Position: Android Applications developer
Category: Android
Experience: 5 years | English: fluent

My passion is Android development, however my diverse university courses and research gave me a solid background in backend development, some in front end, some in IoT development. Also, I have a proven taste and abilities in helping with app UI/UX design.
I enjoy and succeed in dealing with major aspects of company-managed software projects (and also personal ones):
Actively participating in requirements gathering
Seeing and formulating tasks for a sprint efficiently
Developing and documenting APIs and protocols between software layers
Facilitating concepts and results discussions with the customer

My estimated English level is C1 – I have a prolonged experience of dealing with native English speakers and can freely express myself in English, as English is practically the second native language for me.

Talking to the client is not an issue for me. I was a lead for over a year and I learned to ask correct questions, argue better solutions, come up with new ideas and features which were directly discussed with the client.
Worked at EventSoft for over two years, leading the Android development of a big financial startup. The job required a global client rewriting, implementing correct architectural patterns, bringing reliability security, supportability.

I have built two commercial grade products (which are still selling) myself, from the ground up. Also, I am good at developing my own ideas into scalable proof-of-concept systems which include backend, frontend, mobile app and (sometimes) IoT hardware. So I do have ideas and abilities to make them work.

Completed apps: “Tutor Assistant”, “Wise Solomon” game ,“Christian Hymns”.
POC/training systems: “BonuSharing”, “CleanMe”, “KnowMe”, “.syncmd”
Participated in app development: “Zikiso”

More about my POC/training systems:
“BonuSharing” A platform for exchanging and selling store bonuses. The Android app was developed using Jetpack Compose beta. The backend is based on microservice architecutre, all written in Kotlin. Experience with communication protection and protocol design, development of libraries.
“CleanMe” A system for monitoring local air/sound pollution. Includes work with the IoT platform, usage of HereMaps SDK. Java + Node.js microservice backend implementation.
“KnowMe” An app for managing social events based on NFC information sharing and access, Bluetooth Low Energy and “Nearby” API.
“.syncmd” Currently working on this pet project for controlling my Macbook from an Android smartphone. Includes MQTT, Bash, Apple Script and, of course, Kotlin Android.

More about my completed apps:
“Tutor Assistant” An Android app for private tutors. On Google Play.
“Wise Solomon” A board game brought to the Android platform. No gaming libraries were used for it. On Google Play.
“Christian Hymns” An Android app that I have built for the needs of my church, with 10000+ hymns, and 5000 active users.  “Zikiso” Participated in the development of this Android app (still unpublished) for a Japanese law company.

More details upon request
Legacy projects are not interesting for me.
Interested in a well organised team (3 devs per platform max), interesting and hard problems to solve, a project which is significant and makes a difference.
Very important to have a guarantee for planned vacations, which are paid.