About

Nishant Salhotra is a skilled software engineer with over 3 years of experience in developing mobile and web applications. He is particularly interested in exploring software development for wearable technology, mobile-connected smart objects, and augmented reality. Currently, he is working as a Mobile Application Developer at Sportskeeda, where he is responsible for developing and maintaining the Sportskeeda iOS app using React Native. Nishant is committed to building and optimizing performance-intensive features by strictly following best coding practices. He takes end-to-end ownership of the project, from doing thorough code-reviews to app distribution. Prior to his current role, Nishant worked as a Freelance Software Developer for clients in Switzerland, Australia, and India. He learned time estimation for feature/product delivery and worked with remote teams to resolve issues like finding performance bottlenecks in mobile applications, streamlining CI/CD pipelines, brainstorming on application architecture, as well as implementing new features. He used React Native to work on 2 Mobile applications, both of which are on Appstore and Playstore. He also worked on 2 web projects using React, GraphQL, and ReasonML. Nishant has also worked as a Software Engineer at Pesto Tech, where he developed, maintained, and delivered multiple projects. He developed 2 mobile apps using React Native, Redux, and GraphQL. He also worked on a website using React, Redux, Webpack, and SCSS. Additionally, he worked for a client based in NY on a Shopify website using Liquid templating and developed Shopify plugins built using React JS. He also worked as an Assistant Teacher giving lectures and demos on Git and React to entry-level employees. Nishant holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science from Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Technology, where he graduated in 2017. He also completed a NodeJS Developer course from Udacity in 2016. His technical skills include Mobile, Software Engineer, React Native, Web, test, iOS, CI/CD, and Redux. With relevant experience of 5.77 years, Nishant is a highly motivated and passionate software engineer who is always keen to learn and explore new technologies.