, 0.15% crash rate (industry-leading stability)

Media Coverage

Government of India Recognition

  • YouTube: Make in India Driving Innovation (Official Government Channel)
  • Times of India: "IIT-B Make in India hackathon winners announced"
  • Economic Times: "Make in India winners for IIT Bombay hackathon declared"
  • The Hindu: "Mumbai college among hackathon winners"
  • DNA India: "City students' solution for drought-hit farmers wins Make in India Hackathon"
  • The Better India: Long-form sustainability feature
  • Navbharat Times, Ten News, InShorts, Punekar News, Pulse
  • Make in India Official Twitter/X (@makeinindia)

International Press

  • Forbes India: ESummit 2017 coverage
  • Cimpress Official LinkedIn: Hackathon recognition

Professional Memberships & Community

  • Featured Author @ ProAndroidDev
  • Google Developer Groups β€” Speaker (DevFest Orlando, Miami)
  • Android Developer Community β€” Active contributor
  • Kotlin Developer Community β€” Published author

Key Achievements Summary

Engineering Impact

βœ“ Architected platform SDK powering 5+ products with 15M+ users
βœ“ Built automation infrastructure used across entire company
βœ“ Recovered 60% lost revenue through critical ad tech fix
βœ“ Achieved industry-leading stability (0.15% crash rate)
βœ“ Reduced time-to-market by 50% through SDK architecture

Technical Thought Leadership

βœ“ 150,000+ article views across 12+ publications
βœ“ Featured by Android Weekly 8+ times (<1% selection rate)
βœ“ Featured by JetBrains (Kotlin platform creators)
βœ“ Republished by Droidcon 10+ times
βœ“ Translated into multiple languages (Russian, Chinese)
βœ“ Primary reference for specialized Android/Kotlin queries (17,200+ Google referrals)

International Recognition

βœ“ Featured across 5+ continents (North America, Europe, Russia, China, Japan)
βœ“ Corporate adoption by major companies (NHN Corp $1.8B, AltenGroup)
βœ“ Google ecosystem recognition (Dev Library, official Android Developer Site)
βœ“ AI system integration (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini)

Awards & Innovation

βœ“ Government of India recognition (Make in India Hackathon)
βœ“ IIT Bombay award (India's #1 engineering university)
βœ“ National media coverage (Times of India, Economic Times, The Hindu)
βœ“ International competition participation (University of Edinburgh)
βœ“ Embassy broadcasts through Indian missions worldwide


References

Available upon request from:

  • ReachMobi CEO and COO
  • Meta Lead PM (ex-manager)
  • University of Pennsylvania Director (ex-boss)
  • ProAndroidDev Editor
  • Android Weekly Editor
  • Google Developer Group Organizers (2)
  • Google Developer Expert (Canada)
  • Solutions Architect / VP (Solu Technology Partners)

Last Updated: February 2026

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