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Pawan Soni

@pawansoni1

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I lead secure Android banking apps with 10+ years of engineering impact.

India

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking to lead Android engineering for security-critical, compliance-driven products—building scalable architectures, optimizing performance, and mentoring teams to deliver trusted banking-grade mobile experiences.

I’m a results-driven Lead Software Engineer specializing in Android, with 10+ years of experience building and delivering high-quality mobile applications across banking, fintech, proptech, and retail. I’m currently focused on the banking domain, developing secure corporate and retail banking apps for Emirates NBD and Wells Fargo.

I’m hands-on with security-first engineering—implementing secure data transmission, biometric authentication, encrypted local storage, session management, and compliance-driven development. I also emphasize clean code, performance optimization, and reliable release delivery, grounded in strong engineering fundamentals.

At Wells Fargo, I led end-to-end enhancement of the LifeSync module and built a central financial dashboard that unifies visibility of balances across checking, savings, credit cards, loans, and investments. I also implemented multi-module architecture with MVVM and Jetpack components to keep the codebase scalable, modular, testable, and maintainable.

Earlier, at NoBroker.com, I architected and delivered key security and society-management features—visitor management, delivery tracking, staff management, and community forum—and integrated production-ready tooling like Firebase Realtime Database and CI/CD pipelines. Before that, I built Android apps for RFID/barcode scanning and face detection using Kotlin, Java, NDK, SDK, OpenCV, and Firebase ML Kit, and I received recognition for best coding guidelines and mentoring across teams.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Lead Software Engineer

Current

Emirates NBD Bank

Oct 2024 - Present (1 year 6 months)

Led Android development for the Emirates NBD corporate banking application, implementing security-first features such as biometric authentication, encrypted local storage, and session management to meet banking security standards.

Kotlin Jetpack Compose MVVM Coroutines Biometrics Encryption Session Management CI CD

Senior Software Engineer

Wells Fargo Bank

Apr 2023 - Oct 2024 (1 year 6 months)

Led end-to-end development of the LifeSync module and built a central financial dashboard that unifies account balances, applying multi-module MVVM with Jetpack components and delivering against PCI-DSS/GDPR compliance requirements.

Kotlin MVVM Architecture Jetpack Coroutines

Lead Android Engineer

Nobroker.com

Dec 2021 - Feb 2023 (1 year 2 months)

Architected and delivered NoBrokerHood features including visitor management, delivery tracking, staff management, and a community forum, integrating Google Barcode Reader, Firebase Realtime Database, and CI/CD for production readiness.

MVVM Kotlin Coroutines C Google Barcode Reader Firebase Realtime Database CI CD Release Management

Senior Android Developer

Lowe's Inc.

Mar 2021 - Oct 2021 (7 months)

Contributed to the Lowe's e-commerce Android app by developing customer-facing modules with Jetpack, Dagger, and Kotlin Coroutines, including AOSP/ADB kiosk mode customization for in-store devices.

Kotlin Android Jetpack Dagger Coroutines ADB Shell Kiosk Mode

Senior Android Developer

Chetu Inc.

Dec 2018 - Mar 2021 (2 years 3 months)

Built and shipped Android apps for RFID/barcode scanning and face detection using Kotlin/Java, OpenCV, and Firebase ML Kit, and developed an AOSP kiosk-mode image for TechNexion boards including Linux-based flashing.

Firebase MLKit Kotlin Java NDK OpenCV Firebase ML Kit Kiosk Mode

Android Developer

Talent4Assure Test Service Pvt. Ltd.

Jul 2016 - Sep 2018 (2 years 2 months)

Developed and maintained the SelfEnabler educational assessment Android application using MVP architecture and implemented RxJava, Dagger 2, Retrofit/OkHttp, and custom UI views, coordinating UI/UX with backend integration.

Android MVP RxJava Dagger 2 Retrofit OkHttp Spring MySQL