Pratik Bhadkoliya
Verified Expert in Engineering
Software Developer
Fremont, CA, United States
Toptal member since December 28, 2018
Pratik has 12+ years of experience developing iOS applications and has aided development teams at Adobe, Ola Cabs, Disney+, Lenskart, and Meta (previously Facebook). He develops REST APIs using PHP/Java and has worked on over 15 projects in teams of all sizes.
Portfolio
Experience
Availability
Preferred Environment
Git, PhpStorm, Xcode, MacOS
The most amazing...
...thing I've built is the safety tools for Messenger and Instagram Direct that helped 2 billion+ users feel safe and trust in Meta products.
Work Experience
Software Engineer
- Developed and maintained the reporting flow in the Messenger iOS app, including implementing back-end APIs.
- Revamped the reporting flow in the Instagram iOS app, including spam proactive warnings.
- Experimented with 10+ features before releasing them to 100% users.
- Developed and improved child safety measures in the Instagram iOS app.
Lead Engineer
Hotstar
- Developed a live streaming feature for Hotstar, India's biggest live streaming sports platform.
- Managed an iOS and Android team responsible for building the payments and subscriptions’ part.
- Expanded a team to 20+ mobile engineers, including web front-end developers.
Lead Engineer
Lenskart Solutions Pvt
- Developed and maintained Lenskart stores' point of sales.
- Led the development of a virtual 3D trial in the Lenskart iOS app.
- Managed the mobile team responsible for developing Lenskart eCommerce Android and iOS apps.
Lead Engineer
Rootwork Systems
- Created the Zitrr Camera iOS app using Objective-C and OpenGL ES 2.0.
- Developed the SignEasy iOS app and created document cloud sync across devices.
- Built the Business Line News iOS app and customed HTML viewer to render articles.
- Created the Ola Cabs iOS app using maps and navigations.
- Developed the MindTickle app mindtickle.com as part of my role.
Software Developer
Adobe
- Developed Adobe Photoshop Express iOS app using Objective C.
- Created Windows 8 app for Photoshop Express using Microsoft Silverlight and .NET Framework.
- Created image and video sketch and cartoon filters using OpenGL ES 2.0 Shaders.
- Created the Smart Trim feature to remove unwanted objects from photos and smoothly replace them with the background around them.
Experience
Adobe Premiere Elements 2012
Enjoy auto-generated slideshows and collages, make your videos look their best with intelligent editing options, turn them into stunning creations, organize them effortlessly, and quickly share your memories.
Adobe Photoshop Express iOS App
https://itunes.apple.com/app/adobe-photoshop-express/id331975235?mt=8Zitrr Camera iOS App
- 8 unique Shooting Modes & White Balance to counter all types of Scenes and Light conditions
- 55 LIVE styles, Effects, Filters and Lenses to choose from - even for Full HD Video Shooting!
- 6 compositions (Thirds, Golden, Diagonal, Trisec, Vitruvian & Square), for professional photographers
- Full-featured Photo Editor with Enhancer, Text, Frames, Stickers, and even more Filters – by Aviary
- Horizontal-level Indicator
- Touch Exposure and Manual Focus for the best control
- Instant-sharing on your favorite social networks
- Instant-preview thumbnail on photo & video shoot
- 4 Flash & Torch options (auto, on, off, and always on) - to lighten-up your images!
- Multiple Import from/Export to the Camera Roll
- Histogram for images
- Search on the basis of – Event, Month, Title, Tags, Location, Place
- Volume Button Shutter
- 1-tap gesture to apply random effects, filters and lenses
- Swipe gestures to toggle between adjacent effects, filters and lenses
SignEasy - Sign and Fill Docs iOS App
https://itunes.apple.com/in/app/signeasy-sign-and-fill-docs/id381786507?mt=8Business Line for iPhone App
https://itunes.apple.com/in/app/business-line-for-iphone/id855182339?mt=8Features – Highlights :
-- Personalize your home screen
-- Breaking news and top stories, along with opinion
-- Get regular updates from the stock market, commodities and currencies along with expert opinions
-- Get featured advice and opinions on investments, business, and gadgets
-- Get the Latest news Via Push Notifications
-- Swipe to get to the next article
-- Mark articles as "Favourites" for offline reading
-- Share business news and articles with your colleagues, friends, business partners via social media, email, and message.
-- View the most popular and most commented articles
-- View and post comments
Ola Cabs iOS App
ZEE5 - Shows Live TV & Movies iOS App
MindTickle iOS App
https://itunes.apple.com/in/app/mindtickle/id965785490?mt=8MindTickle enables sales enablement managers, sales manager, and trainers to share track-able files like videos, slides, documents, audio files, etc. packaged in the form of lightweight and mobile friendly 'Quick Updates'.
Lenskart - Online Shopping iOS App
Pluggd - Discover Music Events iOS App
https://appadvice.com/game/app/pluggd-discover-music-events/1107009124Discover interesting stuff:
- Find out where your favorite artists are and where it’s all happening!
Learn the Pulse of an event:
- Social and data analytics are computed to rate an act on a scale of 1 to 100. This rating we call 'Pulse'. Pulse can help you decide where you’re going.
Share and invite and notify:
- Share event details and invite friends to be a part of your plan.
- Plug in and notify friends to join you.
- Or find out where they are and join them.
Recommendations:
- Based on your music interests we can make meaningful suggestions to you.
Hotstar iOS App
https://itunes.apple.com/in/app/hotstar/id934459219?mt=8Education
Bachelor of Technology Degree in Computer Science and Engineering
Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology - Allahabad, India
Skills
Libraries/APIs
Facebook API, Node.js, React
Tools
Xcode, Git
Languages
SQL, PHP, Swift, Objective-C, JavaScript, Java
Frameworks
Lumen, Laravel, Express.js
Platforms
iOS, Firebase, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Storage
MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB
Other
Computer Science, Data Structures, Algorithms
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