Shashi Kiran. H

Android Developer

https://www.opentalent.in/shashi-kiran-h

CTO

Wadhwani Foundation

Key Strengths

Extensive experience in leadership and engineering management roles (CTO, Head AI & Application Engineering, VP AI Products, VP Engineering, Head of Engineering).
Strong background in full-stack development, distributed systems, microservices, and database technologies (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Oracle, MS SQL Server).
Demonstrated ability to lead and deliver complex projects, including mobile learning platforms and financial transaction systems.
Experience with mobile application development (Thinktab, Multiweb Mobile Banking Solution) which aligns with the Android Developer target role, although the experience is dated.
Certified Java Programmer, indicating a foundational understanding of a core language relevant to Android development.

Cultural & Operational Fit

Cultural Fit Analysis

The candidate has a diverse background spanning various industries including EdTech (Byju's, Thinktab), FinTech (TRX Custody, SEPA Parser, Banking Formats Integrator, EBICS, MULTIVERSA), AI/ML (Altigreen, GiveMeFive.ai, Jio), and VR/AR (INVAR Studios). This breadth of experience suggests adaptability and a willingness to engage with different technological and business challenges. However, the target role is 'Android Developer', which is a hands-on individual contributor role, while the candidate's recent experience is predominantly in senior leadership and management. This creates a potential mismatch in cultural fit for a purely development-focused role, as the candidate's career trajectory has moved away from direct coding for a significant period. The projects listed as 'personal' are from earlier in their career, and the most recent leadership roles do not explicitly detail hands-on Android development.

Soft Skills & Operational Fit

The candidate's resume highlights strong leadership, team management, cross-functional team leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills. Experience in product strategy and engineering management suggests an operational fit for leading development initiatives. The candidate has a history of taking over projects in challenging states and turning them around, indicating resilience and strategic thinking.

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About

Experienced technology architect & leader with experience in architecting scalable AI products & solutions across EV Automotive, EdTech, Telecom and Finance domain . Proven record in building large cross functional high-performance teams, specializing in building 0-10x product development, and delivering measurable impact through entrepreneur mindset.

Top Skills

Rest ApisProblem SolvingPostgresqlProduct MarketingFintechPublic SpeakingEngineering ManagementFront End DevelopmentMongoDBMicroservicesFull Stack DevelopmentNode.JsEngineering LeadershipDistributed SystemsCross-Functional Team LeadershipLeadershipStrategic LeadershipTeam ManagementCommunicationTeamworkProduct StrategyStrategic thinkingMarketingDatabasesNegotiationMicrosoft Sql ServerarchitectureProduct DevelopmentIT StrategyProject ManagementStrategyTeam LeadershipComputer VisionArtificial IntelligenceAugmented RealityVirtual RealityAgile MethodologiesSolution ArchitectureSoftware DevelopmentProduct ManagementEnterprise SoftwareOracleJavaScrumEnterprise ArchitectureSdlcPre-salesXMLCloud ComputingSoaConsultingAndroidBusiness AnalysisBusiness StrategyWeb ServicesSQLAgile Project ManagementSoftware Development Life Cycle (SDLC)Design PatternsEntrepreneurshipBusiness PlanningGo To Market StrategyStrategic PartnershipsInternational BusinessAgile

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Experience

Wadhwani Foundation

CTO

June 1, 2025 – Present

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Altigreen Propulsion Labs

Head AI & Application Engineering

May 1, 2022 – June 1, 2025

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

GiveMeFive.ai

CTO

July 1, 2020 – April 1, 2022

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Jio

VP AI Products, AICoE Jio Platforms

January 1, 2018 – March 1, 2020

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

INVAR Studios

Head of Engineering

January 1, 2016 – January 1, 2017

San Francisco Bay Area

Think & Learn Pvt. Ltd. (Byju's)

VP Engineering

January 1, 2014 – January 1, 2016

Bangalore · On-site

Founder Specadel Technologies Private Limited

Founder |Specadel Technologies (Acquired by BYJU'S)

January 1, 2010 – January 1, 2014

Greater Bengaluru Area

KT-IT Consulting Gmbh

Architect + Head Product Engineering

January 1, 2008 – January 1, 2010

Munich Area, Germany , Bangalore Area India

Trivium eSolutions

Tehnical Project Lead

January 1, 2005 – January 1, 2007

Trivium eSolutions

Senior Project Engineer

January 1, 2000 – January 1, 2005

Projects

Thinktab - Mobile Learning Content Delivery Platform

January 1, 2011 – Present

Some of the Key Features M-Learning Platform : 1. Secure Video Player with 3 Layers Security including Device level Encryption. 2. Videos/Assessment can be accessed offline with SDCard storage or on Streaming perfectly suited for Developing countries. 3. Personalized learning with Adaptive Assessment module with data science and recommendation engine. 4. Insightful analytic for Students to know their Strength and Weakness and actionable feedback. 5. Customized LMS based on Open Source LMS 6. Peripheral apps for Teachers and Parents to track the Student Progress 7. Virtual Classroom with 1-on-1 mentoring. 8. Available on Android, iOS

TRX – Custody

January 1, 2009 – Present

TRXCustody is a securities transaction system used by professional securities trading firms to perform securities transactions with the bank. The system is accessed by agents at the securities trading firms through a browser interface from their desktop. This interface is known as the Custody Client. It connects over the Intranet to the Custody Server, which is deployed in the securities trading firm. 35 brokerage houses in European Union region are currently using this product during its first year of release. Salient features: 1. Corporate actions 2. Cash Management (Balance, Transactions and Reporting) 3. Settlements Instructions and Security Order 4. Distributed digital signature 5. PKI authentication and verification ROLE:  Took over the project when project was in bad shape, finally became one of the best-outsourced project.  Designed and developed high quality modules that enable brokerage houses to create Security orders, send Instructions, view account statements, create and schedule jobs.  Provided onsite customer support during installation and commissioning phase, which fetched me “Award for Excellence” award. Technologies : J2EE Arch, EJB 2.0, JNDI, Struts 1.1, JSP, JAAS, Servlets, JBoss 4.0, Oracle 9i, Quartz.

SEPA Parser

August 1, 2008 – Present

A component based architecture module which can read SEPA formats as of ISO20022 formats and also can write the domain objects to SEPA complaint XML formats. Salient features: 1. Generic ISO20022 Formats Parsing 2. Usage of XML beans to bind XSD ad Java objects. ROLE:  Identification of best opensource technologies like XML beans hence speeding the process of development and bug free.  Made the component on SOA architecture and hence can be easily integrated to applications  Ensured quality coding by using cruise control, Junits, Corbetura, PMD and checkstyle. TECHNOLOGIES: Core Java, XML, XML beans , JUnit, SOA Architecture

Banking Formats Integrator Suite

January 1, 2006 – Present

A component base product exposes services for easy integration with other applications. The services offered by this suite are: Salient features: 1. Generic SWIFT Formats Parsing (Currently handles 15 different commonly used formats in Payment , Securities and Cash Management categories) 2. Proprietary German Formats Parsing. 3. Formats validation based on configurable rule engine. 4. Formats finder based on configurable rule engine. 5. Covernote genenerator based on BCS Standard. 6. Formats grouping based on BCS Standards. ROLE:  Identified the most commonly required banking/financial components required while dealing with Formats.  Made the component on SOA architecture and hence can be easily integrated to applications  Ensured quality coding by using cruise control, Junits, Corbetura, PMD and checkstyle. TECHNOLOGIES: Core Java, XML, JUnit, SOA Architecture

EBICS Protocol Implementation

March 1, 2005 – Present

Zentraler kreditausschuss (ZKA) has introduced a new banking communication standard over Internet, and it is mandatory that all banks in Germany support this protocol to communicate between banks by 2008. This standard is completely XML based and uses XML Signature for authentication and verification. This standard will replace the existing FTAM standard. Technologies: Java, XML Beans

MULTIVERSA INTERNATIONAL FINANCE PORTAL

March 1, 2004 – Present

iption: A finance portal which can be used as FASP (Financial Application Service Provider) for corporate customers, to do international payments. Application supported around 15 formats including SWIFT MT1XX, German, Netherlands and Belgium proprietary payment formats. Core module if the product “Generic Payment Factory”, used and generic XML/XSL based approach to convert from one format to another format and hence reduce the transaction costs. TECHNOLOGIES: Java, J2EE, BEA WebLogic 8.1, XML.

MULTIWEB MOBILE BANKING SOLUTION

January 1, 2002 – Present

customers can access their account information, View Stock quotes, and Trade Securities, Order and release payments. ROLE:  Designed and developed high quality modules that enables clients to authorize or reject payment transaction using digital signatures, buying and selling of securities, manual recording of domestic payment transactions, viewing of account information.  Introduced innovative methods of testing, brought the overall testing efforts considerably down.  Provided onsite customer support during installation and commissioning phase, which fetched me “Best Customer Support ” award.  Hands on experience on all the toolkits including Nokia WAP Toolkit 2.0, Ericsson Toolkit and Phone.com UP.SDK 4.0 and latest phones including Nokia 7110, Ericsson R320, R380, R520, Siemens S35, C35i and Motorola.

Key Strengths

Extensive experience in leadership and engineering management roles (CTO, Head AI & Application Engineering, VP AI Products, VP Engineering, Head of Engineering).
Strong background in full-stack development, distributed systems, microservices, and database technologies (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Oracle, MS SQL Server).
Demonstrated ability to lead and deliver complex projects, including mobile learning platforms and financial transaction systems.
Experience with mobile application development (Thinktab, Multiweb Mobile Banking Solution) which aligns with the Android Developer target role, although the experience is dated.
Certified Java Programmer, indicating a foundational understanding of a core language relevant to Android development.

Cultural & Operational Fit

Cultural Fit Analysis

Soft Skills & Operational Fit

Shashi Kiran. H

Key Strengths

Cultural & Operational Fit

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