Anil Javali

Mobile Architect | Team Lead | US Citizen

630 335 2057 | aniljavali@gmail.com | LinkedIn

Professional Summary

Android Certified Engineer and Mobile Architect with 5+ years team lead, 10+ years of mobile experience. Expertise in Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP), Jetpack Compose, and AI/MCP integration. Proven track record of leading high-performance teams, designing scalable Server-Driven UI architectures, and optimizing CI/CD pipelines. Adept at driving technical strategy, from clean architecture adoption to enterprise-scale solutions including HIPAA-compliant PHI security implementations. Proficient in applying AI-assisted tooling to streamline engineering processes to super charge productivity.

Professional Experience (20+ Years)

WALGREENS | Mobile Architect & Team Lead Aug 2022 - Present

Led architect for Walgreens App (2M+ users), driving 40% velocity, 99.7% stability, automation, and engineering excellence.

Architecture & System Design

Architected server-driven UI platform, reducing release cadence by 70% and enabling real-time A/B testing for 2M+ users.
Led modularization strategy (30+ modules) using Clean Architecture, improving dev velocity by 40% and scalability.
Modernized Registration/2FA flows with Accertify, reducing fraudulent account creation by 45% and strengthening security.
Hardened auth token lifecycle, reducing authentication errors by 85% for 500K+ daily active sessions.
Architected and delivered an SDUI Template Manager enabling safe, scalable, and faster deployment of server-driven UI template updates.
Designed and implemented an SDUI Template Visualizer that enabled rapid creation and validation of new SDUI template sections and widgets.

Performance Optimization

Slashed crash rates from 2.1% to 0.3% using Dynatrace/Perfetto, boosting app rating from 4.2 to 4.6 stars.
Optimized app performance via lazy-loading, cutting cold-start latency by 35% for millions of users.
Executed APK optimization roadmap (ProGuard/R8), reducing binary size by 28% (95MB to 68MB).
Implemented LeakCanary detection to reduce memory usage by 25% and improve session stability.
Improved install success rate on low-end devices by 14% through resource governance.

Engineering Leadership & CI/CD

Overhauled CI/CD infrastructure with caching, reducing build times by 33% (~15 min saved per build).
Automated UI testing via Maestro (85% coverage), compressing regression cycles from 3 days to 4 hours.
Deployed feature flag strategy for 100K+ user cohorts, lowering production incidents by 60%.
Enforced coding standards, cutting code review time by 50% and new-engineer onboarding time by 40%.
Built Jetpack Compose library (30+ components), accelerating feature development by 45%.
Mentored 4 engineers (3 promoted to Senior) and upskilled 10+ devs on Jetpack Compose pairing/workshops.
Improved hiring throughput by 20% by redesigning the technical interview process.

NORTHWESTERN MEDICINE | Sr. Mobile Developer & Tech Lead April 2014 - Aug 2022

Lead Architect, Healthcare Ecosystem & Services (30K+ users). Optimized workflows and APIs achieving 99.9% reliability while strengthening security and compliance standards.

Architecture & Development

Led greenfield Clean Architecture/MVVM build of NM Connect (30K+ users), maintaining 99.8% uptime.
Pioneered BLE contact tracing system detecting 2K+ exposures with optimized battery and background usage.
Designed Azure MSAL/OAuth 2.0 SSO system for 50K+ users with zero security incidents.
Integrated Google Wallet for digital badges, reducing physical card dependency by 70%.
Engineered resilient API layer handling 500K+ daily calls with 99.9% success rate and circuit breakers.
Built beacon management web app, reducing device management time for staff by 6hr/week.

Operations & Reliability

Built AppCenter/Firebase CI/CD pipeline, shortening release cycles from 2 weeks to 3 days.
Configured Firebase suite (Crashlytics/FCM) to achieve a 99.7% crash-free rate.
Implemented feature flagging for safe COVID-19 rollouts to 50K+ users; established automation for 50+ devices.
Managed distributed delivery across time zones, consistently hitting 95% on-time delivery targets.

Software Development

Optimized Find-A-Doctor API queries, reducing response time by 95% (5+ mins to 14 seconds).
Developed payment applications processing $2M+ annually using Trust Commerce API.
Architected Solr enterprise search engine achieving sub-second query responses.
Migrated Team Foundation Server to Azure DevOps to modernize team collaboration.

Early Career | Senior Software Engineer

2005 - 2014

Online Business Applications (2012-2014): Developed enterprise e-commerce solutions for 100K+ users (C#, ASP .NET).
Pangaea Info Tech (2007-2012): Built GIS/Mapping APIs and inventory systems for Chicago-based programs.
Global Crossing (2005-2007): Developed internal telecom management systems using .NET/SQL.

Entrepreneurship / Personal Projects

Athlete Corner | Founder & Lead Engineer

AI-powered cross-platform (iOS/Android) app for automating cross-country training, tracking performance, and event management.

Clean Architecture approach using Compose Multiplatform (CMP), achieving 85% code reuse between iOS/Android
Engineered offline-first architecture (Firestore) and real-time event tracking for 200+ concurrent athletes with zero data loss.
Built AI agent with LangGraph and MCP server enabling users to query data via natural language.
Reduced event setup time by 87% (15m to 2m) via QR workflows.
Managed full lifecycle from design to App Store/Google Play release using Koin, Ktor, and ML Kit.

            Android Apps | Lead Architect and Engineer
            Currency Converter (KMP): Cross-platform app demonstrating real-time API integration, offline caching, and Material Design 3
US Citizenship (Flutter): Educational app with 500+ downloads featuring interactive quizzes and progress tracking
Javali's Watchface (Wear OS): Custom Android watch face with complications and battery optimization
JustScore & Coupon Reminder: Android apps demonstrating Material Design, local notifications, and data persistence
Kelly Mfg & Rapid PSI (Internship): Web app to automate the business needs.
CD-City Explorer: Web platform for digital cataloging and real-time location tracking of physical media collections.

        

Technical Expertise

Mobile & UI: Android, Jetpack Compose, Material 3, Robolectric, Espresso, Maestro, Compose UI Testing, Gradle, iOS, UIKit, Swift, SwiftUI, XCTest, Xcode, KMP/CMP, Baseline Profiles, Detekt, REST, SSE, WebSockets, ProtoBuf3, gRPC, React Native, Flutter, Server Driven UI, Figma, FCM, Push Notification, APNS, TestFlight, AppStore, GooglePlay.

Architecture: Clean Architecture, MVVM, MVI, VIPER, Domain Driven Design, Microservices, Offline-First.

Languages: Kotlin (Flows, Coroutines), Java, Swift, C#, Python, SQL, MCP, Prompt Engineering.

Databases: SQL, TSQL, NoSQL, Redis, TimeSeries DB, Firestore, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, CoreData, SQLite.

Tools & Security: Dynatrace, Perfetto, LeakCanary, Hilt/Koin/Dagger, Room, Retrofit, OAuth 2.0, MSAL.

Cloud & DevOps: Azure, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes (K8s), CI/CD (Fastlane, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps), Firebase Suite.

AI: MCP, Resources, Tools, Prompts, Guard rails, Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, Co-pilot, Prompt Engineering, Cursor, Kiro, Goose, Antigravity, Claude Desktop, AI Agents, RAG, Memori, LangGraph.

Certifications

Android Certified App Developer
Sun Certified Java Programmer
Microsoft Azure Fundamentals
Microsoft Azure Data Fundamentals
MCTS SQL Server Database Developer

Education

Master of Science in Computer Science (MS) - Wichita State University, KS
Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science (BE/BS) - Sir M Visvesvaraya Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India

Publications

"Genetic algorithm for optimizing NMR pulse sequences in quantum computing" - Published in arXiv (quant-ph/0404170)

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