Summary
Saalim Quadri is an Open Source Android and Linux Kernel engineer with nine years of hands-on experience bringing up Android on diverse hardware—from Qualcomm-based BSPs and Snapdragon wearables to Raspberry Pi and CM modules. He has shipped AOSP framework changes, ported Android across major releases, authored kernel drivers (including work to upstream LiME), and integrated Yocto/RAUC-based OTA systems for embedded products. Saalim excels at low-level debugging and platform stability, routinely running CTS suites, fixing system bugs, and creating HIDL/U-Boot adaptations for resilient field updates. Comfortable in both community projects like LineageOS and structured teams at companies such as Vispero and Murena, he combines deep kernel expertise with practical product-focused engineering. A tinkerer by temperament, he’s known for reverse-engineering SystemUI components and for forward-porting launcher features to maintain clean rebases across Android versions.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Class 10, CBSE, Class 10, CBSE at Lucky Bal Niketan
Class 9, CBSE, Class 9, CBSE at Ryan International School
Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering at Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering, BANGALORE
Class 12, CBSE, Class 12, CBSE at Global Indian International School
English, Hindi