About

Krunal Shah is a Senior Engineering Manager with over 14 years of experience in building consumer-facing products that make a difference. He is currently working at PayPal, where he is responsible for the Consumer Payments Experience. Krunal is a tech enthusiast who thrives on realizing new projects from idea to implementation, specifically React Native cross-platform, native Android applications, and Java web services. Krunal is proficient in infrastructure setup that includes creating continuous integration, build automation, release, analytics, and monitoring pipeline. He is also an author of multiple patents and an avid speaker at meetups and conferences. Krunal values the philosophy of growing along with the team and enjoys mentoring team members and seeking mentees to improve his skills. Krunal has worked with Walmart as a Staff Mobile Engineer/Senior Engineering Manager, where he contributed to the design and implementation of the electrode native platform using JavaScript, Java, Gradle, Coveralls, Swagger, Git, and Azure pipelines. He led the migration of checkout to React Native for the Walmart consumer app, resulting in 60% improved load time. Krunal also led the integration of Hermes JavaScript engine to optimize the start time by 30%. He patented the differential code push updates to reduce the bundle size by >90%, allowing React Native apps to dynamically update without native app release. Krunal has also worked with Visa as a Staff Software Engineer - Android & Mobile Services, where he led the Visa Checkout (VXO) design & implementation using Android Core, Java, Gradle, Git. He wrote scripts for code obfuscation & resource integrity to avoid SDK tampering using Bash, ProGuard. Krunal configured Jenkins continuous integration, build automation, and release pipeline. He was also an integral part of the international market expansion of VXO Android SDK using Android localization. Krunal has a Master of Science degree in Computer Science from Northeastern University and a Bachelor's degree in Engineering; Information Technology from the University of Mumbai. He is proficient in Senior Software Engineering, React Native, Integration, CI/CD, Android, Javascript, Mobile, Java, Web, infra, Azure, Software Engineering, Jenkins, and UI.