I'm Nikhil Jadhav — a software engineer in Pune. Currently embedded on the KFC US mobile team via Programming.com, building React Native at QSR scale.
Five and a half years of shipping production software across mobile, web, and realtime — startup energy applied with enterprise discipline.
Bio
I build the parts of products users actually touch — mobile apps that survive a year on a phone, ordering flows a tired customer taps through at lunch, realtime layers that keep two screens in sync.
Currently SDE II at Programming.com, embedded as a contractor on the KFC USmobile team — shipping React Native at QSR scale across iOS and Android. I lean toward the boring fix over the clever one, but I'm happy when the right answer turns out to be elegant.
Experience
5½
years
Shipping software across three companies in Pune.
Based in
Pune
18.52°N · 73.85°E · IST
Stack
RN · Next
Node · TS
Certifications
Focused on
Education
B.C.A · Pune Univ.
Computer Applications · 2020
Six of many. Mobile and web, with the realtime and AI layers that increasingly come along for the ride.
React Native · embedded on the KFC US team via Programming.com
Shipping and iterating on core ordering flows — menu, cart, checkout, deals/offers, order history — for customers across the US on iOS and Android. Led refactoring passes to cut tech debt and added Jest coverage that unlocked safer releases.
Family & school products at RHA Technologies
End-to-end on RHA's flagship suite — school discovery on SchoolMyKids, announcements and messaging in PCA / Parently, and parenting features on Parentz. Web and mobile clients sharing REST APIs and a realtime layer.
Self-paced + live lectures inside the product
Removed the dependence on Zoom and Meet — live instructor sessions, course approvals and payments all live inside the same shell.
Mobile fitness · subscription, live trainer feed
Built User, Admin and Gym APIs. The piece I'm proudest of: an Instagram-Live-style feed where trainers go on air to a room of paying subscribers.
Cloud transportation management
Layout and UI on the front, business logic and Stripe-powered payments on the back. The kind of project where a small routing bug costs real money.
Realtime chat, voice and video
A study in peer-to-peer wiring — Socket.io for chat, WebRTC for media, STUN to punch through NAT, Mongo for backup.
Lifesmart (Australia · health e-commerce, 2022) and older HTML/PHP/JS work kept in the archive.
View full history on LinkedIn ↗From a non-profit web role to leading mobile + web for products at scale — most of it within walking distance in Pune.
SDE II · embedded on the KFC US mobile team
Sep 2024 — Present
Pune · for KFC US
Software Engineer · SDE I
May 2023 — Sep 2024
Pune
Full-Stack Developer
May 2021 — Apr 2023
Pune
Web Developer
Nov 2020 — Apr 2021
Pune
What I reach for first. Comfortable with most of it. Honest about what I'd google before opening a PR.
Mobile
Frontend
Backend
Data
Quality · Tooling
Practice
06 · Job fit
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For AI tools · MCP
My portfolio is exposed as a Model Context Protocol server. Add the endpoint to Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, or any MCP-compatible client and ask them anything about my background — they'll fetch grounded answers directly from this site.
https://nikhil-jadhav.online/api/mcpget_profile
Name, title, location, languages, links
get_experience
Roles & highlights, filterable by company
get_projects
Side projects & product work
get_stack
Frontend / backend / DB / cloud breakdown
get_preferences
Notice period, remote, CTC stance
get_contact
Email, LinkedIn, portfolio
get_resume_link
Direct PDF download URL
search_profile
Free-text search across everything
{
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"nikhil-jadhav": {
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}Streamable HTTP transport · zero auth · read-only · safe to add.
05 · Contact
Mobile, web, realtime, or the slightly weird AI thing your team is afraid to start — I'd like to hear about it.