Bogdan Tirca
Verified Expert in Engineering
Software Developer
With nine years of experience as an Android engineer, Bogdan is highly skilled in Android development. He started his career as an intern at Twitter, and since he has worked primarily remote for companies like GIPHY and Tapslash where he was a team lead. While in college, Bogdan was also the CTO of a Romanian social networking app called Intersect. He loves working at companies with great cultures and people and is eager to jump into new and challenging technical problems.
Portfolio
Experience
Availability
Preferred Environment
Android, React Native, Android Studio, Node.js
The most amazing...
...thing I've built were multiple A/B tests at Twitter that impacted millions of people.
Work Experience
Android Engineer
Giphy
- Created an application through multiple design iterations.
- Built initial creation tools that allowed users to create their GIFs.
- Showcased our entire sticker collection by building a sticker app from the ground up.
- Developed a custom user navigation system that allowed us to create an intuitive user experience through the app.
- Built a smart rendition picking algorithm that chooses the perfect GIF quality based on phone size and network speed.
Lead Android Engineer
Tapslash
- Developed an Android keyboard that integrated multiple search services like GIF search and Google search.
- Created a React Native app that allowed users to configure the list of services used.
- Headed a team of six front-end and back-end engineers to create the product.
- Built multiple UI tests to make sure we ship a bug-free product.
Software Engineer Intern
- Worked on multiple A/B tests for both Android and iOS.
- Developed a phone number signup and login on Android.
- Tracked and monitored the impact of each feature on the company's key metrics.
- Interacted with multiple departments from design to analytics to build the best product.
- Built UI and end-to-end testing to have high test coverage for our codebase.
Experience
GIPHY's Mobile App
Tapslash Keyboard
Skillset
Languages
Java, Kotlin, JavaScript, C++, Swift, Python
Frameworks
Android SDK, React Native
Tools
Android Studio
Platforms
Android, iOS
Other
Software Engineering, Algorithms, Android Development, Web Development
Libraries/APIs
Node.js, React
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
University of Bucharest - Bucharest, Romania
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