PRAWESH PANTHI

SENIOR MOBILE APPLICATION DEVELOPER · Flutter · Android (Kotlin) · Cross-Platform

Kathmandu, Nepalpraweshpanthi@gmail.com+977-9866984000iamprawesh.github.io

Professional Summary

Mobile Application Developer with 5+ years of software engineering experience, including 4+ years specialized in native Android (Kotlin) and cross-platform (Flutter) development. Proven record of owning mobile applications end-to-end — from architecture through production release — across fintech, e-commerce, civic-tech, and media platforms, including hands-on resolution of legacy codebase issues other developers were unable to fix. Experienced leading mobile development teams, mentoring engineers and students, and building scalable, offline-capable systems using modern Android and Flutter architectures.

Technical Skills

Languages: Dart, Kotlin, Java, JavaScript, Python, SQL
Mobile: Flutter, Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, BLoC / Cubit, Provider, Dart Isolates, Kotlin Coroutines & Flow, Room, WorkManager, Hilt, Retrofit, SQLite, Hive
Architecture: Clean Architecture, MVVM / MVP / MVC, Repository Pattern, Offline-First & Data Sync
Networking & Services: REST, GraphQL, WebSockets, Socket.IO, Firebase (FCM, Auth, Crashlytics), Payment Gateway Integration
Also worked with: React Native, Node.js, Express, NestJS, Next.js, MongoDB
Tools & Practices: Git, CI/CD, Shorebird OTA Code-Push, Play Store & App Store Releases, Legacy System Modernization, Team Leadership

Professional Experience

Evolve Pvt. Ltd., Kathmandu, Nepal

Dec 2023 – Present

Senior Software Engineer — Native Android (Kotlin) & Flutter

Dec 2024 – Present

Promoted to Senior Software Engineer after one year, taking on full ownership of the mobile team's architecture, delivery, and technical direction.
Lead a 3-person mobile team across 7 concurrent native Android and Flutter applications within an office-first operational strategy, translating complex business requirements into production technical solutions.
Diagnosed and resolved critical legacy codebase issues that other developers on the team had been unable to fix, restoring stability to core production features without a full rewrite.
Coordinate delivery across native and cross-platform streams, mentoring team members on Android and Flutter best practices.
Introduced Shorebird as a code-push distribution mechanism for the Flutter apps, enabling silent, over-the-air patch delivery without requiring app store review or a full release cycle.

Software Engineer — Native Android (Kotlin) & Flutter

Dec 2023 – Dec 2024

Architected the foundational Flutter codebase structure used to bootstrap new projects, establishing reusable modules, project scaffolding, and essential tooling that accelerated setup for subsequent apps.
Architected scalable app data layers using SQLite, Room, and Kotlin Coroutines/WorkManager for lifecycle-aware background processing, and used Dart Isolates to offload CPU-intensive work from the Flutter UI thread, keeping the app responsive under heavy load.
Resolved critical real-time production issues and maintained legacy codebases while shipping new features on schedule.

Mobile Application Developer — Flutter (iOS & Android) (Contract)

Yantrik, Kathmandu, Nepal

Mar 2024 – Mar 2025

Sole mobile developer for a US-based taxation platform built in Flutter: owned iOS and Android development end-to-end, from initial architecture through production release.
Built and refined the document scanning flow for tax form capture, documenting edge cases uncovered during testing (lighting, skew, partial captures) to guide detection and validation logic.
Contributed to the companion Next.js web admin panel supporting the same platform.

Lecturer — Mobile Programming & Web Technology (Part-time)

Nepal Kasthamandap College, Kathmandu, Nepal

Jan 2024 – Feb 2025

Delivered 9 hours/week of undergraduate instruction in Mobile Programming and Web Technology.
Designed course curriculum, coding exercises, and hands-on projects; mentored students through applied programming challenges.

Flutter Developer

The Kadel Groups, Kathmandu, Nepal

Jun 2023 – Dec 2023

Sole developer for a student engagement app built for The British College, owning end-to-end development of assignment tracking, attendance monitoring, and leave management features.
Built a cross-platform e-commerce application delivering a unified shopping experience on Android and iOS.

Mobile Application Developer

EverestWalk Groups, Kathmandu, Nepal

Jan 2022 – Jun 2023

Led mobile development of Cinepebble, a social platform for media professionals, implementing real-time chat, live data sync, and payment integration.
Built Smartnagar, a Flutter-based civic-tech application for digitizing local government services — including offline surveys, vital registration, and complaint management — paired with a NestJS backend.
Contributed to an Academic Management System app supporting school administration for teachers and students.
Delivered API integrations and feature/bug-fix work across two additional production e-commerce apps (Megha Publication, Poshyak).

Mobile Application Developer

Techie IT, Kathmandu, Nepal

Jan 2021 – Jun 2021

Built mobile applications using React Native and Flutter, integrating REST and GraphQL APIs with local persistence via SQLite and Shared Preferences.

Education

Bachelor of Computer Application (BCA)

Patan Multiple Campus, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal

2017 – 2021

GPA: 3.56 | Coursework: Data Structures & Algorithms, Operating Systems, Web Technology, Mobile Programming, Machine Learning

Selected Projects

Instagram Clone — Full-stack clone with authentication, posts, likes, comments, and real-time updates.
NEWSIO — Flutter news aggregator pulling articles from multiple international sources.
Social Share — React Native social app with a quiz feature; backend built with Node.js, Express, and MongoDB.
Recommendation Engine — Music and movie recommender system using collaborative filtering on public datasets.
Computer Vision Projects — Hand gesture recognition and traffic sign detection using machine learning techniques.