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Senior Android Engineer - Abu Dhabi

Engineering Android products at scale.

Kotlin, Java, Android, and hybrid mobile systems for secure banking, fintech, Web3, OTT, IoT, marketplace, and operational workflows. Focused on clean architecture, modular delivery, AI-assisted coding workflows, performance, and release stability.

Professional Trajectory

Production Android work across secure, media, Web3, IoT, inventory, and marketplace products.

Senior Android Engineer

Synechron Technologies LLC - ADIB Mobile Banking

2024 - Apr 2026

Projects: ADIB Mobile Banking and eSIM purchase/install workflows. Kotlin/Java delivery across secure banking, DCR alignment, carrier entitlement support, Android KeyStore, OAuth, SSL pinning, Bazel with Gradle, CI/CD stability, production release support, and AI-assisted coding for refactoring and code quality.

KotlinJavaSecurityBankingCI/CDAI-assisted Coding

Senior Android Developer / Android Lead

Robosoft Technologies - ETV Win OTT

2022 - 2024

Project: ETV Win OTT Streaming Platform. Refactored legacy Android modules into modular MVVM architecture, reduced feature integration time by approximately 35%, delivered onboarding, subscriptions, encrypted playback, Firebase Analytics, Crashlytics, regression testing, and release validation.

KotlinMVVMModularizationOTTCrashlyticsTesting

Freelance Android Developer

Digikraft.io - Valicit and Blix Web3 Products

2022 - 2024

Projects: Valicit crypto event ticketing and Blix NFT marketplace. Built Ethereum wallet import/connection, crypto transaction journeys, ticket ownership verification, NFT discovery, buying, selling, uploading, portfolio management, IPFS/Pinata uploads, and backend/blockchain API integration.

Web3WalletsNFTREST APIs

Android Developer

OptiSol Business Solutions - Pampers, LitPic, Citibank IN

2020 - 2022

Projects: Pampers Diaper Fit Finder, LitPic Video, and Citibank IN. Delivered Kotlin/MVVM and GraphQL user flows, ML Kit onboarding for 100K+ users, Kakao/Espresso testing support, hybrid React Native bridge and Java/Kotlin native modules, FFmpeg/camera features, secure banking with AppDome, SSL/AES, biometrics, CI/CD, and regression testing.

KotlinJavaGraphQLHybridReact Native BridgeSecurityKakao

Freelance Android Developer

Anainfo Pvt Ltd - Inventory Scanning Application

2022 - 2023

Project: Inventory Scanning Application. Built Scan and Stocks dashboard flows, Zebra Scanner SDK barcode capture, local SQLite stock storage, offline-friendly lookup, REST API product detail retrieval, UI flow delivery, debugging, and individual project ownership.

Zebra SDKSQLiteREST APIInventory

Android Developer

MithrAI Inc - Howzit AI Messenger, CrowdAI SaaS, Dhisplash IoT Remote

2018 - 2020

Projects: Howzit AI Messenger, CrowdAI SaaS, and Dhisplash IoT Remote. Built secure real-time chat with WebRTC/XMPP and RoomDB, SIP/VoIP voice-campaign workflows, secure media handling, AWS IoT SDK integration, TCP/IP and UDP discovery, Gson parsing, and Firebase Performance tracking.

WebRTCXMPPRoomSIP/VoIPAWS IoT

Android Developer

SangVish Technology - Buy2Rental and Nuvo Taxi

2018

Projects: Buy2Rental and Nuvo Taxi. Delivered short-term rental marketplace features, optimized image loading speed by 40% using Glide, built rider/driver taxi apps with live tracking, fare calculation, GraphQL APIs, Google Pay, Paystack, Razorpay, and Firebase updates.

GraphQLFirebaseGlidePaymentsMaps

Android Developer

Cogzidel Technologies - Anan Social Media and eLegal Forum

2017 - 2018

Projects: Anan social media and eLegal Forum. Built Firebase Realtime Database-backed Android applications with offline-first storage workflows and reduced data sync latency by approximately 30%.

FirebaseOffline-firstSocialForums

Featured Systems

Highlightable mobile systems, SDK work, integrations, and delivery patterns.

01 Device SDK

Inventory Scanner

Zebra Scanner SDK barcode capture, SQLite stock storage, REST API product lookup, and dashboard-style Scan/Stocks workflows.

02 Native Bridge

LitPic SDK

Native Android SDK and React Native bridge work for camera/video capabilities, Java/Kotlin modules, JS-to-native communication, debugging, and release support.

03 IoT

Dhisplash IoT Remote

AWS IoT SDK, TCP/IP and UDP local discovery, Gson parsing, Firebase Performance, and ESP32 weather station remote-control workflows.

04 Open Source

OSS Libraries

Reusable multi-module MVVM architecture, Android FTP utilities, and Google authentication helpers for Android API 18-35.

05 Secure Banking

ADIB and Citibank IN

OAuth, SSL pinning, AES, biometric authentication, Android KeyStore patterns, AppDome, secure storage, release stability, and production issue triage.

06 Web3

Valicit and Blix

Ethereum wallet import/connection, crypto transactions, NFT marketplace flows, IPFS/Pinata uploads, asset metadata, ownership visibility, and backend/blockchain APIs.

07 OTT

ETV Win

Modular MVVM refactor, onboarding, subscriptions, encrypted playback, Firebase Analytics, Remote Config, Performance Monitoring, Crashlytics, and regression-tested releases.

08 Payments

Nuvo Taxi

Rider/driver taxi workflows with live tracking, fare calculation, GraphQL APIs, Google Pay, Paystack, Razorpay, Firebase-powered updates, and marketplace-style delivery.

Most Preferred Skills

Focused skills I prefer to be matched on.

Kotlin Java Android SDK Hybrid Mobile React Native Bridge Jetpack Compose Clean Architecture MVVM / MVI Coroutines / Flow Hilt / Dagger Retrofit / REST GraphQL Room / SQLite CI/CD Regression Testing Crashlytics Android Security AI-assisted Coding

Mobile Systems Stack

Architecture, security, APIs, and delivery quality.

01

Android and hybrid: Kotlin, Java, Android SDK, Jetpack Compose, XML Views, Material Design, React Native bridge, Java/Kotlin native modules, JS-to-native communication.

02

Architecture: Clean Architecture, MVVM, MVI, SOLID, feature modularization, multi-module apps, Gradle, Bazel, TOML catalogs.

03

Security: OAuth 2.0, SSL pinning, AES, AppDome, DexGuard, ProGuard, Android KeyStore, biometrics, secure storage.

04

Quality and AI-assisted coding: JUnit, Espresso, Kakao, Mockito, regression testing, release validation, Crashlytics, Firebase Performance, Play Console, Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, and MCP-style workflows.

Education

Computer Science foundation and continuous Android learning.

2013 - 2016

BSc - Computer Science

Madurai Kamaraj University

2025

Advanced Android Bootcamp 2024

Udemy - Jetpack, architecture, and modern Android development.

2024

Flutter and Dart Foundations

Google Cloud Training Online and Great Learning certifications covering Flutter basics, Dart Functions Framework, Material Components for Flutter, and Getting Started with Flutter Development.

2023

MongoDB Java Certifications

MongoDB Atlas, document model, data modeling, indexes, aggregation, CRUD operations in Java, and aggregation with Java.

Contact

Open to senior Android and mobile engineering roles.

Best fit: teams where product quality, secure integrations, Android architecture, hybrid mobile delivery, AI-assisted coding, performance, and release reliability matter.

Email s.merlinjeyakumar@gmail.com
Location Abu Dhabi, UAE
Role fit Senior Android / Mobile Engineer