Nikit Bhandari
Software Engineer II at Uber
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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Top SchoolNikit Bhandari is a seasoned Android engineer with 9 years of experience, currently building mobile features at Uber from his base in Bengaluru. He has a strong track record in Kotlin/Java, Android architecture components, Firebase and native performance work, and has driven platform improvements like Jetpack Navigation migrations, lint rules, and instrumentation tests at Gojek. An active open-source contributor, Nikit has fixed UI/UX issues and modernized code (adding View Binding) in high-profile projects including DuckDuckGo, Firefox (Fenix) and several FOSSASIA apps. He combines product-focused feature delivery—dashboarding for crashes and memory leaks, driver app loyalty features—with hands-on automation and tooling (scripts for strings, WorkManager migrations). Mentoring and interview experience complement his engineering work, reflecting a blend of technical depth and team leadership. Notably, his open-source contributions include launching and stabilizing event and lab apps used in production and community distributions.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Delhi Public School IndirapuramBachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science, Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science at Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University
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Github Skills (32)
kotlin10
user-interface10
android-sdk10
ui-design10
android-development10
java10
javas10
uid10
front-end-development10
android10
view-binding10
android-ui10
restful-api9
rxjavafx9
api-rest9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
fossasia/open-event-attendee-android
May 2018 - Dec 2018
Open Event Attendee Android General App https://github.com/fossasia/open-event-android/blob/apk/open-event-dev-app-playStore-debug.apk
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:72 commits, 263 PRs, 188 pushes in 6 months
Contributions summary:Nikit's commits primarily focus on the development of the Open Event Attendee Android application. Contributions include initial setup of core fragments, implementation of user profile and event listing features. The commits show additions of dependencies, UI improvements and incorporating new fragments related to search, tickets, and attendees. The user's work involved integrating backend API calls for retrieving and displaying event data and user information.
androidapk
fossasia/phimpme-android
Sep 2017 - Jan 2018
Photo Imaging and Picture Editor
Role in this project:Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:41 commits, 42 PRs, 59 comments in 4 months
Contributions summary:Nikit primarily contributed to the Android application, fixing bugs, enhancing UI elements, and adding new features. Their work involved modifying layouts, adding and modifying navigation elements, and addressing issues related to the user interface and user experience. They also implemented functionality for image viewing, slideshows, and details dialogs within the app.
imaging
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