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Yash Waghela

Senior React Native Developer | Mobile Developer (iOS & Android)

Senior React Native developer with 8+ years of experience, specializing in banking-grade mobile security and AI-powered voice apps. Shipped 10+ apps across fintech, healthcare, EV and media for clients in India, Kuwait, the US and Africa, leading mobile development and owning every App Store and Google Play release. Strong in TypeScript, Next.js, and native modules in Swift and Kotlin with JavaScript wrappers.

vaghela21yash@gmail.com+91 8401209099linkedin.com/in/yash-vaghela-338b60129Surat, Gujarat, India

8+

years of experience

10+

apps shipped to the stores

4+

store rating on every Tequity app

4

client regions: India, Kuwait, US, Africa

Experience

  1. Senior React Native Developer at TequityFebruary 2025 – PresentBangalore (Remote)Show detailsABK Capital Wealth ManagementBantorWeKare360Spiro Connect
    • Mobile Lead & Release Owner: Led mobile development and code reviews with agentic AI workflows, and owned App Store and Google Play releases for all four apps below, maintaining 4+ store ratings.
    • Banking-grade Mobile Security: Implemented SSL pinning, root/jailbreak and hooking detection (freeRASP), screen-capture blocking, encrypted storage, R8 obfuscation and Sentry PII scrubbing. Wrote tapjacking, developer-options and Frida checks in native C++ via a Kotlin JNI bridge. Worked with JWE (ECDH-ES + AES-256-GCM) encrypted APIs.
    • Native Modules & JS Wrappers: Wrote Swift Expo modules with TypeScript wrappers for background uploads that continue after the app is closed, background task handling and App Intents. Shipped OTA updates with environment guards.

    ABK Capital Wealth Management

    Banking & Investment (Kuwait)

    Built KYC onboarding (PACI Kuwait Mobile ID, HyperVerge SDK, risk profiling, FATCA/CRS), OTP, MPIN and biometric login, fund subscription and redemption, portfolios and KNET payments, in English and Arabic.

    App StorePlay Store

    Bantor

    AI Conversation Intelligence (US), Web + Mobile

    AI

    Worked on the AI pipeline that turns recorded sales calls into insights (Deepgram Nova-3 speech-to-text, then Claude analysis of sentiment, life events, follow-ups and talking points). Built the Expo recording pipeline feeding it, which uploads while recording and survives app kills, network loss and call interruptions, plus Next.js 15 and Supabase web features (mobile auth, Stripe, rate limiting).

    App Store

    WeKare360

    Voice-first AI Health Assistant (US)

    AI

    Built most of the React Native app that records doctor, dental and therapy visits and turns them into transcripts, AI summaries, action items and reminders, with a HIPAA-ready, privacy-first design.

    App StorePlay Store

    Spiro Connect

    Africa’s largest EV & Battery-swap Company

    Built scalable dealer and franchise modules (inventory, vehicle delivery, battery assignment, orders, spare parts, bank asset financing) with React Native CLI, TypeScript, Redux Toolkit, TanStack Query, Jest and SonarQube quality gates.

    Play Store
  2. Senior React Native Developer at Tops InfosolutionsDecember 2020 – January 2025AhmedabadShow detailsPassagePassGSTV News AppFlowXiLivTruSowebuild
    • Integrations & CI/CD: Firebase auth, Stripe payments and in-app purchases, FCM/APNs notifications, Crashlytics, Sentry and Firebase Analytics, with automated CI/CD pipelines on GitLab, GitHub Actions and AWS CodePipeline.

    PassagePass

    Mobile Parking Platform

    Designed and developed a mobile parking solution that lets parking providers quickly add parking options from their phones, with a seamless user experience.

    Play Store

    GSTV News App

    Designed and developed a news application for Gujarat Samachar, integrating live video streaming, subscription-based notifications and real-time updates.

    Play Store

    FlowX

    Farming App (Agriculture)

    Assisted in creating a farm management app with modules for field creation and booking, including a full UI overhaul to improve usability.

    Play Store

    iLivTru

    Health & Fitness App

    Maintained and enhanced the app, adding diet goal tracking, a calorie journal, and restaurant and recipe modules.

    Play Store

    Sowebuild

    Community Web and Mobile Platform

    Contributed features to a community platform using React Native Web, giving users the same functionality across mobile and web.

    Website
  3. React Native Developer at i-Pangram Digital ServicesApril 2018 – November 2020SuratShow detailsMind Central
    • Developed and maintained the Mind Central mobile app, a therapist-client platform, in React Native for iOS and Android, including a custom appointment calendar and real-time Firebase chat.
    • Integrated secure payments with Stripe and in-app purchases, plus real-time push notifications.
    • Designed reusable components in React Native and JavaScript, improving code maintainability by 30% and speeding up development across multiple apps.

Education

  • Master of Computer Applications

    Bhagwan Mahavir College, Surat

    June 2016 – April 2018

  • Bachelor of Computer Applications

    C.B. Patel Computer College, Surat

    June 2013 – April 2016

Domains

  • Banking & Wealth Management
  • Healthcare
  • EV & Mobility
  • Sales / AI
  • News & Media
  • Agriculture

Languages

  • English
  • Hindi
  • Gujarati