AC Ashok Chaudhari

Currently at Adobe • Bengaluru, India

Ashok Chaudhari

Building flagship Android products with cleaner architecture and faster teams.

Senior Android developer with 9+ years of experience shipping native mobile products in Kotlin and Java. Focused on architecture, performance, collaboration, and delivery for high-usage Android apps.

9+

Years in Android engineering

Adobe

Computer Scientist II

6

Major product teams

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About

About Me

Engineering focused on product reliability, team velocity, and scalable Android systems.

Experienced Senior Android Developer with over 9+ years of expertise in mobile app development, proficient in Android OS, Android SDK, Java, and Kotlin. I work comfortably across product delivery, architecture modernization, CI/CD, cloud-based environments, and agile execution.

I’ve led Android teams, collaborated deeply with backend, iOS, QA, analytics, and design partners, and consistently reduced complexity in critical code paths while improving performance, maintainability, and developer productivity.

Experience

Experience

Recent work across product engineering, architecture, and team leadership.

07/2024 – Present

Bengaluru, India

Computer Scientist II · Adobe

  • Delivered photo and album sharing features, increasing user engagement by 10%.
  • Partnered with the architecture team to introduce Compose and MVI/MVS patterns.
  • Modernized app architecture and increased unit test coverage by 20%.
  • Mentored Android developers across agile delivery and technical execution.

Android · Kotlin · Java · Hilt · Gradle KTS · Jetpack Compose · MVI · Coroutines

01/2024 – 07/2024

Bengaluru, India

Senior Android Developer & Team Lead · Juno

  • Upgraded the stack to current versions, improving development speed by 20%.
  • Built an in-memory cache that reduced network calls by 70%.
  • Led Android development while coordinating with product, backend, QA, and design.

Kotlin · Retrofit · Hilt · Coil · Gradle KTS · Jetpack Compose · DataStore · MVVM

11/2022 – 01/2024

Bengaluru, India

Senior Android Developer & Team Lead · Lokal

  • Reduced complexity in a dynamic critical flow, speeding development by 80%.
  • Improved analytics tracking quality by 90% by fixing systemic issues.
  • Implemented server-driven UI and expanded unit and UI test coverage.

Java · Kotlin · Retrofit · Hilt · Glide · MVVM · Espresso · Coroutines

08/2021 – 11/2022

Bengaluru, India

Senior Android Developer · Y Media Labs

  • Restructured a shopping cart flow across screens, improving performance by 45%.
  • Added JUnit coverage around critical areas to reach roughly 80% coverage.
  • Contributed to an open-source Kotlin Multiplatform networking library.

Kotlin · Compose · OkHttp · Hilt · JUnit5 · RoomDB · KMM/KMP

07/2017 – 08/2021

Pune, India

Android Developer & Team Lead · Raja Software Labs

  • Worked as a contractor on the LinkedIn Android app across core product areas.
  • Reduced memory use on live video by 70% and supported dark theme adoption.
  • Built scripts that cut design migration time by 60% and expanded test coverage to 90%.

Java · Kotlin · Dagger · SQLite · Espresso · Accessibility · Python

Projects

Selected Projects

Products and platforms shipped across startups and global brands.

2017 – Present

DeldSim

Browser-based digital electronics simulator and learning platform for building, testing, and studying logic circuits with tutorials, study resources, and hands-on circuit exploration.

TypeScript · NodeJs · ExpressJs · Vanilla JS · Vite · Terser

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07/2024 – Present

Photoshop Lightroom

Professional photo editing and export tooling for photographers, built with a modern Android stack and large-scale product collaboration.

Android · Kotlin · Java · Compose · Hilt

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01/2024 – 07/2024

Juno

Crypto finance product enabling users to purchase, hold, and withdraw digital assets with a faster, more efficient Android experience.

Kotlin · Retrofit · Coil · GSON · Hilt

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10/2022 – 01/2024

Lokal App

Hyperlocal content platform for local news, jobs, and SME lead generation with highly dynamic Android flows and analytics-heavy surfaces.

Java · Kotlin · Retrofit · Glide · Hilt · Espresso

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02/2022 – 09/2022

Chopt App

Ordering experience for a restaurant chain with extensive menu customization, built for a smoother and more transactional cart flow.

Kotlin · Compose · RoomDB · Retrofit · Hilt

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08/2021 – 02/2022

YNetwork

Reusable Kotlin Multiplatform networking library designed with detachable components and flexible mocking options for mobile teams.

Kotlin · KMM · Coroutines · OkHttp · JUnit

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08/2017 – 08/2021

LinkedIn Android

Large-scale professional networking app work spanning live video, messaging, accessibility, theming, and infrastructure migrations.

Java · Kotlin · JUnit5 · Dagger · SQLite · Python

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Skills

Skills

Tools and practices used to ship Android apps at scale.

Core Stack

  • Kotlin, Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Gradle
  • Android SDK, Jetpack Compose, RoomDB, Firebase, Coroutines
  • Retrofit, OkHttp3, Hilt, Dagger, Glide, Coil, DataStore

Delivery

  • Git, GitHub, Bitbucket, GitLab, ReviewBoard
  • CI/CD, Agile, Scrum, Jira, Trello
  • JUnit5, Espresso, architecture design, mentoring, cross-functional collaboration

Education & Languages

Education & Languages

Formal training backed by strong communication across teams and regions.

Bachelor of Engineering in Information Technology

Pune Vidyarthi Griha's College Of Engineering and Technologies, Pune University

07/2013 – 07/2017 · Pune, India

  • Graduated with First Class with Distinction.
  • Built a virtual logic gate board hosted on the IIT Bombay virtual lab platform.

Languages

  • English
  • Hindi
  • Marathi

Contact

Contact

Open to conversations around Android leadership, product engineering, and mobile architecture.

LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/ashok-chaudhari GitHub github.com/mr-ashok Medium medium.com/@mr-ashok Stack Overflow stackoverflow.name/ashok