About

Hemanth Chettiyar is an experienced Android Engineer currently working at Careem, an Uber company. With almost a decade of experience in Android app development, Hemanth has worked with some of the biggest names in the industry, including Grab and FreeCharge. At Careem, Hemanth is responsible for building and breaking the Careem Android app, with a focus on increasing daily active users and decreasing customer care contact rates. He is a part of multiple teams, including Onboarding, Promotions, and Booking, and has developed various libraries to help improve productivity. Hemanth also handles Scrum Master responsibilities for the team. Prior to joining Careem, Hemanth worked as an Android Developer at Grab, where he built the Payments module from the ground up and designed and built KYC from scratch. He also worked on both Passenger and Driver apps as an Individual Contributor and has hands-on experience in Android design patterns and Unit testing. At FreeCharge, Hemanth reduced the app size by 40% and improved app security by encrypting stored data. He also worked on multiple POCs, including FreeCharge on WhatsApp, and various exciting features such as Snapdeal shopping widget and P2P money transfer. Hemanth holds a Master of Computer Applications degree from VJTI and a Bachelor of Computer Application degree from G. H. Raisoni Institute of Information Technology. He also has a Higher Secondary Certificate from Janata Mahavidyalaya and a Secondary Certificate from Mount Carmel Convent High School. Hemanth's tech stack includes Android, test, and P2P, and he has almost 10 years of relevant experience. With his wealth of experience and expertise, Hemanth is a valuable asset to any team he works with.