About

Paras Gaur is a seasoned software engineer with over 8 years of hands-on experience in Android SDK Development and Android Framework using the latest android tech like Kotlin, Jetpack Compose & other Jetpack Components with Coroutines, unit testing, and maintaining clean, modular & architectural code including performance (app entry) and memory optimization following best scrum practices. He is currently working as a Technical Team Lead at Sharechat, where he is leading the creator ecosystem pod around Sharechat & Moj android app to improve creator retention, increase creator activation/reactivation. Paras is also managing a team of 6 developers, conducting daily scrum, using agile principles, and ensuring user stories are 100% ordered, defined, and ready to be worked by the team. In his previous role as Chief Engineer at Samsung, Paras was responsible for Handwriting (Samsung Keyboard) - Module Owner, Memory leak in handwriting - multi-threading environment of Handwriting SDK, and Scribble/Direct Writing - Direct writing with S Pen over edit text with gestures to modify text. He successfully delivered a solution to HQ by leading members from different teams. Paras also reduced app entry time by analyzing systraces & using Android Studio Profiler tool for onStartInput callback to onWindowShown, fixed Memory leaks and PSS(RAM) of process as per different mobile devices. Paras is a graduate of NIT-Jaipur, where he earned a Bachelor of Technology degree in Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering. He has a deep understanding of the latest tech like MVI architecture & Jetpack compose and coroutines in Kotlin. Paras is also proficient in multithreading/Synchronous behavior using RxJava and Coroutines in designing/refactoring android application. Paras is a certified Professional Software (Data Structure & Algorithm) level Certificate holder. Paras's TechStack includes Android, test, Software Engineer, Mobile, Dagger, and Senior Software Engineer. With 7.71 years of relevant experience, Paras is a skilled software engineer with a passion for developing clean and efficient code and leading teams to success.