Ben Leung, Developer in Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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Ben Leung

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Full-stack Developer

Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Toptal member since July 5, 2022

Bio

Ben is an experienced full-stack developer specializing in Android and iOS app development. With six years of mobile app expertise and three additional years in back-end development, he boasts a wealth of experience. Ben's impressive career includes delivering successful projects across various sectors like banking, travel, and employment. His skills encompass both front-end and back-end development, allowing him to create robust and efficient applications.

Portfolio

HSBC Hong Kong
Android, Kotlin, Java, iOS, Swift, OkHttp, Retrofit, Glide, Mobile App Design
HSBC Hong Kong
Android, iOS, Java, Swift, Kotlin, Mobile App Design
Cathay Pacific
Android, Java, Node.js, Swift, Mobile App Design, iOS

Experience

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

MacOS, Android Studio, Kotlin, Java, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Node.js, MySQL, Xcode, Swift, Electron, HTML, CSS

The most amazing...

...thing I've created entirely on my own is my mobile app, Hong Kong Radio Schedule, which has more than 70,000 downloads.

Work Experience

Technical Product Manager

2021 - 2022
HSBC Hong Kong
  • Participated in developing a new QR code cash withdrawal feature for the HSBC mobile banking app.
  • Managed a team and worked on the development and release process of the HSBC Reward+ app, a customer-facing credit card point management app.
  • Headed an off-shore development team in China to ensure the project's progress and review code quality.
Technologies: Android, Kotlin, Java, iOS, Swift, OkHttp, Retrofit, Glide, Mobile App Design

Full-stack Engineer

2019 - 2021
HSBC Hong Kong
  • Participated in HSBC mobile banking app revamp, involving the convergence of a single code-base across all entities for the HSBC.
  • Worked on developing new features for the HSBC Reward+ app, including China UnionPay QR code payment and mileage redemption.
  • Optimized the app architecture of the HSBC Reward+ app with a faster app launch time.
Technologies: Android, iOS, Java, Swift, Kotlin, Mobile App Design

Senior Mobile Developer

2019 - 2019
Cathay Pacific
  • Enhanced customers' in-flight experience by developing new app features.
  • Delivered new features and optimized the app by fixing bugs with Jira.
  • Researched video-on-demand catalogs and video streaming for in-flight experience with SDK provided by the vendor.
Technologies: Android, Java, Node.js, Swift, Mobile App Design, iOS

Mobile Application Developer

2015 - 2019
Innopage
  • Developed and delivered a number of projects, including an Android app, iOS app, API written in Node.js, and websites with a content management system (CMS).
  • Collected requirements from project managers and the client and provided suggestions for the technical design.
  • Delivered projects under a tight timeline and fast-changing requirements.
Technologies: Android, iOS, Java, Swift, AngularJS, Node.js, Nginx, Mobile App Design, HTML, CSS

Hong Kong Radio Schedule

https://radio.benleungcreative.com/
Hong Kong Radio Schedule is my self-initiated project. I started this project when I was studying at the university and used Android as my first entry point to mobile app development. Also, I've improved the project from time to time, working on the third-party managed back end or self-hosted server. This app has been downloaded more than 70 thousand times in total for both iOS and Android.
2010 - 2014

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering

City University of Hong Kong - Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Libraries/APIs

Retrofit, Node.js, REST API, Facebook API, jQuery, Vue.js

Tools

Android, Xcode, Nginx

Languages

Swift, HTML, CSS, Kotlin, Java, SQL

Paradigms

Mobile App Design

Platforms

Android, iOS, Firebase, MacOS, Visual Studio Development

Frameworks

Glide, Express.js, Electron.js, AngularJS, Flutter

Storage

MySQL, Database

Other

iOS, OkHttp, APIs, Web Scraping, Freelance Programming, Data Structures, Video Streaming, FPGA, Microprocessors

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