Rafael K.-Senior Android Developer / Team-Lead
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Senior Android Developer / Team-Lead
IBM Deutschland
- Further development and release support for a white-label ePA component for health insurance companies
- Technologies: Android (Kotlin), Kotlin Multiplatform, Coroutines, Jetpack Compose, MVVM, StateFlow, Gradle, ProGuard
Android Developer
ZGS Bildungs-GmbH (Deutsche Schülerhilfe)
- Design, architecture, development, and delivery of the new online tutoring app for Deutsche Schülerhilfe
- Technologies: Android (Kotlin), AndroidX, Android Jetpack, MVVM, LiveData, Room (SQLite), Retrofit, Gson, Firebase, push notifications, ZenDesk, Gradle, ProGuard
Full-stack Developer
Self-employed
- Development and support of the research platform for stock investors “Trader Radar”
- Technologies: Android (Kotlin), AndroidX, Android Jetpack, MVVM, LiveData, Room (SQLite), Retrofit, Gson, Firebase (Cloud Messaging, Crashlytics, Remote Config), in-app purchases, AdMob, Gradle, ProGuard, PHP, MySQL, HTML, CSS, JavaScript
Lead Developer
Deutsche Bank
- Lead development of a prototype, followed by the design, delivery, and continuous enhancement of a mobile payment app
- Supporting security audits and hardening
- Technologies: Android (Kotlin), AndroidX, Android Jetpack, Room (SQLite+SQLCipher), Retrofit, Gson, Bluetooth, NFC, native communication with card terminals, database and communication encryption, Gradle, ProGuard, JUnit, Robolectric, Mockito, MockK
Lead Developer
Leading German construction machinery provider
- Lead development of an app accompanying a trade fair
- Technologies: Android (Java/Kotlin), AndroidX, Android Jetpack, Swagger CodeGen, database and communication encryption, Gradle, ProGuard, JUnit, Robolectric, Mockito, MockK
Full-stack Developer
Selbstständig
- Full-stack development of the mathematics game app “Crystal Math”
- Technologies: Android (Java), Google standard frameworks, SQLite, Retrofit, Firebase (Cloud Messaging, Real Time Database, Remote Config, Crashlytics), Facebook SDK, Gradle, ProGuard, PHP, MySQL
Lead Developer
Leading German logistics company
- Design, delivery, and continuous development of a comprehensive mobile app
- Supporting security audits and hardening
- Technologies: Android (Java), Google standard frameworks, Dagger2, SQLite, Retrofit, Swagger CodeGen, database and communication encryption, Gradle, ProGuard
Android Developer
Leading German automotive supplier
- Development of a companion app for lightweight eMobility vehicles
- Technologies: Android (Java), Bluetooth LE, database and communication encryption
Android Developer
Swiss Bank
- Development of a mobile banking app in close collaboration with the client’s team
- Technologies: Android (Java), Android-JavaScript bridge, communication encryption
Industry experience
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Experienced in Education, Banking and Finance, Information Technology, Healthcare, Insurance, and Transportation.
Business area experience
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Experienced in Information Technology and Product Development.
Skills
- Areas Of Activity: Architecture, Consulting, Development, Feasibility Analysis
- Programming Languages: Kotlin, Java, Objective-C, Swift, Php
- Development Environments: Android Studio, Intellij Idea, Xcode, Eclipse, Netbeans, Visual Studio Code
- Industries: Automotive, Banking, Logistics, Lottery, Public Sector, Retail, Utilities, Insurance
- Android: Android Sdk, Kotlin Multiplatform, Jetpack Compose, Koin, Dagger2, Coroutines, Mvvm, Mvp, Mvi, Room, Livedata, Sqlite, Sqlcipher, Retrofit, Okhttp, Gson, Firebase (Ads, Cloud Messaging, Crashlytics, Realtime Database, Remote Config), Admob, Glide, Picasso, Timber, Material Design Ui, Biometric Authentication (Fingerprint), Gradle, Unit Tests, Junit, Mockito, Mockk, Robolectric, Release Management
- Ios: Afnetworking, Cocoapods, Cocoalumberjack, Firebase (Ads, Crashlytics, Cloud Messaging), Release Management
- Miscellaneous: Regular Expressions, Reverse Engineering, Penetration Testing, Web Scraping
- Project Management / Ci: Scrum, Atlassian Toolchain, Jira Administration / Customization, Bitbucket, Jenkins, Teamcity, Sonarqube
- Databases: Sqlite And Sqlcipher, Mysql, Oracle, Db2, Postgresql
- Platforms: Windows, Linux / Unix, Macos
- General It Skills: Common Office Solutions Such As Ms Office And Openoffice, Experience With Image Editing Software Such As Photoshop And Gimp
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Education
TU Dortmund
Diploma · Computer Science · Dortmund, Germany
FernUniversität in Hagen
Part-time distance-learning program · Computer Science · Hagen, Germany
Vocational training as an IT specialist (application development)
Vocational training · IT Specialist (Application Development) · Dortmund, Germany
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Rafael is based in Dortmund, Germany and can operate in on-site, hybrid, and remote work models.
Rafael speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced), Polish (Advanced), Spanish (Elementary).
Rafael has at least 12 years of experience. During this time, Rafael has worked in at least 4 different roles and for 9 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 4 months. Note that Rafael may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.
Based on recent experience, Rafael would be well-suited for roles such as: Senior Android Developer / Team-Lead, Android Developer, Full-stack Developer.
Rafael's most recent position is Senior Android Developer / Team-Lead at IBM Deutschland.
In recent years, Rafael has worked for IBM Deutschland, Self-employed, and Selbstständig.
Rafael is most experienced in industries like Education, Information Technology, and Banking and Finance. Rafael also has some experience in Healthcare, Insurance, and Transportation.
Rafael is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology and Product Development.
Rafael has recently worked in industries like Education, Information Technology, and Banking and Finance.
Rafael has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology and Product Development.
Rafael holds a Master in Computer Science from TU Dortmund.
The availability of Rafael needs to be confirmed.
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