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AKASH GURNALE

Lead Software Engineer & Systems Architect

Building and scaling mobile systems used by millions. Leading platform architecture, performance, and reliability at Bajaj Markets for products serving 16M+ users.

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7+ YEARS EXPERIENCE

22M+ USERS IMPACTED

8+ APPS SHIPPED

About Me

Designing and scaling high-performance systems at massive scale

7+ years of engineering experience across mobile, cloud, and backend systems. Scale experience in fintech, BFSI, retail e-commerce, and SDK development at Bajaj Markets (16M+ users).

Combines an MBA in IT Management with hands-on systems engineering. Author and researcher behind The Economics of Machine Comprehension.

LOCATION Pune, Maharashtra, India

CURRENT ROLE Lead Software Engineer

SPECIALIZATION

Tier 1: Native iOS & Apple Platforms (Swift, Concurrency) Tier 2: Full-Stack Mobile, Java Spring Boot & DevOps Tier 3: Distributed Systems & AI Research (The Economics of Machine Comprehension)

LANGUAGES

English · Hindi · Marathi

Independent Research

The Economics of Machine Comprehension

The Economics of Machine Comprehension is an empirical research program examining the measurable cost of AI systems understanding and modifying software systems, how token economics governs AI business models, and why repository architecture determines whether LLMs succeed or enter catastrophic failure loops.

Traditional software architecture evaluated systems across three core dimensions: Performance, Scalability, and Maintainability. The rise of AI developer agents introduces a critical fourth dimension: Machine Comprehension. When codebases are structured without regard for context boundaries, AI agents suffer from attention degradation, hallucinated dependencies, and runaway traversal costs.

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Core Research Inquiries

01

Agent Traversal Mechanics

How autonomous agents navigate file trees, discover cross-module dependencies, and lose precision as context windows saturate.
02

Inference Economics & Pricing

How per-token pricing, prompt caching, and context budgets force engineering teams to treat codebase attention as a metered financial asset.
03

Architecture as AI Interface

Proving that clean boundary isolation, explicit contracts, and modular topologies systematically reduce agent failure loops.

PRIMITIVE 01

Context Density

The ratio of high-signal domain logic to raw syntactic token payload ingested by LLMs during codebase traversal.

PRIMITIVE 02

Agent Traversal Cost

The cumulative inference overhead and token consumption required for an agent to trace cross-boundary dependencies.

PRIMITIVE 03

Context Budget

The finite token ceiling allocated to an agent task before attention drift and prompt dilution degrade solution quality.

PRIMITIVE 04

Context Debt

Architectural entanglement and implicit couplings that cause LLMs to enter repetitive, costly hallucination loops.

Technical Scope

Full-Stack Systems, Native Platforms & Architecture

Structured across three operational tiers: from low-latency native client engineering to enterprise Java microservices, DevOps automation, and AI-assisted software research.

TIER 01 / CORE PRIMARY EXPERTISE

Native iOS & Apple Platforms

High-performance client architecture, concurrency, memory profiling, and robust native iOS applications serving 16M+ users.

Languages & Frameworks

Swift · SwiftUI · UIKit · Combine · Objective-C

Architecture & Concurrency

Swift Concurrency (Async/Await, Actors) · VIPER · MVVM · Modular Frameworks

Testing & Performance

XCTest (Unit & UI) · Instruments Profiling · CoreData · Memory Leak Optimization

TIER 02 / FULL-STACK EXPANDED SCOPE

Full-Stack Mobile, Java Spring Boot & DevOps

End-to-end full-stack integration connecting mobile applications to scalable enterprise backend services, APIs, and cloud infrastructure.

Backend Engineering

Java · Spring Boot · RESTful API Design · Microservices · Spring Security

Cloud & Containers

AWS (EC2, S3, CloudFront) · Docker · Serverless Architecture · SQL / RDBMS

CI/CD & Release Pipelines

Fastlane Automation · GitHub Actions · Jenkins · App Store Release Lifecycle

TIER 03 / EXTENDED RESEARCH & EMERGING

Distributed Systems, AI Research & Analytics

Specialized software research, AI coding agent comprehension frameworks, cross-platform stacks, and large-scale telemetry.

AI & Systems Research

The Economics of Machine Comprehension · Machine Comprehension · AI Coding Agent Traversal · LLM Context Architectures

Cross-Platform Development

Flutter · Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP) · Dart · Shared Business Logic

Telemetry & Growth Tech

Firebase Suite · Adobe Analytics · Branch Deep Linking · A/B Testing & Crashlytics

Career

Experience

Lead Software Engineer

Bajaj Finserv Direct Limited • Mar 2022 - Present • Pune, India

Scale: 16M+ users on Bajaj Markets mobile platform.

Led native iOS development across critical user journeys including loan origination, insurance, and UPI marketplace.
Replaced third-party SDK dependencies with in-house networking and caching architecture, improving response latency.
Modularized core feature codebases to eliminate release regressions and streamline cross-team parallel development.
Built automated CI/CD and Fastlane release pipelines reducing cycle deployment times by ~40%.
Modernized codebase to Swift concurrency (async/await, actors) ensuring rock-solid thread safety.
Prototyped AI search and discovery modules optimizing contextual retrieval in catalog browsing.

Associate Consultant

Infrasoft Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (now Kiya.ai) • Dec 2020 - Feb 2022 • Pune, India

Role: Onsite consulting engineer for Bajaj Finserv Direct in a regulated fintech environment.

Built VIPER feature modules with clean separation of concerns and high test coverage.
Integrated secure REST APIs for transactional banking partner flows and biometric verification.
Developed reusable SDK components consumed by multiple banking and financial clients.
Reduced user drop-offs by ~18% through telemetry instrumentation and memory leak profiling in low-bandwidth conditions.

iOS Developer

Magneto IT Solutions Pvt. Ltd. • Mar 2019 - Dec 2020 • Pune, India

Developed and launched 8+ native iOS apps in e-commerce, real estate, and enterprise logistics.
Built reusable UI components and managed full App Store submission provisioning and certificates.
Drove 60+% business growth across international retail client platforms through responsive UI architecture and reliable checkout flows.

Applied Architecture

Case Studies & Selected Work

Bajaj Markets

Fintech / BFSI | 16M+ Users, 4.7★ Rating from 24K Reviews

Award-winning fintech marketplace supporting loans, insurance, credit scores, UPI payments, and an ONDC commerce marketplace.

Tech Stack: Swift, SwiftUI, UIKit, CI/CD, AI/ML

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Bajaj Markets iOS Fintech Platform Showcase

FINTECH / BFSI

Bajaj Markets Platform

16M+ USERS • 4.7★ RATING (24K REVIEWS)

Ashraf's Bahrain Retail Shopping Mobile App Showcase

E-COMMERCE RETAIL

Ashraf's Retail

BAHRAIN • OMNICHANNEL COMMERCE • 5.0★

Ashraf's

E-commerce Retail | 5.0★ Rating

Full-featured shopping application for Ashraf's electronics retail chain in Bahrain with catalog browsing, price tracking, and checkout flows (drove 60% business growth).

Tech Stack: Swift, UIKit, REST APIs, Payments

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strIQ

PropTech / STR Finance | 1,000+ Active Investors

Short-term rental investment underwriting platform combining MLS data, AirDNA comps, and in-app AI deal analysis to calculate cash-on-cash returns and pro-forma financials.

Tech Stack: Swift, MapKit, AI Analytics, REST APIs, Charts

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strIQ Short-Term Rental Analytics and AI Deal Assistant Showcase

PROPTECH / STR FINANCE

strIQ Intelligence Platform

COMPS DASHBOARD • AI DEAL ASSISTANT • 1M+ PROPERTIES

RETAIL • MOBILE COMMERCE

Petzone Kuwait

HEADLESS COMMERCE • LOYALTY • SMART SLOTS

Petzone

Omnichannel Pet Retail | Kuwait & GCC

Headless mobile commerce application for Kuwait's leading pet retailer featuring AI-driven loyalty rewards, smart service slot booking, and real-time inventory synchronization.

Tech Stack: Swift, Headless Commerce, REST APIs, Analytics

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Al Jazira

Grocery & On-Demand Delivery | Bahrain

Online grocery shopping application serving Bahrain with bilingual Arabic/English localization, barcode product search, express slot logistics, and ERP integration.

Tech Stack: Swift, UIKit, Barcode Scanner, Geolocation, ERP

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