About

Somanath Padhi is an ambitious software developer with a specialization in Android and over 5 years of professional experience. He has designed, developed, and shipped over 8 Android apps, showcasing his passion for product quality and attention to detail. He has a solid understanding of the full mobile development life cycle and is proficient in Java and Kotlin, with handy skills in algorithm, data structures, solid principles, architecture design (Clean, MVVM), UX, design, and documentation. Currently working as an SDE at Target, Somanath has previously worked as a Software Engineer at Lowe's Companies, Inc. and Softway. At Lowe's, he handled various technical aspects such as coding of modules, debugging and fixing defects, ensuring business requirements and functional specifications are met, coordinating with team members for system design, integration, and application maintenance, and following best practices for project support and documentation. At Softway, he developed native Android applications and frameworks using Kotlin and Java, defined and implemented robust app architectures and complex user interfaces, applied expert knowledge of Android system frameworks to solve novel problems, collaborated with designers, engineers, and product managers to build great experiences, and assisted in the deployment to testing, staging, and production environments. He has published more than 5 applications to the Play Store. Somanath holds a Bachelor of Technology degree in Computer Science from Silicon Institute of Technology (SIT), Bhubaneswar, which he completed in 2013. He is proficient in a wide range of tech stacks, including software engineering, Android, Kotlin, Java, integration, testing, mobile, AWS, UI, backend, CI/CD, QA, PHP, iOS, Dagger, DevOps, search, and web. With 6.78 years of relevant experience, Somanath is a skilled and dedicated software developer with a passion for creating high-quality products that meet the needs of users.