About

Bal Sikander Yadav is a detail-oriented Senior Android Developer with over 7 years of relevant experience in the technology industry. He is currently working as a Senior Software Engineer at Twin Health, where he is responsible for developing video, voice, and chat communication software. Bal has also developed an SDK for chat using Twilio Conversation Framework and is currently working as an IC for his Communications POD. In his previous roles, Bal has worked for companies like Shuttl and OkCredit as a Senior Software Engineer (Android). At Shuttl, he co-built the Plato app for auto-rickshaw drivers using MVVM and Kotlin. He also built an MVP of the Intercity Bus website within 2 months using React. At OkCredit, Bal worked on payment for merchants and scaled the payments feature from a couple of thousand to a million users. He added MVI support for dialogs, improved code reuse, and followed SOLID, DRY, Boy scout rules for best coding practices. He also added up to 70% unit tests in the payments module, which increased retention. Bal is a huge believer in FCFS and does not do multitasking because he believes that it does not allow him to give his 100%. He is a detail-oriented developer who masquerades as a perfectionist. Bal's motto is "Moving fast without breaking things," which was also the title of his last submitted talk. He is proficient in Android, software engineering, image processing, testing, and mobile technologies. Bal holds a Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) degree in Information Technology from Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology (NSIT) and completed his high school education from the Central Board of Secondary Education. Overall, Bal Sikander Yadav is a competent Senior Android Developer with a wealth of experience in developing high-quality software solutions.