SUMMARY

• 12+ years of Software application development.
• 7+ years of Android application Development.
• 5 published Enterprise Level Android applications.
• Sound understanding of HTTP and REST - Style web services.
• Conducted interviews and contributed to the growth of the Android project team.
• Able to effectively articulate Android app coding solutions and rationale for these decisions.
• Ability to ask the right questions, provide feedback to stakeholders, break down tasks, and create a plan to achieve the intended result.
• Ability to research, consult and guide decisions on Android mobile architecture and technical strategy.
• Continuously research, test, and implement new techniques, Android frameworks, and utilities.
• Ability to architect, design, develop and test Android mobile applications from scratch.
• Conducted business and technical Knowledge Transfer sessions for Android developers, and cross-functional teams.
• Comfortable with version control tools such as Git and various GUIs for Android repositories.
• A proponent of coding best practices based on Object-Oriented Application Design Principles applied to Android development.
• Versed implementing Confidential .O.L.I.D. principles for easy to maintain and test applications.
• Commitment to getting results for time-sensitive mobile app launches, promotions, and events.
• Well versed in Test Driven Development using several testing frameworks such as JUnit, Mockito, JaCoCo, Cucumber and Espresso.
• Considerable experience debugging and profiling Android applications.
• Configured and initialized multiple cloud integration services including Parse, Firebase and Google Cloud Messaging on Android apps.
• Ability to manage competing priorities in a complex Android app development environment and maintain high productivity and high quality.
• Experience programming web applications and interfacing/setting up protocols for communications between devices and the Internet of Things (IoT).

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Programming: Android SDK, Kotlin, Java, C#, Python, JavaScript, HTML, CSS3, C++, TypeScript

Code Editors: VSCode

Database Management: SQLite, Firebase Realtime Database, Room, MySQL, Oracle SQL, MongoDB

Version Control: Git, GitHub, GitLab, BitBucket

Testing: JUnit, Mockito, MockK, PowerMock, Espresso, Robolectric, MonkeyRunner, Robotium, Cypress.io,, JaCoCo, Cucumber

Architecture: MVP, MVVM, MVC, Builder, Factory, Façade, Proxy, Command, Singleton, Observer, Visitor, Interpreter

Reporting: Play Console Reports, Firebase Crashlytics, Crystal Reports, InstaBug, Fabric

Dependency Injection: Koin, Dagger2, IcePick, Dagger 1, ButterKnife

Threading: RxJava, RxAndroid, Kotlin Coroutines, Intent Service, Handler, AsyncTask, Threads, Loopers and Loaders

Views: Custom Views and ViewGroups, Android adapter views

Cloud API: Google Maps API, Google Directions API, Activity Recognition API, Firebase Services, AWS S3

Web Services: Volley, Retrofit, OkHttp, OkHttp Interceptors, JSON, XML, GsonConverterFactory, Postman, CharlesProxy, Axios

Multimedia: MediaPlayer, Glide, Picasso, Universal Image Loader, Exoplayer, Youtube SDK

Software and OS: Windows OS, Linux, Mac OS

Continuous Integration: Jenkins, CircleCI, Travis, Hudson, Bitrise

Integrated Development Environments (IDE): Android Studio, IntelliJ, Eclipse, Visual Studio, NetBeans

Project Work Management and Collaboration Tools: Jira, Confluence

Agile Methodologies: Agile Scrum, Pair Programming, Xtreme Programming

Android Development: Sensor Manager, Location Manager, Bluetooth Low Energy, ProGuard, NineOldAndroid, Gradle, Gradle KTS

Parsing Libraries: GSON, Moshi, Jackson, SimpleXML

Miscellaneous Libraries: EventBus, Stetho, Timber, Lottie Animations, ReactJS

Cloud Messaging: Firebase Cloud Messaging, Google Cloud Messaging, MixPanel, UrbanAirship

Static Code Analyzers: Lint, Ktlint, Detekt, FindBugs

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential | Denver, CO

Senior Android/Web/Internet of Things (IoT) Software Developer

Responsibilities:

• Created the UI using ReactJS in accordance with user-specified design requirements.
• Implemented the application program interface (API) endpoints and functionality in the backend using Android Studio.
• Used VSCode to create the UI in ReactJS.
• Implemented Axios to call REST APIs in UI.
• Used Android Studio to implement the RESTful API endpoints in Java.
• Tested the API endpoints using Postman.
• Created unit tests to test code in Android Studio using JUnit.
• Created automated test suites for UI using Cypress.io.
• Tested code updates provided by the manufacturer of the IOT electrical power grid device.

Confidential |Detroit, MI

Senior Android Developer

Responsibilities:

• Worked on Android data binding using the BaseObservable class and Jetpack components.
• Communicated effectively with the android team using Slack and Trello.
• Created and tested new features in MVVM architecture
• The application was refactored from an MVC architecture to an MVVM architecture.
• Tracked and fixed all bugs using Jira and Instabug
• Implemented consumption of RESTful webservices using GSONConverter with RxJava using the Retrofit library.
• Used animation to improve the user experience making the application more responsive as well as make the application more presentable
• Utilized RxJava and RxAndroid to manage multithreading with RxJava Observables
• Used room database to cache API responses for offline usage
• Migrated some code from Java to Kotlin while maintaining error free code.
• Worked extensively with Android Jetpack Components for a smooth UI experience with LiveData and lifecycle observers.
• Worked in an agile development environment throughout the development process.
• Performed extensive unit tests to ensure error free code upon stable releases.
• Used support libraries for backward compatibility with much older Android versions.
• Assisted with code reviews on every PR to ensure quality code and a stable development process.
• Mockito testing suite was used along with Junit to create and perform tests on the application code.
• Used RecyclerView extensively to display list data from RESTful web services proficiently
• Created a push notification to alert users of latest deals.

Confidential |Brentwood, TN

Senior Android Mobile Developer

Responsibilities:

• Used RecyclerViews to display information obtained from web service calls, using Retrofit and RxJava
• Used Room DB to store information locally on Android device.
• Architecture implemented was MVP and along with various other design patterns such as Singleton, Façade etc.
• Created dynamic UI using ConstraintLayout and followed Material Design guidelines.
• Used Retrofit with RxJava caller adapter factory to consume RESTful API calls.
• Implemented various animations across the Android project to make the application more appealing as well reactive to users’ input.
• Used Glide image loading to load and to crop image into the UI with remote image URLs.
• Used Glide to reduce the APK size by storing all image resources remotely and adding loading them at runtime, taking advantage of Glides’ auto-caching.
• Implemented new application features in Kotlin and used the classes in with Java classes.
• Managed user preferences by storing them into shared preferences.
• Implemented OOP throughout the entire development of the project enforcing SOLID design principles.
• Implemented TDD using Junit for unit testing and Espresso for automated UI testing.
• Performed code reviews of former developers, to ensure and maintain good quality of code.
• Used support libraries for backward compatibility with much older Android versions.
• Assisted with code reviews on every PR to ensure quality code and a stable development process.
• Mockito testing suite was used along with Junit to create and perform tests on the application code.
• Developed and worked on Low level embedded systems projects which involved developing bare-metal and RTOS based applications, device drivers.

Confidential |Cincinnati, OH

Android Mobile Developer

Responsibilities:

• Used Android Studio to develop the functionalities for Mobile application
• Implemented unique design and built features in the Android application
• Collaborated with cross-functional team to define and design new features
• Unit-test code for robustness, including usability and reliability
• Reviewed code for bugs and to improve application performance
• Evaluated new technologies for optimal development efficiency
• Responsible for design of user interface using various custom layouts, buttons, dialog boxes, and form widgets
• Inserted applicable code to capture the various button and text field events and implemented the desired action for each of the widgets
• Displayed lists from the database using web views, list views, and populated lists
• Handled authentication, API capture, file stream download, and intent handling
• Responsible for consuming REST services and getting and parsing JSON response to get the required information to display in the Android interface
• Created UI and functionality for authentication feature and used Shared Prefernces to manage user credentials
• Involved in development and enhancement of features to restrict usage based on Authorization and Authentication tokens
• Used NoSQL database to maintain the data

Confidential | Rochester, MN

Android Mobile Developer

Responsibilities:

• Involved in requirements gathering, UI design, and application development
• Used Android Studio IDE and Android SDK to write application logic
• Developed the application using MVP architectural pattern
• Worked on UI design for the application per the client requirements
• Expertise in using SQLite, Java, XML, JSON, Google Play Services API, and RESTful APIs
• Implemented Android Bluetooth and Location Connectivity components
• Used JIRA platform to track productivity and tasks provided to accomplish the project
• Utilized Git to update the repositories and to collaborate with the team by using GitHub to check for updates and conflicts
• Worked on SMS, GoogleMaps, Email, and Geo-Fencing enhancements
• Created code to generate the accelerometer for the location services
• Generated code to create Latitude and Longitude values that trace out location services
• Employed automated testing using Espresso

Confidential | Wilsonville, OR

Android Mobile Developer

Responsibilities:

• Participated in Software Development Life Cycle for analysis, development, testing, and deployment of the application
• Developed the Android application using Eclipse IDE, MVP architecture, and Java coding
• Managed competing priorities while maintaining quality and high productivity
• Followed an Agile development process on the Android team
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to define, design, and publish new features
• Used Android notifications to send reminders to the user interface
• Responsible for design of multiple layouts of the Android application
• Improved the app’ Confidential layout rendering by optimizing the view hierarchy in all resources
• Worked with Picasso library for image rendering in ListViews
• Implemented sorting options for search items based on categories
• Performed unit testing using JUnit and Mockito
• Resolved issues, fixed bugs, and optimized the application

Confidential | Clinton, MD

Software Developer

Responsibilities:

• Participated in Software Development Life Cycle for analysis, development, testing of the eVisit Android Application before its publishing
• Worked with Fabric to enable crash reporting for development and productive flavors
• Followed Agile Scrum methodology, with 2-week sprint and 4 sprints release cycles.
• Enabled Push Notification functionality using GCM.
• Added User Analytics tracking feature with Google Analytics
• Worked cross functionally with a Backend Engineers, UI/UX Designers and QA Engineers.
• Implemented Master Detail flow to support first Honeycomb tablets with Fragments.
• Integrated Location features using the Android SDK Location Manager and Maps API
• Integrated Picasso for network image loading.
• Participated in requirement gathering meetings to develop the mobile vision of patient appointments application.
• Independently troubleshoot, maintained, and monitored the LIS database ensuring functionality and interoperability
• Managed complex problems and ensured effective resolutions
• Spearheaded the implementation of security measures and actions to ensure proper security and avoid intrusions
• Collaborated with senior officials and analysts to develop and execute action plans that improved business operations and ensured compliance with HL7, HIPAA and HITECH regulations
• Implemented web application using C# and ASP.NET and MySQL for the persistence store, to enable the hospital’ Confidential Laboratory Information System (LIS)
• Developed quality assurance procedures on data flow of the LIS and the hospital Electronic Medical Record system