Shubhanshu Barnwal

Shubhanshu Barnwal

Mobile · Web · Backend · Cloud

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING · OPEN SOURCE

Senior SoftwareEngineer.

I design and build software from the ground up—across mobile and web apps, backend APIs, and cloud infrastructure—with a focus on architecture, performance, and reliable delivery.

3+Years
4+Apps shipped
1.4knpm installs / mo
2OSS packages
React NativeSwiftNext.jsNode.jsPostgreSQLAWSGCP
ENGINEERING

From architecture to production.

Mobile and web engineering, backed by the services, infrastructure, and delivery practices a product needs.

Mobile engineering

Production React Native and native iOS applications, SDK integrations, cross-platform architecture, framework modernization, and performance.

  • React Native
  • Swift
  • iOS
  • Android

Web engineering

React and Next.js web applications, responsive interfaces, and admin tools connected to backend APIs.

  • React
  • Next.js
  • TypeScript
  • JavaScript

Backend & data

APIs, relational data models, caching, and dependable real-time services that connect the product.

  • Node.js
  • Express
  • PostgreSQL
  • MySQL
  • Redis

Cloud & delivery

Cloud infrastructure, server configuration, and automated CI/CD workflows for reliable delivery from build to deployment.

  • AWS EC2
  • RDS
  • S3
  • GCP
  • GitHub Actions

App submissions & releases

App submission and publishing support for iOS and Android, from release builds to store delivery.

  • App Store
  • Google Play
  • iOS
  • Android

System design & quality

Systems designed from scratch, with clear service boundaries, performance, maintainability, PR reviews, observability, and production reliability.

  • System design
  • API design
  • PR reviews
  • CI/CD
#2 — SELECTED WORK

Deep case studies, not a project dump.

Two production problems, told the way I'd talk through them in an interview: the constraint, the approach, and what actually shipped.

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Senior Software Engineer · Illumine · 2026

Migrating a production app to React Native's New Architecture

Took a large, live React Native app off the legacy bridge and onto Fabric + Hermes — while it kept serving 100k+ daily users.

React NativeFabricHermesTypeScript+3
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#1 — OPEN SOURCE

Tools I built for problems I actually hit.

Extracted from production work, documented, and published. Real installs from real teams — the honest signal that they solve something.

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react-native-skelo

Automatic skeleton loading for React Native

Hand-writing skeleton screens is tedious and drifts out of sync with the real UI. Skelo generates the loading state from the component you already wrote — describe your UI once, get the skeleton for free.

297/mo
v0.0.5
npm GitHub

react-native-qa-logger

In-app QA logging & debugging for React Native

QA and non-technical testers can't open a Metro console. This drops an in-app debug console into any build — network logs, errors, and events visible on-device, so bug reports come with real evidence instead of screenshots.

1.1k/mo
v1.1.1
npm GitHub
CONTRIBUTIONS

Making the ecosystem better.

Merged · PR #248

react-native-vision-camera-face-detector

Contributed an iOS migration from ML Kit to Apple Vision, resolving the arm64 iOS Simulator limitation while keeping Android on ML Kit.

View merged PR #248 ↗ · Read the case study ↗

#3 — EXPERIENCE

Three years, shipping real apps.

From building products end-to-end to leading architecture on apps in the App Store.

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Jul 2025 — Present

Senior Software EngineerIllumine

React Native and native iOS development for production apps serving 100k+ users.

Parent App Teacher App

Dec 2023 — Jun 2025

Lead App DeveloperWiingy

Owned end-to-end mobile development for Wiingy's student and tutor platforms.

Jun 2023 — Nov 2023

React Native DeveloperMidknight Studios

Built a cross-platform social app with a Next.js admin panel, from scratch.

Sep 2022 — Dec 2022

AWS Cloud InternF13 Technologies

Earned AWS certifications and deployed React web apps on AWS.

#4 — WRITING

Writing up what I learn.

Deep-dives from real engineering work — how I built things and what I'd do differently.

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Let's build something useful.

From mobile and web experiences to backend services to cloud infrastructure — let's talk about your product, an engineering opportunity, or an open-source collaboration.

Email me