Murali Krishna Korukonda

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I’m Murali Korukonda, a Staff Software Engineer - Mobile based in Singapore with 14+ years of experience shaping scalable mobile platforms in fintech and crypto trading.

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I’m Murali Korukonda, a Staff Software Engineer - Mobile based in Singapore with 14+ years of experience shaping scalable mobile platforms in fintech and crypto trading. I’ve led platform strategy and architecture across complex systems, focusing on reliability and developer productivity.

I treat mobile as a distributed systems problem, scaling engineering velocity through automated CI/CD pipelines, end-to-end Python test frameworks, and Agentic AI development workflows to deliver robust features at speed.

  • 14 years' experience
  • Joined April 2026

Industry experience

  • Financial Services
  • Software & Internet
  • Professional Services

Work experience· 6 roles

Staff Engineer (iOS) · OKXApr 2023 – Dec 2025 · 2 yrs 9 mos

Led multi-year technical strategy and architectural blueprint for migrating 200K+ lines of Objective-C to Swift, achieving 80% Swift adoption and building interop layers that reduced onboarding time by 40%. Architected the Smart Trading platform's client-side architecture serving 20M+ users, including real-time WebSocket data pipeline and optimized data structures for sub-second high-frequency trading updates. Defined API contracts, identified payload over-fetching and missing aggregation endpoints, enabling stable deployments. Implemented a Lua-based mini-program feature delivery system, enabling progressive delivery. Scaled the iOS team from 4 to 10 engineers and introduced AI-assisted workflows (Cursor, Claude, MCP) to accelerate delivery. Established RFC reviews and automated quality gates, supporting a weekly release cadence with 20% fewer post-release defects.

Staff Engineer (iOS) · OKX SingaporeApr 2023 – Dec 2025 · 2 yrs 9 mos

Led multi-year technical strategy and architectural migration from Objective-C to Swift (200K+ lines). Achieved 80% Swift adoption and built interop layers that cut new-hire onboarding by 40%. Architected the Smart Trading client-side and real-time WebSocket data pipeline to support 20M+ users with sub-second updates. Scaled the iOS team from 4 to 10 engineers and introduced RFC architecture reviews and automated quality gates to sustain weekly releases.

Staff Software Engineer (iOS) · PayPal SingaporeDec 2019 – Mar 2023 · 3 yrs 4 mos

Primary iOS engineer for QR Code In-Store Contactless Payments, building modular iOS frameworks adopted by 5+ product teams, reducing code duplication and integration time. Improved payment flow reliability via client-side async processing, intelligent caching, and request batching, lowering end-to-end latency. Led delivery of Bill Pay and Subscription Management features processing $500M+ annually with PCI-DSS compliance, and collaborated across product, backend, security, and risk teams to shape mobile architecture.

Senior Software Engineer · Singapore Power (SP Group)May 2017 – Dec 2019 · 2 yrs 8 mos
Software Engineer · PayPal SingaporeOct 2015 – May 2017 · 1 yr 8 mos
Lead Engineer · HCL Technologies SingaporeJul 2011 – Sep 2015 · 4 yrs 3 mos

Education

M.E. Computer Science · Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani, India2009 – 2011
B.Tech Computer Science · JNTU Hyderabad, India2005 – 2009

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