AI Ahsan Islam
Ahsan Islam Open to senior / lead roles

Ahsan Islam

Senior AndroidEngineer.

Kotlin · Jetpack Compose · On-device ML · KMP

01 About

Hi, I'm Ahsan.

Senior Android engineer with 7+ years in Kotlin — 800K+ Play installs across white-label commerce, payments, BLE, health sync and on-device voice ML.

Lead Android on COFE's white-label platform (12+ brands, 40+ modules) remote from Lahore for Abu Dhabi since 2023. Top Rated Plus on Upwork.

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Quick facts

Based in
Lahore, Pakistan
Working with
Abu Dhabi · Kuwait · US
Experience
7+ years · since 2017
Currently
Lead Android · COFE
Focus
Compose · Payments · ML
“From the Gradle module to the last pixel.”

02 Skills

The periodic table of skills.

Thirty-two elements in six families. Hover a tile to inspect it, or pick a family to light it up.

03 Work

Things I've built.

01 F&B commerce · White-label · Payments

COFE white-label platform

One Kotlin/Compose codebase powering 12+ F&B brands — COFE, Barns, Caribou, Kyan, Pret — through per-brand vendor configurators.

  • 500K+ installs across brands
  • 40+ Gradle modules
  • Tap GoSell + Checkout.com behind one PaymentProvider
  • Subway Kuwait foldable UX (ongoing)

KotlinComposeMVIApollo GraphQLSQLDelightKoin

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COFE app screen
BRANDS12+

02 On-device ML · Baby care · MIT-founded

Cappella cry detection

On-device cry classification: mic capture → local inference → parent alerts for hunger, tiredness and discomfort. No cloud round-trip.

  • Shipped to Play, July 2024
  • Two-phone baby monitor
  • Feeding, sleep and diaper tracking
  • AI soothing sounds

KotlinJava MLAudioRecordFirebaseCompose

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Cappella app screen
CLOUD0ms

03 E-commerce · Kuwait · Freelance

Tatayab

Kuwait's leading perfumes and beauty store — 20,000+ products with catalog, search, bundles, variants, multi-gateway checkout, wallet and loyalty.

  • 100K+ Play installs
  • Multi-gateway checkout
  • Order tracking
  • Wallet & rewards

KotlinRESTFirebaseKNETMVVM

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Tatayab app screen
SKUS20K

04 Health · Wearables · Insurtech

Jubilee Active

Health tracker that syncs steps, sleep and activity from Health Connect, Google Fit, Samsung Health and Garmin into insurance wellness rewards.

  • 100K+ Play installs
  • Four health data sources
  • Background sync
  • Rewards engine

KotlinHealth ConnectGoogle FitHiltWorkManager

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Jubilee Active app screen
SOURCES4

05 Kotlin Multiplatform · Android · iOS · Wasm

Income Tax Calculator

Compose Multiplatform app on Android, iOS and the web via Wasm — ten country tax packs versioned in Supabase, Play Billing behind expect/actual.

  • One shared UI codebase
  • 10 country tax packs
  • Remote-versioned rules
  • Play Billing

KMPCompose MPSupabaseWasmPlay Billing

View on Play
Income Tax Calculator icon
TARGETS3

04 Integrations

Always integrating.

Ten payment rails shipped across the GCC and Pakistan — card, wallet, BNPL and in-app billing.

  1. 01Tap GoSellCards · GCC
  2. 02Checkout.com FramesCards · 3DS · GCC
  3. 03Google PayWallet · Global
  4. 04KNETDebit · Kuwait
  5. 05madaDebit · Saudi Arabia
  6. 06STC PayWallet · Saudi Arabia
  7. 07TabbyBNPL · GCC
  8. 08JazzCash & EasypaisaMobile wallets · Pakistan
  9. 09UBL · Meezan · AlfalahBank gateways · Pakistan
  10. 10Google Play BillingSubscriptions · In-app

05 Experience

Experience & education.

2014

Education2014 — 2017

BSc Computer Software Engineering

University of Central Punjab · Lahore

Java cert · SoloLearn

2017

Experience2017 — 2021

Android Developer → Senior

Xeon Technologies · RoboArt · Lahore

  • BLE sensors +25% accuracy, OTA firmware upgrades
  • Firebase real-time chat with rich media

BLERxJavaDagger

2021

ExperienceFeb 2021 — Sep 2023

Senior Android Developer

Ozoned Digital · Lahore

  • Five payment gateways, +50% transaction success
  • AWS Rekognition vehicle-damage AI, +80% accuracy

Health ConnectInsurtechHilt

2023

ExperienceSep 2023 — now

Senior Android Developer

COFE App · Abu Dhabi (remote)

  • Lead Android on a 12+ brand white-label platform
  • Own payments: Tap, Checkout.com, KNET, mada, Tabby

ComposeMVIGraphQL

2024

Contract2024 — 2025

Cappella & Tatayab

Cambridge, MA · Kuwait (remote)

  • On-device cry classification for an MIT-founded startup
  • Kuwait's leading beauty e-commerce app, 100K+ installs

Voice MLE-commerce

06 Achievements

Proud moments.

01 / 07▶

Google Play

Installs shipped

Across commerce, health, insurance and device apps

0K+

02 / 07Up

Upwork

Job success score

Top Rated Plus across 56 contracts

0%

03 / 07h

Tracked hours

Freelance delivery

36 client reviews averaging 5.0

0h

04 / 07

AWS × Epiphany

AI/ML Startup Reactor

Vehicle-damage AI ranked nationally, 2022

No.0/25

05 / 07★

Ozoned Digital

Employee of the Quarter

Q4 2022, after Employee of the Month in September

Q0

06 / 07

White-label

Brands from one codebase

COFE, Barns, Caribou, Kyan, Pret and more

0+

07 / 07%

Payments

Transaction success uplift

Five Pakistani gateways, re-architected

+0%

and counting

07 Contact

Let's build something.

Open to senior and lead Android roles — remote EU / GCC — and select freelance work.