Freelance software developer and Zoho CRM consultant.

I'm Mohammed Aadhil. I spent seven years leading the Zoho CRM developer platform at Zoho. Today I build web and desktop apps, and help businesses set up, customize, and integrate Zoho CRM and Zoho One.

10+ years Professional software experience 6 apps Published on the Microsoft Store, App Store, and Flathub Former Zoho product lead 7 years leading the Zoho CRM developer platform

Services

Tell me what you need and we'll work out whether I'm the right fit.

Web and app building

Websites, web apps, and native desktop and mobile apps, from first sketch to store listing.

  • Websites and web apps
  • Windows, macOS, and iOS apps
  • Store submission and launch
Zoho

Zoho CRM / Zoho One consultancy

Get Zoho set up, customized, and connected to the rest of your stack, by someone who built its developer platform.

  • Setup, migration, and customization
  • Client scripts, widgets, and functions
  • Integrations and automation

Apps I've shipped

My own products, designed, built, and published end to end.

Experience

10+ years in software · ex-Zoho, ex-TCS

Independent Consultant

Self-employed · Chennai, India

Jun 2026 – Present
  • Build web, desktop, and mobile apps, from scoping through store release.
  • Set up, customize, and integrate Zoho CRM and Zoho One for businesses.
  • Publish and maintain my own apps on the Microsoft Store, App Store, and Flathub.

Product Lead, Developer Platform

Zoho Corporation · Member Leadership Staff · Chennai, India

Jul 2019 – Jun 2026
  • Led the Zoho CRM developer platform: client-side scripting, serverless functions (FaaS), and embeddable UI widgets.
  • Drove developer-experience work across SDKs, tooling, and APIs, shipping the Client Script and Widget SDKs and developer tools used by thousands of builders.
  • Defined a unified SDK, documentation, and client-platform strategy for consistency across developer surfaces.
  • Worked with Product, Engineering, Design, Marketing, and Support on developer-facing initiatives.
  • Ran technical workshops and enablement programs for developers and partners.

Systems Engineer

Tata Consultancy Services · Chennai, India

Jun 2018 – Jul 2019
  • Moved a product-data integration pipeline from batch to real-time event processing with Apache Kafka, NiFi, and Confluent.
  • Extended and customized SAP Hybris core functionality for dynamic product and integration requirements.
  • Built backend integrations for enterprise product-data workflows.

Freelance Software Developer

Self-employed · Chennai, India

Jun 2016 – Jun 2018
  • Architected a high-scale SaaS platform with Node.js (Express), Angular, PostgreSQL, Redis, Socket.IO, and BullMQ.
  • Built a pharmacy management system in WinForms with invoicing and inventory.
  • Built a university portal in PHP, Bootstrap, and jQuery for attendance and timetables.

Skills

What I bring to a project.

AI agents and RAG

  • LLM agents with tool calling
  • MCP servers and integrations
  • Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)
  • Embeddings and vector search
  • Prompt design and evaluation
Zoho

Zoho CRM and Zoho One

  • Setup, customization, and migration
  • Deluge and serverless functions
  • Client scripts and widgets
  • Zoho APIs and third-party integrations
  • Workflow automation

Web and app development

  • TypeScript, JavaScript, React
  • C# / .NET and WinUI 3
  • Swift and SwiftUI
  • Dart and Flutter
  • Microsoft Store and App Store releases

Backend and integrations

  • Node.js, Python, Java
  • REST API design
  • PostgreSQL and Redis
  • Event streaming with Kafka
  • Serverless architecture

Developer platforms

  • SDK and API design
  • Platform extensibility
  • Developer tooling and CLIs
  • Embeddable widgets
  • Developer documentation

Leadership and delivery

  • Technical leadership
  • Project planning and delivery
  • Workshops and team enablement
  • Cross-functional collaboration

Have a project in mind?

Book a call to talk it through, or email me the details.