Hi.

By day I’m a Senior Software Engineering Manager at Careem in Dubai, where I lead Mobile Foundations. My team looks after the foundations of the app: performance, crash rate, developer tooling, and our Server-Driven UI platform.

I’ve been building for mobile for 14 years. Pune gave me an engineering degree, my first job and a lifelong habit of having an opinion on everything. I started on Android in 2012, spent years on apps that talk to hardware (car telematics over Bluetooth, taxi meters over USB), and wandered into management in 2021. Nobody has asked me to leave yet.

At work I care most about two things: Kotlin Multiplatform, and AI as a force multiplier for engineering teams. In the evenings I build things nobody asked for, including a personal assistant that nags me about my own calendar.

Off the clock I’m a committed foodie. I will cross the city for a good meal, and I have never once said no to custard. Add one iced V60 a day, a soft spot for mechanical watches, and a small boss at home who outranks every stakeholder I have.

This blog is where I write it down. Short posts, one idea each. Views are my own, except the ones about coffee, which are simply correct.