Akshay Nandwana
Akshay NandwanaDeveloper Evangelist
Engineering Background

About Me

Akshay is a Developer Evangelist at Agora, a Senior Android Engineer, and a Google Developer Expert (GDE) for Android. With 8+ years of experience building and scaling Android apps across OTT, ed-tech, and fintech, he has led architectural migrations and performance optimizations for large-scale products. Passionate about Developer Relations, he collaborates with engineering teams to improve developer experience, create technical content, and help developers globally adopt complex technologies, real-time engagement APIs, and AI systems with confidence.

Work Experience

Agora

March 2026 – Present

Developer Evangelist

    Ground-Android (In Contract with Google)

    June 2024 – December 2025

    Android Engineer III

      Zee5 (100M+ Installs, rated 4.6*, OTT)

      April 2022 – March 2024

      Android Engineer II

        Oppia Foundation (In Contract with Google)

        May 2020 – April 2022

        Android Engineer I

          Doubtnut (1M+ Installs, rated 4.0*, Ed-Tech)

          Aug 2018 – May 2019

          Android Developer

            Key Projects

            Android Engineers

            January 2024 – Present

            Growing a global audience of 24k+ on LinkedIn, 3k+ Substack subscribers, and 1.5k+ on YouTube. Our mission is to bridge the gap between intermediate and expert-level Android engineering.

            DailyMandir

            March 2025 – June 2025

            Currently serving ~300+ DAU / ~850+ MAU with users in 44+ countries. The app has tracked over 900,000 chants and 20,000+ malas.

            Skills & Edu

            Languages & Frameworks

            Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, Kotlin Coroutines/Flow, Koin/Hilt/Dagger, Compose Multiplatform/KMP, Room, Paging 3, DataStore, WorkManager, Navigation, ExoPlayer, Retrofit/OkHttp, GraphQL, Firebase (Crashlytics/Remote Config/Analytics), A/B testing & Experiments, Accessibility, Android Studio Profiler, LeakCanary, Espresso/Compose UI Testing, CI/CD (GitHub Actions), R8/ProGuard, Gemini/ChatGPT integration, prompt design, on-device inference.

            Techno India NJR Institute of Technology

            Graduated May 2018

            Bachelor of Technology, Information Technology • Udaipur, Rajasthan

            Leadership

            Communities

            September 2015 – Present

            Community Lead and Mentor

            • Mentored 500+ students and 5+ local businesses globally (Pakistan, Italy, Kenya, South Africa, Turkey, US) through Google’s Applied CS Facilitator and Developer Student Club Lead programs.
            • Speaker at 10+ Google Developer Groups events on Java, Kotlin, Android, and developer community growth.
            • Google Summer of Code mentor — guided students in contributing to impactful open-source projects.
            • Mentorship on Topmate — career guidance, resume reviews, and mock interviews for aspiring engineers.
            • Built a global audience: ~20k LinkedIn, 1.5k YouTube, and author of Android Engineers Substack newsletter — publishing Android deep-dives, tutorials, and career insights.
            • Koin Champion — driving adoption and community engagement for Koin DI in Android.