Kedar Haldankar

Leads development for critical features on a global financial platform serving 429 million users.

• Lead engineer for PayPal Rewards Zone: engineered server-driven UI infrastructure powering loyalty features for millions; became internal reference model across teams.
• Integrated AI personalization to tailor experiences across product onboarding and shopping experiences
• Spearheaded foundational frameworks for Smart Wallet (ML-based funding optimization) and Consumer Insights (AI-based spend visualizations).
• Recipient of Spot Award for delivering consumer-facing impact with measurable retention and revenue improvements.

Led high-visibility projects and re-architected core modules of the flagship mobile application.

• Re-architected flagship Android Articles module, improving performance by 60%, setting platform foundation for future innovations.
• Delivered award-winning Gift Articles feature and Audio Articles (Amazon Polly integration); elevated user accessibility and engagement.
• Collaborated with editorial and product leadership to align engineering outcomes with digital transformation goals.
• Engineering Innovation Award recipient, selected by CEO & CIO for high-impact delivery.

Architected and developed the company's first-ever native Android application from scratch.

• Founding Android engineer for first-ever Fundrise Android app; set up app architecture, CI/CD pipeline, biometric/PIN authentication, and user portfolio tracking.
• Platform enabled thousands of new retail investors to engage with real estate markets for the first time.
• Authored initial technical design standards and reusable components that shaped product evolution.

Served as a key engineer on the innovative projects like HyperIntelligence, MicroStrategy Library, Badge (Usher)

• Principal developer of HyperCard rendering engine on Android and TV platforms, enabling real-time, contextual insight delivery in enterprise BI tools.
• Integrated BLE and biometric authentication systems for MicroStrategy Badge (Usher), improving security and enterprise adoption.
• Led performance optimizations and semantic search within mobile analytics platform used by global clients.