Ara Periyan, Developer in Aveiro, Portugal
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Ara Periyan

Bio

Ara is a lead mobile engineer with 10+ years of experience building and scaling mobile apps for iOS and Android. He specializes in end-to-end product development, architecture, performance optimization, and the delivery of complex features, including payments, subscriptions, notifications, caching, analytics, and real-time experiences. Ara works closely with product, design, and back-end teams to build reliable, scalable mobile products used by thousands of users worldwide.

Portfolio

Alps2Alps
Flutter, Swift, Kotlin, Laravel, CI/CD Pipelines, Payment APIs...
stats.fm for Spotify
Flutter, Firebase, SQLite, CI/CD Pipelines, Mobile Architecture, Unit Testing...
The Wim Hof Method
Flutter, Firebase, SQLite, Swift, Kotlin, CI/CD Pipelines, Mobile Architecture...

Experience

  • Software Development - 9 years
  • Payment APIs - 7 years
  • Firebase - 7 years
  • Flutter - 7 years
  • SQLite - 7 years
  • CI/CD Pipelines - 7 years
  • Mobile Architecture - 7 years
  • Unit Testing - 7 years

Preferred Environment

Slack, MacOS, Claude Code

The most amazing...

...work I've done is building and maintaining a large-scale mobile application serving 23+ million monthly active users worldwide.

Work Experience

Lead Mobile Engineer

2025 - 2026
Alps2Alps
  • Built a scalable app-wide caching system for API and local data, reducing unnecessary network requests, improving performance, and enabling offline access.
  • Migrated the app from one payment system to another, updating payment flows, subscriptions, and back-end integration while ensuring a smooth transition for existing users.
  • Implemented real-time trip and driver tracking with map integration and live status updates.
  • Integrated push notifications for trip reminders, driver arrival, delays, and customer communication.
Technologies: Flutter, Swift, Kotlin, Laravel, CI/CD Pipelines, Payment APIs, Mobile Architecture, Unit Testing, Google Maps API, Dart, GitHub

Mobile Engineering Team Lead

2023 - 2025
stats.fm for Spotify
  • Worked on premium feature flows, onboarding, and subscription-related user journeys.
  • Built the Stories/Recap feature similar to Spotify Wrapped, generating personalized shareable slides based on each user’s listening history and yearly statistics.
  • Developed Firebase Remote Config-driven recap flows, allowing content, feature flags, and rollout behavior to be managed remotely without requiring app releases.
  • Improved social sharing experience by enabling users to export and share recap stories across social platforms.
Technologies: Flutter, Firebase, SQLite, CI/CD Pipelines, Mobile Architecture, Unit Testing, Stripe API, Dart, GitHub

Lead Mobile Engineer

2021 - 2023
The Wim Hof Method
  • Migrated the app from native iOS/Android to Flutter while preserving existing functionality and ensuring a smooth transition for users.
  • Designed and implemented an app-wide caching system to improve performance, reduce API calls, and support offline access.
  • Built the notification system for reminders, user engagement campaigns, and in-app communication flows.
  • Integrated and migrated payment/subscription flows, including in-app purchases and premium access management.
  • Implemented and managed Firebase Remote Config/feature flags for the remote control of app behavior, staged rollouts, and experiments.
Technologies: Flutter, Firebase, SQLite, Swift, Kotlin, CI/CD Pipelines, Mobile Architecture, Unit Testing, Dart

Experience

Wim Hof Method App

https://apps.apple.com/it/app/wim-hof-method-breathwork/id890471578
A health and wellness platform centered around breathing exercises, cold exposure, meditation, and mindset training.

The app helps users follow guided breathing sessions, track progress, join challenges, and build healthy daily habits based on the Wim Hof Method. It includes mobile experiences on iOS and Android, along with companion apps for Apple Watch and Wear OS, allowing users to access breathing sessions, timers, and progress tracking directly from their watch.

StatsFM

https://apps.apple.com/it/app/stats-fm-for-spotify-music-app/id1526912392
A music analytics platform that gives users deep insights into their listening habits.

The app lets users explore detailed statistics, including top tracks, artists, albums, listening time, streaks, and historical trends, across their streaming history. It also includes personalized recaps similar to Spotify Wrapped, profile customization, social sharing, and community features that allow users to compare their music tastes and discover new music using data. The product serves a large global audience across iOS and Android.

Education

2009 - 2013

Master's Degree in Information Technology Management

Armenian State University of Economics - Erevan, Armenia

Skills

Libraries/APIs

Google Maps API, Stripe API

Tools

GitHub, Slack, Claude Code

Languages

Dart, Swift, Kotlin

Frameworks

Flutter, Laravel, React Native

Paradigms

Management, Unit Testing

Platforms

Firebase, MacOS

Storage

SQLite

Other

Software Development, CI/CD Pipelines, Payment APIs, Mobile Architecture, API Integration

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