Founding engineer (1st hire) at Regain — co-built a Kotlin/Jetpack Compose productivity app from zero to 3.5M+ downloads, 4.6 across 116K reviews, and ≥99.5% crash-free sessions. Shipped 9,000+ commits across two production consumer Android apps over 3 years (Regain + Brainpal). Full-stack ownership: Android + Python/FastAPI backend + self-managed Hetzner cluster. Originated and shipped Brainpal (4.7), now Regain's second app, live globally.
Looking for: Founding Engineer, Senior Android, or Senior Mobile roles at small/mid-stage startups. Remote, USD comp via Deel/EOR-style setup. Comfortable across mobile + backend + infra.
Remote: Yes (worldwide, IST timezone, comfortable with 4+ hr overlap into US/EU)
Willing to relocate: No
Technologies: Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, Hilt, Coroutines, Room, AccessibilityService, Python/FastAPI, PostgreSQL, Couchbase, Hetzner Cloud, HAProxy, Caddy, Prometheus/Grafana, Razorpay, RevenueCat, Mixpanel, Claude Code, MCP
Résumé: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KZwyouWY4pUaq7njkKGjSjZnoyL...
Email: rajeshthiagu99@gmail.com
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/trajeshkumar
Founding engineer (1st hire) at Regain — co-built a Kotlin/Jetpack Compose productivity app from zero to 3.5M+ downloads, 4.6 across 116K reviews, and ≥99.5% crash-free sessions. Shipped 9,000+ commits across two production consumer Android apps over 3 years (Regain + Brainpal). Full-stack ownership: Android + Python/FastAPI backend + self-managed Hetzner cluster. Originated and shipped Brainpal (4.7), now Regain's second app, live globally.
Looking for: Founding Engineer, Senior Android, or Senior Mobile roles at small/mid-stage startups. Remote, USD comp via Deel/EOR-style setup. Comfortable across mobile + backend + infra.