About me

I joined Paddy Power Betfair as a iOS and Frontend Contractor.

Contributions:

• Assist the iOS team in their efforts to migrate parts of the iOS applications which were web based into native code. Code reviews for other contracting teams and feature implementations.
• Migrate a large in-house frontend project developed in Angular 1 to a modern stack using ReactJS, redux, hooks.
• Rebuild help & support static website, improve static site generation pipeline https://support.betfair.com/app/home
• Migrate Cash Card & Cash Card Plus frontend functionality to a new ReactJS frontend
• Add additional features into existing Vue.JS, Angular 1 frontend applications. Authentification and roles implementation using MSAL (Microsoft Authentification Library)

Mainly work involving ReactJS, AWS based solutions, NodeJS, micro services, mobile applications for iOS.

ITBrainiacs is a program developed by Apex-Edu in collaboration with Telenav, it was conceived with the purpose of finding gifted young individuals and help them achieve their maximum potential. The program puts smart young students together with software engineers in a 6 months one on on mentorship program.

During my time at Telenav I've worked mainly on the iOS platform, leading a team of 5 developers on Scout navigation client.

My main role was to provide leadership and mentorship to team members, maintain coding standards through code reviews and documentations, conduct technical interviews.

From Mid 2016 I've taken a role in a new team and switched technologies to develop a cross platform desktop app using QT, C++, QML, Javascript.

While at 3Pillar Global I was part of a cross site team (Cluj, Timisoara and US) working on Geico's insurance mobile apps. It was a challenging project as I had to work with sensitive data such as payments and user information and sync with teams across different locations and timezones.

I was part of a smaller team of iOS developers working on a companion app for portable navigation devices. Some of my contributions to the project were as follows:

• Used Google Protocol Buffers for communication between PND and iOS devices
• Communication using bluetooth technology
• Implemented In App Purchases
• Webservices integration
• Implement weather alerts on map using OpenGL

At skobbler I was part of a large group of iOS/C++ developers working toghether on implementing location based apps using OpenStreetMap. Some of the products I've contributed to are: GPS Nav, ForeverMap, GeoBrain, Blitzer.de

• Iterated on the mobile navigation app that had millions of users.
• Designed reusable components
• Performed code reviews for team members, make sure that a quality standard is maintained.
• Worked with QA department in tracking down bugs and solving them.
• Participated in scrums and agile planning meetings.

• Perform tests on multiple handheld devices such as Android, iPhone, BlackBerry, Nokia
• Automated the manual test cases for handheld devices specifically Android and iPhone
• Created and executed tests for handheld devices
• Constructed testing environments to simulate real world environments
• Extracted appropriate logs and gather diagnostic information for issues encountered during testing
• Worked with JIRA to report found bugs
• Constructed test cases for the defined test plan; modify the existing test cases as the test requirements change
• Operated under minimal supervision
• Provided comprehensive release assessments and quality sign-off