Arjun T Raj
Dubai, UAE · GST

I design, code, and build things for the Internet & Mobile.

years building digital platforms
15+
apps delivered
70+

CHANGELOG.md

Release notes

Where I am now, in full. Earlier roles are folded into one line.

  1. CurrentPrincipal Engineer / Vice President

    AI-driven engineering & platform leadership

    Lead
    • Mobile and web engineering for digital banking in a regulated environment, from strategy and architecture to delivery.
    • Technical roadmaps and architecture governance across distributed web, mobile and full-stack teams.
    Build with AI
    • Co-architected an agentic SDLC: GitHub Copilot and custom agents in spec-driven workflows.
    • Less manual boilerplate, and security compliance checked automatically before every deployment.
    Modernise
    • Legacy mobile and web apps moving onto one React Native architecture: faster releases, less technical debt.
    • End-to-end mobile release pipelines, automated with GitHub Actions.
    Empower engineers
    • A custom CLI suite, VS Code extensions, shared design systems and reusable component libraries.
    Ship
    • AI assistant, payments, onboarding, MFA and employee platforms.
    • SDKs for facial recognition, OCR, live chat, fraud detection and national ID verification.
  2. Before thatTech Lead & Engineer

    Tech lead, senior engineer, mobile developer

    Offshore delivery for a global entertainment brand's mobile apps, features for a major US telecom's iOS and Android app, native apps for media and enterprise clients, and first mobile and web builds for small businesses. B.Tech in Information Technology.

Stack

Skills

What I reach for, grouped. Not everything I've used, just what I lead with.

  • 01

    Agentic engineering

    • Agentic SDLC
    • Custom agents & MCP
    • Spec-driven development
    • GitHub Copilot & Claude
  • 02

    Mobile

    • React Native
    • iOS · Swift
    • Android
    • Mobile security (OWASP MASVS)
  • 03

    Web & platform

    • JavaScript & TypeScript
    • React & Next.js
    • Micro-frontends
    • Node.js & BFF
    • Spring Boot microservices
  • 04

    Delivery & leadership

    • Release automation
    • Developer experience
    • Architecture governance
    • Team leadership

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