Mohit Kanwal
Staff Software Engineer at Google
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMohit Kanwal is a Staff Software Engineer in New York with 14 years of experience building highly maintainable mobile and backend systems at scale, currently leading technical efforts in Google Labs and previously shaping Google Pay’s app and infrastructure. He blends fast shipping instincts with a strong emphasis on architecture, frameworks, and software methodology to turn rapid prototypes into production-grade, maintainable products. His background spans Android development, backend and DevOps work (including production deployments and database configuration), and contributions to notable open-source projects like FOSSASIA’s Open Event Android and Server. Comfortable across the stack, he has led platform teams, payment integrations, and Flutter/Android app efforts while mentoring engineers as a tech lead. A practical problem-solver, Mohit pairs product intuition with hands-on engineering to deliver reliable systems under tight timelines.
14 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
High School, High School at St. John Bosco CollegeGCE A Level, English, Physics, Economics, Maths, Computing, GCE A Level, English, Physics, Economics, Maths, Computing at St Andrews Junior CollegeB.Comp, Computer Science, University Scholars Programme, B.Comp, Computer Science, University Scholars Programme at National University of Singapore
Github Skills (23)
apim10
postgresql10
database-connection10
python10
testing10
databases10
server-configuration10
java10
flask-ask10
javas10
gson10
api10
android10
okhttp10
retrofit10
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
fossasia/open-event-droidgen
May 2015 - Feb 2016
Open Event Android App Generator https://github.com/fossasia/open-event-android/raw/apk/sample-apk-fossasia17-development.apk
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:145 commits, 67 PRs, 96 pushes in 9 months
Contributions summary:Mohit focused on the development of the Open Event Android application, implementing new features and fixing bugs. They integrated Retrofit, OkHttp, and Gson for retrieving speaker lists from an API, and wrote corresponding tests. The user also addressed test failures, added map flavors (F-Droid and Google Maps), and performed code cleanup.
apkandroidandroid-appkotlinapp-generator
fossasia/open-event-server
Nov 2015 - Feb 2016
The Open Event Organizer Server to Manage Events https://test-api.eventyay.com
Role in this project:Back-end & DevOps Engineer
Back-end & DevOps EngineerContributions:16 commits, 11 PRs, 18 pushes in 2 months
Contributions summary:Mohit primarily contributed to the server-side infrastructure and deployment aspects of the project. Their work involved setting up and configuring the database, including the initial setup and database URL configuration, as well as making changes to support Heroku deployment. They also addressed dependency issues by updating the Flask login and migration dependencies. These changes involved code modifications to multiple files, including installation scripts, configuration, and migration scripts.
api-testapieventsorganizer
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