John Francis
Senior Engineering Manager at 915 by Groww
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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Top SchoolJohn Francis is a Senior Engineering Manager with a decade of experience building and scaling consumer-facing mobile and web products, currently leading engineering at 915 by Groww in Bengaluru. He helped grow Groww’s mutual fund app into one of India’s highest-rated investment platforms, progressing from hands-on Android engineer to Head IT and CISO-level responsibilities. Technically fluent in Android, React, Java, and Python, he pairs deep UI/UX sensibilities with security and product thinking to deliver polished, reliable apps. A pragmatic leader, he has repeatedly run cross-functional teams through full product lifecycles and mentored engineers across SDE levels. John is also an active front-end open-source contributor—adding UX improvements and tests to popular React login components—showing he stays close to code despite managerial roles. His background in R&D (VR, voice, BLE) and a BE in CSE give him a curiosity-driven approach to emerging consumer technologies.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
B.E CSE, B.E CSE at Visvesvaraya Technological UniversityDIPLOMA Computer Engineering, DIPLOMA Computer Engineering at SRI KRISHNA POLYTECHNIC Karnataka TechnicalHigh School Computer Science, High School Computer Science at Secondary Education NANDINI PUBLIC SCHOOL. Karnataka SSLC
Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Hindi, English
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Github Skills (15)
google-auth10
google-api10
javascript10
googleapis10
google-authentication10
android10
react10
java9
testing8
listview6
android-studio6
altbeacon6
react-native6
android-layout6
conditional-statements6
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
anthonyjgrove/react-google-login
Jul 2017 - Nov 2017
A React Google Login Component
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:12 commits, 6 PRs, 8 pushes in 3 months
Contributions summary:John primarily contributed to the front-end components of the React Google Login component. Their work involved adding a logout button to the application, enabling users to sign out of their Google accounts. The user also implemented test cases for the logout functionality, ensuring its proper operation. These contributions focused on enhancing user interaction and experience by providing a seamless login and logout process within the React application.
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john1jan/ReactNativeSignatureExample
Apr 2016 - Apr 2016
Contributions:8 commits, 6 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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