About

Kautsya Kanu is an experienced software engineer with a passion for clean, SOLID, and modular code. With over 6 years of relevant experience, he has worked with some of the top companies in the industry, including Amazon and OYO. Currently, he works as an iOS developer at Jio, where he manages ObjC and Swift codebases in a cosmopolitan environment. Kautsya's expertise lies in iOS development, and he has a deep understanding of the platform's UI and backend. He has worked on several projects that involve integrating various features such as advertisements, in-app purchases, and dynamic layouts. Kautsya has also explored tools like LLDB, Xibs, and Storyboards in-depth, and he has experience with performance profiling using Instruments and SignPosts. Aside from his work experience, Kautsya has also worked on several independent projects. He has created a dynamic library alternative of SDWebImage for image persistence, remote fetching, caching, loader handling, and animations. He has also experimented with collection view layouts, implemented a mosaic layout, and introduced cast-free Swift, image parallax, transitions, and RegEx. Kautsya holds a Bachelor of Technology degree in Industrial and Product Design from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. His tech stack includes iOS, software engineering, Swift, search, UI, and backend development. Kautsya is a mentor at heart, and he has mentored new hires while managing codebases. He has also interviewed many candidates for the iOS team and managed stakeholders across four or more teams to deliver wizard, search, and ten or more projects.