Ritesh Dalal

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About Ritesh Dalal

Staff Android Engineer & Mobile Engineering Manager with 10+ years of experience building, scaling, and optimizing high-performance Android apps. I bring a strong product-engineering mindset, collaborating closely with PMs and cross-functional teams to deliver impactful mobile experiences at scale. Currently driving performance, scalability, and engineering excellence for Zomato’s consumer app. Previously, I built and scaled the Zomato Restaurant Partner App, then led Restaurant Partner Onboarding and Communications, enhancing efficiency and operations for hundreds of thousands of partners. Expertise: • Android development & architecture – Kotlin, MVVM, Coroutines, Hilt, Room, Jetpack Compose, TV apps (Leanback UI), background services, modularization • Performance & scalability – App profiling, startup time reduction, Jank frame optimization, ANR & FPS improvements, build time acceleration, APK size reduction, memory & caching strategies, network & disk I/O tuning • Reliability & release management – Mobile vitals optimization (ANRs, frozen frames, stability engineering), scalable UI testing (JUnit, Espresso, Appium), CI/CD automation, monitoring & alerting automation • Product & team leadership – Driving product development with strong ownership, execution, hiring, mentorship, team scaling, and cross-functional collaboration to deliver impactful products. Passionate about crafting seamless mobile experiences, optimizing for speed, efficiency, and scale, and fostering engineering excellence. Let’s connect!