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About Me

I’m a Principal Engineer at Apollo 24|7 in Bengaluru, handling mobile tech for the pharma side of the product.

TypeScript and React Native day to day, with a long-standing interest in the web technologies that run the internet. I started in 2016 at KeepWorks, then Practo, Walmart Global Tech, Abridge, and now Apollo.

Span — 2016 to now

2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 NOW
Apollo 24|7
Principal Engineer
Abridge
Senior Software Engineer
Walmart Global Tech
SDE III
Practo
Software Engineer
KeepWorks
Software Developer

Bars run from start month to end month. Bengaluru throughout, except Abridge (remote).

Experience

Jan 2023 – Present

Bengaluru, Hybrid

Principal Engineer, Apollo 24|7

I lead mobile engineering for pharma: features, performance, and code quality.

I’m in the code for new features, app performance, and architecture — including a dynamic screen system powered by a headless CMS, and an image rendering pipeline.

Earlier I was on the App Performance team: app-wide optimizations, bundle size, Jenkins to Bitbucket Pipelines, linting, and automated testing.

I mix technical leadership with hands-on engineering.

Oct 2021 – Dec 2022

Remote

Senior Software Engineer, Abridge

I was a senior mobile engineer on the B2C Abridge app, where people record and review medical conversations with AI smart transcripts. React Native and TypeScript.

I worked on features like Audio Answers, plus performance and UX, alongside the rest of the product team.

Jul 2019 – Oct 2021

Greater Bengaluru

SDE III, Walmart Global Tech India

I worked on the React Native e-commerce app for Android and iOS (React Native, Redux).

Walmart Excellence award, July 2021.

Aug 2017 – Jul 2019

Bengaluru

Software Engineer, Practo

I worked on the insurance module across microservices.

I worked on an internal tool for bulk doctor and clinic onboarding.

I worked on a health subscription web app, plus marketing/landing pages and payments.

I worked on webviews for the Android and iOS apps.

Sep 2016 – Jul 2017

Bengaluru

Software Developer, KeepWorks Technologies

I worked on Node.js projects and client web apps with React and JavaScript libraries.

Education

B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering from IIIT Bhubaneswar.

2012 – 2016

Contact

I’m in Bengaluru. Best places to find me:

@itsashis4u everywhere

Off the clock

I’m into PC hardware, and I still plan to build a machine from scratch.