Khalid

Senior Software Engineer

Samsung • Fulltime

Aug 2016 - Present • 10 yrs

Galaxy Watch Manager Application | 2020–Present ● Owned end-to-end delivery of Apps Management and Quick Responses features, raising code quality across the Watch Manager codebase through rigorous unit testing and 300+ peer code reviews ● Led cross-team integration of Galaxy AI Suggested Replies, coordinating across 5+ global functions (AI, Settings, Watch, UX, QA) to define requirements and ship a seamless cross-device AI experience ● Diagnosed and resolved ANR and critical crash issues across a multi-module codebase, improving release stability and reducing load time through rendering optimizations ● Engineered reliable UI–service communication across core data flows by extending Android Background Services via AIDL ● Expanded product accessibility and global reach by implementing TalkBack support and multi-locale localization across Android and iOS surfaces ● Used an internally configured build system to trigger custom builds, retrieve APKs, and analyze build logs across a multi-module codebase ● Applied efficient prompt engineering approaches using AI coding assistants in daily development to speed up debugging and improve documentation quality ● Mentored junior engineers and worked through cross-team dependencies with teams in Korea, China, Vietnam, and India Other Platform Contributions ● Expanded platform coverage by delivering pre-release features and QA sign-off for Galaxy Ring Manager (Android, 2024) and Gear Manager (iOS, 2020) Software Engineer — Android & iOS Sep 2016 – Mar 2019 ● Delivered early-career feature contributions across Android, iOS, and React Native initiatives spanning retail navigation, health monitoring, and camera companion apps — including custom view and drawing work for a retail robot UI ● Worked hands-on with Realm for local data persistence in a React Native codebase; also touched CoreData within an existing legacy iOS codebase