Open to work · Immediate joiner

Syed Subahani

Senior Android Engineer · Banking & Fintech

12.5+ years designing, developing and delivering secure, scalable mobile applications with Kotlin, Java and Jetpack Compose — for global clients including Emirates NBD, ADIB, Walmart, Virgin Money, Cisco and Huawei.

📍 Bangalore, India · open to Hyderabad / Chennai 🌍 Onsite experience: UK & UAE
Portrait of Syed Subahani
12.5+Years in mobile engineering
98%Automation test coverage (Emirates NBD)
60→95%Unit test coverage (Mobile Core SDK)
UK · UAEInternational onsite delivery
About

From architecture to production

I'm a Senior Android Engineer with deep expertise in Android SDK, Jetpack Compose, MVVM/MVI, Clean Architecture, Coroutines, Kotlin Flow/StateFlow, Hilt/Dagger, Room, Retrofit/OkHttp and Firebase.

I've built security-sensitive banking journeys with step-up authentication (ePIN, OTP, EFR), Biometric API and R8/ProGuard, and worked across banking, fintech, payments, retail and enterprise domains.

I own the complete SDLC — feature ownership, technical leadership, architecture, code reviews, security, engineering standards, stakeholder collaboration, testing, CI/CD and production support. I also build cross-platform apps with React Native and NativeScript.

  • Secure banking — fund transfers, bill payments, securities, step-up auth
  • Modern Android — Kotlin, Compose, Coroutines/Flow, Hilt
  • Quality — JUnit, Espresso, MockK/Mockito, Appium automation
  • Leadership — code reviews, engineering standards, client stakeholders
  • Cross-platform — React Native, NativeScript SDKs
Selected work

Client projects

Highlights from banking, retail, payments and enterprise engagements. Client code is confidential — these summarise my role and impact.

Emirates NBD · Dubai

Transactional Mobile Banking App

  • Owned local & international fund transfers and credit card bill payments
  • Technical leadership across feature development, code reviews, security and standards
  • Appium automation with up to 98% test coverage
KotlinJetpack ComposeAppiumTeam of 8
ADIB · Abu Dhabi (onsite)

ADIB Securities — Mobile Banking

  • Owned and delivered the ADIB Securities module end to end, onsite in Abu Dhabi
  • Integrated step-up authentication (ePIN, OTP, EFR) for sensitive journeys
  • Led UI development, security implementation and code reviews with client stakeholders
KotlinAndroid SDKSecurityTeam of 8
Walmart Labs

Walmart Shopping App

  • Built the personalised Recommendations carousel with add-to-cart and purchase flows
  • Enhanced the My Items module with the latest UI and UX requirements
KotlinAndroid SDKRetail
Clydesdale Bank · UK

Virgin Money Banking App

  • Resolved 6 severe-priority production issues via root-cause analysis
  • Improved stability and supported reliable production releases
KotlinAndroid SDKBanking
Canadian National Railways

Mobile Core SDK

  • Reusable SDK services across React Native, NativeScript and Android
  • OCR with ML Kit, Mapbox maps and push notifications
  • Raised unit test coverage from 60% to 95%
React NativeNativeScriptML KitCore Java
Cisco

SPVSS Video Software Solutions

  • Redesigned the Android app with new navigation flows and modernised UI screens
  • Feature implementation, code reviews and code quality
Core JavaAndroid 8.0Gradle
JetPay Corporation

My Mobile Money (POS)

  • Turned Android devices into Point-of-Sale terminals for card payments
  • Integrated card-reader and Bluetooth-printer hardware
Core JavaPaymentsBluetooth
Fun Miles

Merchant Loyalty App

  • Loyalty point issuance, refunds, redemption, balance checks, bonuses and settlement
  • Delivered on a short timeline as one of two engineers
Core JavaAndroid SDKLoyalty
Huawei · Mahindra

Huawei Wear Social & more

  • Social features for Huawei Wear: connections, celebrity following, step rankings and likes
  • Released Mahindra Nanhi Kali and ForgotDroid apps
Android SDKJava
Experience

Career timeline

12.5+ years across product engineering and services companies.

Jul 2026 – Present

Professional reorientation & job search following end of project engagement

Feb 2025 – Jun 2026

Synechron Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

Associate Specialist – Technology
Emirates NBD · ADIB Securities (onsite, Abu Dhabi)
Sep 2024 – Jan 2025

Personal leave

Apr 2024 – Aug 2024

NTT Data Payment Services Pvt. Ltd.

Senior Software Engineer
Walmart Shopping App
Jan 2024 – Mar 2024

Professional reorientation & job search following end of project engagement

May 2019 – Dec 2023

Mphasis Ltd.

Senior Software Engineer
Virgin Money Banking App · Mobile Core SDK (CN Railways)
Mar 2018 – Apr 2019

L&T Technology Services Pvt. Ltd.

Senior Engineer
Cisco SPVSS
Mar 2016 – Mar 2018

ThoughtFocus Information Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

Senior Engineer
Fun Miles Merchant Loyalty · My Mobile Money (JetPay)
Sep 2014 – Mar 2016

Mindtree Ltd.

Senior Software Engineer
Huawei Wear Social App
Mar 2013 – Sep 2014

Mathalogic IT Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

Software Engineer
Mahindra Nanhi Kali · ForgotDroid
Toolkit

Technical skills

Android-first, with security, testing and cross-platform depth.

Mobile

KotlinCore JavaAndroid SDKJetpack ComposeCoroutinesKotlin FlowStateFlowReact NativeNativeScript

Architecture

MVVMMVIMVPMVCClean ArchitectureHiltDagger

Android & Data

ActivitiesServicesBroadcast ReceiversRoomSQLite

APIs & Cloud

REST APIsRetrofitOkHttpFirebaseCrashlyticsKinvey mBaaSKinvey Flex Services

Security

Biometric APIR8/ProGuardStep-up Auth (ePIN, OTP, EFR)FortifySonarQubePrivacy & Security

Testing

JUnitEspressoMockKMockitoAppiumAppium InspectorJestKarmaJasmine

Tools & CI/CD

Android StudioVS CodeXcodeEclipseGitGitHubGitLabCI/CDJiraAzure BoardsFigma

Web & Others

TypeScriptJavaScriptAngularMapboxML KitESLintBabelWebpack
Education

Education

B.T

B.Tech in Computer Science & Engineering · 2012

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh, India

Contact

Let's work together

Open to Senior Android Engineer roles in Bangalore, Hyderabad and Chennai. Available to join immediately.