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Muhammad Ali

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Senior Android Engineer with 12+ years of experience designing, architecting, and delivering enterprise-scale Android applications across FinTech, Mobility, Retail, Payments, BLE, and IoT.

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Senior Android Engineer with 12+ years of experience designing, architecting, and delivering enterprise-scale Android applications across FinTech, Mobility, Retail, Payments, BLE, and IoT. Strong in Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, MVVM, Clean Architecture, coroutines, Flow, and modular architecture with a focus on scalability, reliability, and performance optimization.

Founder and Director of a UK software consultancy, delivering AI-powered workflows, modern React/Next.js and TypeScript web applications, and scalable AWS cloud infrastructure for SaaS and mobile products. Experienced in experiment-driven delivery (A/B testing), analytics/observability, CI/CD, and AI-assisted software development, with a track record mentoring engineers and driving architectural decisions.

  • 10 years' experience
  • Joined May 2026

Languages

  • EnglishFluent

Industry experience

  • Software & Internet
  • Financial Services
  • Professional Services
  • Telecommunications
  • Transportation & Logistics
  • Retail
  • Computers & Electronics

Work experience· 5 roles

Founder & Director · Shahguar LimitedJul 2026 – Present · 5 mos

Founded and led a UK software consultancy focused on enterprise mobile engineering, AI-powered applications, cloud architecture, and scalable digital platforms. Designed reusable Android architecture libraries using Clean Architecture, modularization, and Jetpack Compose. Developed AI-assisted software delivery workflows using AWS services and tools such as Cursor, AWS Q/A systems, Gemini, and ChatGPT. Architected and delivered modern React, Next.js, and TypeScript web applications. Designed scalable AWS cloud infrastructure for SaaS and mobile products and provided software architecture, mobile engineering, and cloud consulting for startups and SMEs.

Senior Android Developer · Motorway OnlineJan 2023 – Jun 2026 · 3 yrs 6 mos

Delivered experimentation and analytics frameworks using Optimizely and Snowplow to validate product hypotheses and improve customer conversion. Architected migration from Firebase Dynamic Links to AppsFlyer Deep Linking for uninterrupted attribution, campaign tracking, and onboarding. Implemented production observability dashboards using Datadog, Snowplow, and Firebase Analytics to reduce incident investigation time and increase release confidence. Engineered PyTorch and ONNX ML model integration for an AI image assistant feature to improve vehicle appraisal accuracy. Optimized a scalable design system using reusable Jetpack Compose components and Server-Driven UI (SDUI) for dynamic branding, applying MVVM and Clean Architecture principles for faster deployment cycles. Collaborated with product managers, designers, and backend engineers in agile environments; led technical discussions and API design strategy through weekly mobile guild and Droid conferences.

Senior Android Developer · Direct Line GroupJan 2018 – Dec 2022 · 5 yrs

Led migration of legacy Android architecture to MVVM. Delivered customer journeys for rescue and insurance flows. Integrated Google Maps, Android Calendar API, and real-time location services. Improved application performance and stability through proactive crash analysis and optimization. Participated in architecture discussions and technical design reviews and delivered production releases via Agile Scrum ceremonies with cross-functional collaboration.

Senior Android Developer · Wipro Digital — Lloyds BankSep 2017 – Dec 2017 · 4 mos
Android Developer · The App ExpertsNov 2015 – Sep 2017 · 1 yr 11 mos

Education

B.S c. (Hons), Computing · University of Staffordshire, Staffordshire, UK2000 – 2003

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