Arun Balaji is a Senior Software Engineer with 8 years of hands-on experience building cross-platform mobile applications, currently focused on Flutter and Android development. He has progressed through roles from Android developer to senior Flutter engineer across multiple startups and product teams in Tamil Nadu, blending front-end polish with practical backend PHP knowledge. Arun contributes to popular open-source Flutter UI work, notably improving the widely used GetWidget library with UI fixes and new multi-select features. His background in chemical engineering combined with a diploma in Android development reflects an analytical approach to problem solving and rapid skill pivots. Known for shipping UI enhancements and resolving subtle runtime issues like null checks and asset handling, he brings reliability and attention to detail to client-facing apps. Based in India, he thrives in fast-moving teams where pragmatic engineering and clear UX improvements matter most.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Diploma Android application development, Diploma Android application development at NIIT
Bachelor's degree Chemical Engineering, Bachelor's degree Chemical Engineering at Shanmugha Arts, Science, Technology & Reserch Academy (SASTRA), Thanjavur
Most popular and easy to use open source UI library with 1000+ Widgets to build flutter app.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Contributions:3 reviews, 32 commits, 8 PRs in 22 days
Contributions summary:Arun primarily addressed UI-related issues and feature implementations within the Flutter framework, specifically focusing on the 'getwidget' UI library. Their commits involved resolving issues related to null checks and re-adding assets, specifically icons, within example applications. The user also added new features, such as the ability to set initial selected values in multi-select components, and enhanced existing widgets like the intro screen and text fields with filled options and prefix icons.
Most popular and easy to use open source UI library with 1000+ Widgets to build flutter app.
Contributions:6 PRs, 29 pushes, 3 branches in 22 days
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