Harshil Kachhadiya
Android Engineer
NY 501-***-**** *******.*@*********.***
SUMMARY
Android Engineer with 4+ years of experience designing and delivering high-performance Android applications using Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, MVVM, Clean Architecture, and modern Android Jetpack libraries. Proven expertise in building scalable, API-driven mobile solutions with Kotlin Coroutines, Flow, Retrofit, Dagger Hilt and Firebase while optimizing application performance, stability, and maintainability.
SKILLS
Android Development: Android SDK, Jetpack Compose, Kotlin Coroutines, Flow, Android Jetpack, Material Design 3, XML, Google Play Services, AndroidX, Custom Views
Architecture & Design Patterns: MVVM, MVI, Clean Architecture, Repository Pattern, Dependency Injection, SOLID Principles Networking & API Integration: REST APIs, Retrofit, OkHttp, GraphQL, JSON Parsing, Third-Party SDK Integration Data Management: Room Database, SQLite, Firebase Firestore, Firebase Realtime Database, Datastore, MongoDB, MySQL Dependency Injection & Libraries: Dagger Hilt, Dagger 2, RxJava, Coil, Glide, Firebase SDK, Android KTX Testing & Quality Assurance: JUnit, Espresso, UI Testing, Unit Testing, Integration Testing, Debugging, Performance Optimization Firebase & Mobile Services: Firebase Authentication, Cloud Messaging (FCM), Crashlytics, Analytics, Remote Config Build, CI/CD & Version Control: Gradle, Git, GitHub, GitHub Actions, CircleCI, Play Console, App Signing, Release Management Tools & Development Environment: Android Studio, IntelliJ IDEA, Postman, Visual Studio Code, Figma, Jira, Slack Cloud & Backend: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Node.js, Express.js, Firebase Cloud Functions Development Practices: Agile (Scrum), SDLC, Code Reviews, CI/CD Pipelines, Secure Coding, Code Optimization, App Performance Tuning, Offline-First Development, Cross-Functional Collaboration EXPERIENCE
Wayfair, NY Android Engineer Jan 2026 - Current
• Engineered a Jetpack Compose–based feature using MVVM, Kotlin Coroutines and Flow, improving screen rendering performance by 12% while maintaining Material Design 3 consistency across the application.
• Optimized REST API communication through Retrofit, OkHttp and structured caching, reducing average network response time by 10% and improving app responsiveness.
• Integrated Firebase Crashlytics, Analytics and Remote Config to monitor production stability, helping decrease high-priority crash occurrences by 9% within the first release cycle.
• Implemented Dagger Hilt dependency injection and modular Clean Architecture components, shortening feature integration time by 11% while improving maintainability.
• Strengthened release quality by expanding JUnit and Espresso automation coverage, increasing regression detection efficiency by 14% before production deployments.
Kroger, NY Android Developer Feb 2024 – Dec 2025
• Developed scalable Android applications using Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, XML and Android Jetpack, contributing to releases that improved user engagement by 24%.
• Designed Clean Architecture with MVVM, Repository Pattern and SOLID principles, reducing code complexity by 28% and accelerating future feature development.
• Built secure REST API integrations with Retrofit, OkHttp, JSON parsing and GraphQL services, decreasing API-related failures by 21% across production builds.
• Modernized application architecture through Dagger Hilt, Kotlin Coroutines and Flow, reducing asynchronous processing delays by 22%.
Infinite Infolab, India Jr. Android Developer Jan 2020 - Dec 2021
• Contributed to the development of Android features using Kotlin, Java, XML, Android SDK and AndroidX, helping improve application usability and reducing UI-related defects by 18%.
• Created reusable UI components and Custom Views aligned with Material Design guidelines, decreasing duplicate implementation effort by 20% across multiple modules.
• Integrated Firebase Authentication, Cloud Messaging (FCM), and Analytics services, improving user notification delivery success by 23%.
• Resolved application defects through systematic debugging with Android Studio and Logcat, reducing production bug turnaround time by 27%.
• Supported backend integration using Retrofit, REST APIs and JSON parsing, improving API data accuracy and reducing synchronization issues by 17%.
• Executed comprehensive unit and UI testing with JUnit and Espresso, increasing release confidence while lowering post-release defects by 22%.
EDUCATION
Master of Science in Computer Science Dec 2023
Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ, USA
Bachelor of Engineering in Information Technology May 2017 Gujarat Technology University, Ahmedabad, India