Smital Desai
Head Of Engineering, Logistics at GoTo Group
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Summary
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Top SchoolSmital Desai is a seasoned engineering leader with 14 years of deep Android and networking expertise, now serving as Head of Engineering, Logistics at GoTo Group after rising through mobile engineering and tech lead roles. He combines hands-on system-level skills—device driver development, memory-leak and kernel debugging, T32-based Android system debugging—with product-focused mobile delivery and CI workflows using git/Gerrit. His background spans Qualcomm and Samsung, where he built stability tooling and network test systems, and he routinely automates tasks with Python and shell to improve developer velocity. Known for code-review rigor and an unusual blend of embedded/kernel knowledge plus application-layer networking, he excels at stabilizing complex Android stacks and scaling mobile teams.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
PG Diploma in Embedded systems Embedded Systems, PG Diploma in Embedded systems Embedded Systems at CDAC Embedded Systems , HyderabadBachelor's degree Electronics Engineering, Bachelor's degree Electronics Engineering at Savitribai Phule Pune University
English, Marathi
Github Skills (22)
kotlin-android9
kotlin8
android-library8
java8
android7
android-applications6
stock6
leakcanary6
memory-leak-detection5
chrome5
python5
debug5
fluid5
kotlin-multiplatform4
coroutines4
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
smitsgit/Cricket
Aug 2015 - Sep 2015
Contributions:1 release, 25 commits, 4 PRs in 18 days
cricketfirebaseandroidcricket-appmaterial-design
smitsgit/DraggingViews
Jul 2015 - Sep 2016
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 2 months
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