Summary
Akash Bhatt is a Senior Android Developer with around nine years of hands-on experience building high-quality mobile and embedded experiences, currently contributing at Scotiabank after roles at Ford (infotainment) and Barclays. He specializes in Kotlin/Java Android ecosystems, Jetpack Compose, reactive patterns (RxJava/Coroutines), BLE/NFC/IoT integrations, and native media/NDK work, with a strong focus on test-driven development and code quality (SonarQube, OWASP). Comfortable across the full SDLC, he pairs architectural patterns (MVVM/MVI/MVP) with CI/CD, cloud services (AWS), GraphQL/REST APIs and protobufs for robust, production-grade apps. Known for applying open-source tooling and automation pragmatically, he routinely leverages JUnit/Mockito/Robolectric to push coverage targets above 80%. Based in Greater Vancouver, he blends enterprise experience with cross-platform and generative AI interests that hint at a growing focus on AI-enhanced mobile features.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Computer Applications - MCA Computer Programming Specific Applications, Master of Computer Applications - MCA Computer Programming Specific Applications at CHARUSAT
Bachelor's degree Computer Programming Specific Applications, Bachelor's degree Computer Programming Specific Applications at Dharmsinh Desai University
English, Hindi, Gujarati