Ahmed Salih A C / Kerala, India

Mobile engineer building secure, scalable React Native products.

Product Engineering Lead and Mobile Architect with 10+ years across React Native, Expo, Android, iOS, CI/CD automation, secure authentication, and product-focused engineering teams.

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10+: years building mobile products
35+: apps shipped across domains
240+: public repositories and experiments
70%: release-cycle reduction at TRIZ

About

I work where product judgment and mobile architecture meet.

I build mobile products across EdTech, telecom, ERP, e-commerce, healthcare, fintech, delivery systems, and developer tools. The through-line is practical engineering: readable architecture, secure flows, good release process, and user experience that holds up after launch.

My role often sits between product and engineering: translating messy product goals into mobile systems a team can ship, maintain, and improve without losing speed.

Philosophy

Durable systems over one-off screens. Clear tradeoffs over clever abstractions.

Focus

React Native, Expo, mobile security, app performance, and release confidence.

Experience

Native Android roots, cross-platform depth, and leadership on production teams.

Experience

From native Android to leading mobile product engineering.

A career built through shipping: production apps, cross-platform systems, release automation, secure flows, and team leadership.

Co-Founder

Ciferx Labs / Feb 2026 - Present

Company Building

Building a product engineering studio focused on durable mobile systems, developer tools, and AI-enabled products.

Product strategy
Mobile architecture
Developer tools
AI-enabled workflows
Long-term technical direction

Strategic Partner

Nuegrid Solutions / Feb 2026 - Present

Strategy

Partnering on product direction, technical execution, and mobile-first systems for products that need reliable delivery.

Co-Founder

KTU Students / Aug 2015 - Present

Education Platform

Built and scaled a student platform for notes, syllabus, textbooks, questions, and practical academic resources.

Android native foundation
Student resource platform
Long-running education ecosystem

Product Engineering Lead

TRIZ / Jan 2025 - Jan 2026

EdTech Scale

Led mobile architecture and product engineering for a learning platform that needed faster releases and stronger operational visibility.

Architecture standards
CI/CD automation
JWT and encrypted token storage
Analytics and crash monitoring
Cross-functional leadership

Senior Mobile Application Developer

Elance Learning / Feb 2024 - Dec 2024

AI Learning

Shipped AI-assisted learning features with secure storage, SSL pinning, analytics, and careful design implementation.

Expo React Native
SSL pinning
Secure storage
Learning analytics
Figma collaboration

Technical Project Manager

Freston Analytics / Jun 2023 - Jan 2024

Delivery

Ran delivery for mobile initiatives while keeping architecture, quality, and release process close to the work.

Jira-based Agile delivery
Structured Git workflow
CI/CD release standards
Code review and QA process

React Native Team Lead

Freston Analytics / Jun 2022 - Jan 2024

Architecture

Led React Native architecture for telecom and enterprise products with performance, security, and maintainability constraints.

Modular architecture
FPS stability
REST payload optimization
OWASP-aligned security
GitLab CI

React Native Team Lead

Codedady / Mar 2021 - Jun 2022

Team Lead

Led a React Native team shipping cross-platform client products with consistent review and release practices.

Firebase analytics
Push notifications
JWT authentication
AppCenter pipelines
Mentorship

React Native Developer

Codedady / Sep 2019 - Mar 2021

Mobile Apps

Built production Android and iOS applications with API integration, authentication, notifications, and crash monitoring.

REST and GraphQL
Platform parity
Crash reporting
Authentication systems

Android Native Developer

KTU Students / Aug 2015 - Aug 2019

Native Android

Started mobile engineering by building Android native applications for student communities.

Android Studio
Java
Native Android
Student utility applications

Featured Projects

Selected work across learning, telecom, workflow, and developer tools.

Focused examples first, followed by the broader production work shipped across domains.

Additional Work

Other products shipped across mobile categories

Learning

ACCA Study Planner
Vidya Portal App
RT Edu App

Commerce

Dubuy App
OKKE Online Shopping
Lavender App
FilLet App

Healthcare & Fitness

Walk Me Home
Fit with Fazna
Blood Locator App

Finance & Delivery

Signals Trading App
Foodoor App

Enterprise

True Account App
SaveBox eAuction App

Events & Utilities

Mecaf 19 App
Vezeto 17 App

Developer Products

Small tools for app makers, founders, and mobile teams.

Side projects and utilities built around the repeated problems mobile teams face before launch, review, and maintenance.

Apps

Availify

Instantly check your app name across App Store, Play Store, domains, and more.Visit

Apps

VibeScore

Analyze a vibe codebase and receive a concise product-quality report.Visit

Apps

PrivacyKit

Generate privacy policies, app privacy labels, data-safety sections, and compliance checklists.Visit

Apps

ShipOrSkip

Evaluate a startup idea before investing months into product development.Visit

Apps

README.gen

Generate clean GitHub README files for product and open-source projects.Visit

Libraries & Tools

Package Intelligence

Check app package health, maintenance status, and support risk.Visit

Libraries & Tools

Setup Stack

Generate setup guides for development stacks, operating systems, and tools.Visit

Apps

Malayalam Lang

A Malayalam programming language playground and product experiment.Visit

Open Source

Small ecosystem contributions and public mobile experiments.

Not everything is a polished product. Some work lives as libraries, contributions, examples, and experiments that help teams move faster.

react-native-svg-transformer

Contributor to the React Native SVG transformer ecosystem used by teams importing SVG assets into mobile apps.

react-native-simple-toast

Contributor to a small React Native utility used for native toast messages across Android and iOS.

React Native / Expo ecosystem

Ongoing experiments, issue work, and public repositories around mobile tooling, app setup, and product delivery.

Core Expertise

The parts of mobile delivery I care about most.

Mobile Architecture

React Native
Expo
Android
iOS
Modular architecture
Offline-first systems

Performance

FPS stability
Render optimization
Bundle optimization
API payload tuning
Flipper profiling

Security

SSL pinning
Secure storage
JWT authentication
OWASP practices
App hardening

Automation

GitHub Actions
GitLab CI
Fastlane
AppCenter
Automated releases

Leadership

Agile delivery
Sprint planning
Technical debt
Architecture reviews
Mentoring

Tech Stack

A practical stack for shipping and maintaining mobile products.

Mobile

React NativeExpoAndroidJavaKotliniOSSwiftObjective-C

Frontend

Next.jsReactTypeScriptResponsive UIAccessibility

Backend

REST APIsGraphQLAxiosAuthenticationRealtime flows

Cloud & DevOps

GitHub ActionsGitLab CIFastlaneAppCenterVercel

Design

FigmaDesign systemsPrototypingProduct thinking

AI & Tools

AI productsFlipperMetroGradleXcodeRenovateJira

Writing

Topics I write and think about.

A clean entry point to the themes behind the work, without pretending every note is a finished case study.

Architecture

Engineering mobile products for the long run

Notes on architecture choices that keep React Native and Expo apps maintainable after the first launch.Read on Medium

Delivery

Release confidence for React Native teams

How CI/CD, crash monitoring, review discipline, and smaller release loops reduce product risk.Read on Medium

Security

Security decisions that matter in mobile apps

Practical guidance on token storage, SSL pinning, authentication flows, and production app hardening.Read on Medium

Contact

Let's build a mobile product people can rely on.

Available for mobile architecture consulting, React Native and Expo delivery, product engineering leadership, and developer-tool collaborations.

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Good mobile products feel simple because the engineering underneath is deliberate.