Nikhil Panju
Product Lead at CRED
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Summary
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Top SchoolNikhil Panju is a product-focused engineering leader and former founder with 10 years of experience building delightful Android experiences and shipping product at scale. Currently a Product Lead at CRED, he blends hands-on Kotlin development, architecture judgment, and UX sensibilities to deliver clean, testable mobile software. As Ferry’s co‑founder he owned end‑to‑end product and mobile engineering, growing the platform to 100+ merchant adopters and over 10k users while personally designing and shipping both B2B and B2C apps. He contributes to Android open-source tooling—authoring UI/animation demos and a RecyclerView enhancement library—showing a knack for polished motion and interaction work. Comfortable leading teams and owning product decisions, he pairs technical depth in Coroutines, Architecture Components and common Android libraries with a designer’s eye for UI/UX. Based in Bengaluru, he brings entrepreneurial grit and a bias for building purposeful, well-crafted apps.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Mechanical Engineering at SSN College of Engineering
Github Skills (12)
kotlin10
javas10
recyclerview10
android-recyclerview10
android10
java10
android-gui9
ui-design9
android-design9
lib9
android-ui9
ux-design8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
nikhilpanju/RecyclerViewEnhanced
May 2016 - Jan 2017
Android Library to provide swipe, click and other functionality to RecyclerView
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:1 release, 25 commits, 2 PRs in 8 months
Contributions summary:Nikhil primarily contributed to the development of the `recyclerviewenhanced` Android library. Their work involved adding new functionalities such as swipe options, clickable row interactions, and long-click support. The user also addressed bug fixes and refined the sample application, demonstrating a focus on improving the library's usability and features for Android developers. These enhancements extend the capabilities of the `RecyclerView` component.
recyclerviewandroid-libraryandroidswipekotlin
nikhilpanju/FabFilter
Nov 2019 - Jan 2020
Android app to showcase complex UI/Animations with and without MotionLayout
Role in this project:Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:23 commits, 22 pushes, 2 branches in 2 months
Contributions summary:Nikhil primarily contributed to the Android application, focusing on UI and animation enhancements. They implemented a navigation drawer and app icon, then refactored the filters fragment to a custom view. The user's work included fixing bugs related to tab resets and improvements to adapter animations, specifically related to the motion and visual presentation of UI elements. They further integrated a motion layout to control animations within the app.
android-animationandroidandroid-appkotlinshowcase
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