Jay Patel
I build high-quality mobile applications and cloud solutions, blending beautiful UI/UX with robust engineering.
About Me
Get to know me better
I'm Jay Patel
Senior Android Engineer @Target
I am a Senior Android Engineer with 7+ years of experience building and evolving high-impact, production mobile applications across retail, e-commerce, and loyalty domains. Currently, I work on Target's flagship shopping app, contributing to CDUI migrations, continuous intelligence, and guest enrollment experiences at scale.
I hold an M.Tech in Cloud Computing from IIT Patna and a B.Tech from Rajasthan Technical University. Beyond my enterprise work, I actively build open-source Android libraries and publish technical deep dives on Medium.
Skills & Expertise
Technologies and tools I work with
Mobile Development
Android
Kotlin
Jetpack Compose
MVVM & Clean Arch
Java
React
Backend & Cloud
GraphQL
AWS
Firebase
SQL
REST APIs
Node.js
Tools & Design
Git
Figma
Adobe Suite
Tech Writing
Production Applications
Commercial & retail mobile applications built for scale on Google Play
Target: Expect More. Pay Less.
Target's flagship shopping Android application with 1,500+ modules. Contributed to CDUI migrations, base guest enrollment experiences, continuous intelligence across PDP/SLP, and Sapphire feature flags.
Grocery Outlet: Loyalty App
Enterprise loyalty platform for a US retail chain with 450+ stores serving 100K+ active users. Engineered personalized offers with CDP insights, Braze SDK integration, and maintained 99.9% crash-free stability.
Healthy Master
E-commerce health & wellness platform featured on Shark Tank India. Designed intuitive product search, cart, and checkout flows, and integrated Razorpay payment gateway handling national traffic surges.
Alok School App
Student management platform featuring role-based access control (Guest, Teacher, Student), interactive performance dashboards, and Firebase Cloud Messaging serving 1,000+ active users.
Open Source Projects
Android libraries, developer tools, and architecture samples built with passion
CountryPicker
A beautiful, fully customizable Country Picker for Android with Jetpack Compose support.
StackSense
An offline-first Android app that analyzes installed applications to detect their tech stack (Kotlin, Flutter, React Native), 50+ libraries, and permissions.
Popcorn
A feature-rich Android movie discovery app built with modern Android development practices.
OCPP Kotlin
Type-safe OCPP 1.6 & 2.0.1 client library for Kotlin/Android. Build EV charging station apps with ease.
Encrypted Shared Pref
Encrypted Preferences with Google Tink: Navigating Android Data Encryption.
DataStore Tink Migration
A reference implementation for migrating from deprecated EncryptedSharedPreferences to Proto DataStore secured by Google Tink.
Let's Connect
I'm always excited to collaborate on new projects or discuss innovative ideas
Have a project in mind?
Whether you need help with Android development, cloud solutions, or just want to discuss technology, feel free to reach out. I'm open to freelance opportunities, collaborations, and interesting conversations.
Currently based in India • Open to remote work • Typically respond within 24 hours