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Amit Shukla

Sunnyvale,USA

Summary

Lead Android Engineer at Walmart with strong expertise in Java and Kotlin development. Successfully delivered critical features while mentoring teams to improve code quality and meet project deadlines. Skilled in stakeholder communication and project management, facilitating effective app deployments and user-focused solutions in dynamic settings.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience

Work History

Lead Android Engineer

Walmart
Sunnyvale, USA
02.2023 - Current
  • Led development of key features such as User & Group Management, Spend Management, User Onboarding Order History and Store Fulfillment.
  • Provided technical guidance on mobile development best practices to junior team members, ensuring code quality and consistency.
  • Oversaw app deployments on Google Play Store, including comprehensive release notes preparation.
  • Partnered with UI/UX designers to design intuitive interfaces that improved user navigation.
  • Conducted feasibility analyses with product teams to evaluate potential app enhancements.
  • Defined project timelines through effort estimation based on discovery findings for multiple projects.
  • Actively participated in Agile ceremonies, including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, and retrospectives.
  • Collaborated closely with TPMs, PMs, QA, and release teams to prioritize releases effectively.
  • Created reusable components to speed up development while ensuring adherence to high coding standards.
  • Supported QA in functional testing, verifying that features met established quality benchmarks.

Senior Android Architect(Manager)

TIAA Bank
02.2018 - 09.2022
  • Led development of the TIAA Bank mobile app, enabling customers to manage retirement, banking, and brokerage accounts securely.
  • Mentored an 8-member cross-functional team (Android, iOS, backend), providing technical guidance and conducting code reviews.
  • Delivered key banking features including transfers, bill pay, check deposit, disclosures, account opening, financial wellness tools, and Zelle SDK integration.
  • Involved in end-to-end delivery, including requirement analysis, API design, effort estimation, and adherence to SAFe Agile practices.

Member of Technical Staff-IV

Verizon Wireless
03.2017 - 12.2017
  • Developed Verizon juice application for users with first of its type in telecom of hybrid plans.
  • Requirement analysis and communication with backend teams and timeline estimation.
  • Involved in design code reviews and mentoring team members from different locations.
  • As part of the project lead, mentored and provided guidance to 6 member android team.
  • Collaborated with UX, PM, TPM and provided project updates to senior leadership.

Sr. Manager (App Specialist)

Reliance Jio Money
Bangalore, India
04.2016 - 11.2016
  • Designed and developed Jio Money wallet application from scratch for bill payment, charity donations, and money transfers.
  • Led a team of 8 engineers from Android team to achieve project milestones.
  • Integrated and migrated services from Corefire Server to in-house backend infrastructure.
  • Collaborated with UX and Product teams, providing project status updates to VP of Mobile Apps.

Lead Android Engineer- Mobile Apps

Hike
Bangalore, India
04.2013 - 03.2016
  • Designed and developed user timeline integration with microapps for enhanced functionality.
  • Enabled microapps to post and update status text on user timelines.
  • Facilitated sharing, updating, and accessing microapps from user timelines.
  • Provided technical leadership and mentorship to junior developers, enhancing team capabilities.
  • Created cross-promotional framework on Android platform with multiple rewarding mechanisms.
  • Developed hike SDK for various platforms, offering access to profiles, coupons, and promotions.
  • Led design and development of SongQuest Application, integrating GCM push notifications and payment frameworks.
  • Managed development planning and requirement finalization for SongQuest Application.

Systems analyst

LG Soft India (R&D)
Bangalore, India
05.2010 - 04.2013
  • Involved in Model development planning, finalizing the requirement and integration.
  • Worked on different Android models for Region/country specific requirement implementation with profiles, language, message settings, and fixing field, operator and customer issues.
  • Involved in kernel modification and device driver integration for on Gingerbread Smartphone.
  • Worked on 4 different LG Mobile handsets for Region/country specific requirement implementation with profiles, language, message settings, and fixing field and customer issues.
  • Releasing multiple software cycles for field testing to different countries and finally to the global factory along with documentation.

Senior Software Engineer

Samsung Labs
Noida, India
10.2009 - 01.2010
  • Worked on different Region/country specific requirement implementation with profiles, language, message settings, and fixing field and customer issues.

Member of Technical Staff

Divitas Networks
Bangalore, India
02.2007 - 09.2009
  • Company Overview: California based startup
  • Worked on Nokia N8 model in designing and developing messaging (sms, mms) automation framework.
  • Fixing issues in instant messaging, presence application and contact integration with different communication standard like sip, xmpp on handsets.
  • Worked in file transfer protocol (FX) for Simultaneous multiple file/data transfer seamlessly in wifi and gprs networks between client and server with support of pause and resume, cancel of the active transfers.
  • Developed Storage and accessing of multiple directory service details in Server Database (PDS).
  • Designed and developed Divitas Messaging and presence protocol (DMPP) for exchanging instant messages and presence information between client and server.
  • California based startup

Associate Engineer

Mindsight Consulting Pvt Ltd
09.2005 - 08.2006
  • Worked on user registration and validation.

Education

PG Diploma - Wireless & Mobile computing

SIIT(CDAC
01.2007

B.Tech - Electronics & Communication

UPTU
UP
01.2005

Skills

  • Java and Kotlin development
  • C and C programming
  • Mobile architecture principles
  • Technical mentoring
  • Project management methodologies
  • Agile methodologies
  • Stakeholder communication
  • Analytics integration
  • Team collaboration and code review
  • Feature estimation and project discovery
  • Source control management
  • REST and GraphQL proficiency
  • Android frameworks and SDKs like Activities, Fragments, Services, Broadcast Receivers, and Work Manager
  • Jetpack components: Room, WorkManager, Navigation, Paging, Lifecycle
  • UI/UX design implementation with Jetpack Compose and XML-based UIs, animations, accessibility, and custom views
  • MVVM and Clean Architecture proficiency
  • Asynchronous programming, like Kotlin Coroutines, Flow, and RxJava
  • Dependency injection frameworks knowledge: Dagger, Hilt
  • Unit testing (JUnit, MockK), UI testing (Espresso, UI Automator)
  • Build systems: Gradle mastery, build optimization, multi-module project setup
  • Google Play Services and ProGuard configuration

Accomplishments

  • Filed patent on Developing methods on presence information exchange in communications.
  • Walmart Business Backbone Award,2025
  • Bravo Award for going above and beyond at Walmart Business, 2023
  • Star award for excellence and outstanding performance and contribution to the company business objectives of LG, 2012
  • Star award for excellence and outstanding performance and contribution to the company business objectives of LG, 2011
  • Bright Spark award for brilliant idea, creative solutions at LG, 2010
  • Jeong Do Champion award for integrity and upholding management principles of LG, 2011

Timeline

Lead Android Engineer

Walmart
02.2023 - Current

Senior Android Architect(Manager)

TIAA Bank
02.2018 - 09.2022

Member of Technical Staff-IV

Verizon Wireless
03.2017 - 12.2017

Sr. Manager (App Specialist)

Reliance Jio Money
04.2016 - 11.2016

Lead Android Engineer- Mobile Apps

Hike
04.2013 - 03.2016

Systems analyst

LG Soft India (R&D)
05.2010 - 04.2013

Senior Software Engineer

Samsung Labs
10.2009 - 01.2010

Member of Technical Staff

Divitas Networks
02.2007 - 09.2009

Associate Engineer

Mindsight Consulting Pvt Ltd
09.2005 - 08.2006

PG Diploma - Wireless & Mobile computing

SIIT(CDAC

B.Tech - Electronics & Communication

UPTU

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