I'm Himanshu — a Staff Engineering Leader based in Bengaluru with 12+ years of hands-on experience building and leading Android teams at some of the world's most demanding engineering environments — Commonwealth Bank of Australia (7M+ user app) and Ivanti (enterprise device management across 50+ global clients). I've worn every hat — individual contributor, tech lead, acting engineering manager, and now a full engineering manager leading a team of 8. That journey across roles gives me a perspective most mentors can't offer: I know what it feels like to write code, lead sprints, manage underperformers, present roadmaps to C-suite, and hire engineers — sometimes all in the same week. What I've Actually Done 🏦 Led Android engineering for CommBank App — one of Australia's most used banking apps with 7M+ users 🔒 Built enterprise DPC (Device Policy Controller) at Ivanti securing millions of global endpoints 🚀 Migrated production apps to Jetpack Compose + MVI + Clean Architecture at scale 👥 Grew teams from scratch, ran structured hiring, and onboarded engineers to full productivity in 6 weeks 🏆 Mentored engineers who received promotions within 12 months 🥇 Won Top Innovator Award at Commonwealth Bank for zero-downtime payment module migration Who I Love Working With Android engineers at 2–6 years experience who feel stuck and want a clear path to Senior or Staff level Senior engineers wondering whether to go deep technical or switch to management — and need someone who has genuinely done both First-time or aspiring Engineering Managers who want to lead with confidence, not just survive Engineers preparing for interviews at product companies, MNCs, or fintech firms Interests Outside Work 🏏 Cricket — lifelong fan, weekend stress reliever 📚 Reading about engineering culture, leadership, and how great tech teams are built