Summary
Sahil Thakar is an Android engineer with 8 years of experience building high-performance, scalable mobile apps, currently at PhonePe after leading critical Android initiatives at Punch and earlier startups. He specializes in Jetpack Compose, Kotlin, MVVM/MVI architectures, and performance optimization—routinely reducing recompositions, streamlining database access, and achieving crash-free releases through TDD. Sahil has a knack for automation and developer ergonomics, having built a custom annotation processor to eliminate boilerplate and refactored monolithic codebases into modular components. He’s shipped complex features like trading OCO systems, custom chart widgets, and creator/commerce flows, blending product-minded engineering with hands-on implementation. Based in Bengaluru, he combines startup grit and leadership with a proven track record of improving developer productivity and runtime efficiency.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering Computer Science, Bachelor of Engineering Computer Science at Gujarat Technological University (GTU)