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Gabor Biro, Software Developer in London, United Kingdom
Gabor Biro

Software Developer in London, United Kingdom

Member since August 4, 2021
Gabor is an Android developer with over ten years of experience in the tech industry, four in fast-paced startups such as Facebook, Hailo, and Deliveroo. He can build prototype apps with a Firebase server allowing you to validate your ideas fast; give advice and suggestions on what is technically feasible in an app, then build a production-ready MVP. Gabor can then further support the app, iterate on it, and keep track of crashes and issues to help your business lift-off and grow.
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Portfolio

  • Ontraport
    Android, Kotlin, Agile, Clubhouse, Zeplin, APIs, REST, Retrofit 2, KOIN...
  • Tempcon Instrumentation Ltd
    Android, Kotlin, SQLite, Bluetooth LE, Android Studio, Slack, Tortoise Git...
  • Vemely
    Android, Kotlin, Firebase, SQLite, Dagger 2, Video Processing, FFmpeg...

Experience

Location

London, United Kingdom

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

Windows 10, Android Studio, Slack, IntelliJ IDEA, Visual Studio Code, Notepad++, Notion, Tortoise Git, SourceTree, Google Chrome

The most amazing...

...thing I've done is to release a bug fix that affected billions of users.

Employment

  • Freelance Android Tech Lead

    2020 - 2021
    Ontraport
    • Built the app that allows users to view and manage their contacts, deals, tasks, notes, fully custom objects as well as manage relationships between them, like assign tasks to contacts, and manage deals associated with companies.
    • Designed, implemented, and maintained the architecture, set the direction for the rest of the team and supported the project post-release. Worked as part of a team of around three people.
    • Worked with a massively complex API that was not intended to be used by mobile clients, but we pulled it off and created something that worked reliably and smoothly, and the client was happy. Visit https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ontraport.android to see the app.
    Technologies: Android, Kotlin, Agile, Clubhouse, Zeplin, APIs, REST, Retrofit 2, KOIN, Model View Viewmodel (MVVM), Android Jetpack, Coroutines, RoomDB, Firebase, Coil, Zendesk API, Android Studio, Slack, Tortoise Git

  • Freelance Android Developer

    2019 - 2020
    Tempcon Instrumentation Ltd
    • Designed the app, its architecture and implemented it. It was connected to an industrial hand-held thermometer via BLE Bluetooth and I implemented the BLE client.
    • Worked on the app that allowed the user to record temperature measurements for things like cooked food or water in a treatment facility as well as sending email reports.
    • Created the app that ended up being quite complex, with pre-set measurement profiles.
    Technologies: Android, Kotlin, SQLite, Bluetooth LE, Android Studio, Slack, Tortoise Git, Dagger 2

  • Freelance Android Developer

    2019 - 2020
    Vemely
    • Worked on the Vemely, a social media content creator app, initially built for iOS where users can upload videos and the app embeds subtitles into them.
    • Built the Android app and release it to Play Store. Check out https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.luminixmarketing.vemely to see the app.
    • Implemented video editing with FFmpeg, so users can have multiple ongoing projects, view their status, edit them and publish them to various social media platforms such as Instagram, YouTube, and Twitter directly from the app.
    Technologies: Android, Kotlin, Firebase, SQLite, Dagger 2, Video Processing, FFmpeg, Android Studio, Slack, Tortoise Git, SourceTree

  • Android Developer

    2017 - 2019
    Deliveroo
    • Acted as an Android developer and was responsible for the app used by Deliveroo riders to navigate their way from the restaurant to the consumer as well as tracking their payments and scheduling their work.
    • Served as a part of the Rider Care team and was responsible for developing tools for riders.
    • Worked on:. • the ability to book their work ahead of time, in order to ensure fair and predictable access to work slots. • the ability to book time off, which gave riders peace of mind about their status on the platform. Visit https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.deliveroo.driverapp to see the app.
    Technologies: Android, Dagger 2, Retrofit 2, Google Maps, Agile, Kotlin, RxJava 2, SQLite, Android Studio, Slack, Tortoise Git

  • Freelance Android Developer

    2018 - 2018
    AddyCar
    • Built an Android app that allowed users to earn money by serving adverts on their cars.
    • Worked on the app allowed users to register their car, receive campaigns and apply to them.
    • Implemented tracking GPS location feature while driving in order to ensure fair compensation. Visit https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.addycar.driverapp to see the app.
    Technologies: Google Maps, Android, RxJava 2, MongoDB, SQLite, Dagger 2, Retrofit 2, Kotlin, Mobile GPS, Location Tracking, Android Studio, Slack, Tortoise Git

  • Senior Android Developer

    2016 - 2016
    Hailo
    • Was responsible for the application used by customers to hail a taxi.
    • Increased the number of user signups by implementing signup with PayPal. I also helped reduce the number of trip cancellations by participating in the respective R&D and experimentation and implementing the winning UI features.
    • Helped to migrate passengers to a new app (MyTaxi) after a company merger.
    Technologies: Android, Git, Jira, Jenkins, Android Studio, Tortoise Git, Retrofit 2

  • Software Engineer

    2015 - 2016
    Facebook
    • Increased user interactions and revenue on the Snaptu platform, which is the back end for the Facebook mobile app on feature-phones in emerging countries.
    • Shipped several UI/UX improvements for a multi-cultural, performance- and bandwidth-constrained environment of millions of users all across the planet.
    • Worked on the Facebook Android application which is the world’s largest Android codebase.
    • Worked at Facebook and had the opportunity to familiarize myself with the “Silicon Valley work style” which is a very passionate, independent (bottom-up) way to work while also being very product-oriented and highly international.
    Technologies: Android, Java, GraphQL, Android Studio

  • Senior Android Developer

    2013 - 2015
    Endava
    • Served as a part of a large international team, developed, and supported Android applications in Scrum environment.
    • Worked on the Telekom Mail app – official email client for Deutsche Telekom, the biggest telecommunication company in Germany.
    • Got recognition and I was offered a Germany-based job by a Telekom manager at the end of a project. I didn't take it because it was around that time I got my offer from Facebook and decided to move to the UK instead. Visit see the app. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.telekom.mail to.
    Technologies: Java, Scrum, Agile, Android, Android Studio, Jira

  • Android Developer

    2010 - 2013
    Softvision
    • Acted as a part of a team and was responsible for numerous projects over the years.
    • Worked on the Mr. Number app, the most popular call blocker apps. Visit https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mrnumber.blocker for details.
    • Collaborated on the Fan TV app - an Android app for TV that allowed users to enjoy movies, music and audiobooks, back when Android TV was a thing.
    Technologies: Android, Java, Agile, Android Studio, Jira

  • Android and BlackBerry Developer

    2008 - 2010
    AROBS Software
    • Developed and supported Android applications in a Scrum environment.
    • Built the OncoEMR app – Android client for the OncoEMR oncology-specific electronic medical records system.
    • Created the Hotelzon app – Android and Blackberry client for one of Europe’s biggest hotel booking platforms. Visit https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hotelzon to see the app.
    Technologies: Java, Scrum, Android, Android Studio, Agile

Experience

  • Bluetooth Companion App for Digital Thermometer

    Tempcon Instrumentation Ltd. is a UK-based company that manufactures environmental sensors.

    One of their products was a handheld industrial digital thermometer and they asked me to build a companion app for it. The app connected to the thermometer via BLE Bluetooth, where I implemented the BLE client, allowing users to record temperature measurements for things like cooked food or water in a treatment facility and sent email reports.

    The app ended up being quite complex, with pre-defined measurement profiles, and multiple parallel ongoing measurement “projects” being supported.

  • Social Media Content Creator App
    https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.luminixmarketing.vemely

    Vemely is a social media content creator app, initially built for iOS. The user uploads videos and the app embeds subtitles into them, yet subtitles are transcribed in the back end, not by the app.

    My responsibility was to build the Android app and release it to Play Store. Also, I worked on my own.

    I implemented the video editing with FFmpeg. The user can have multiple ongoing projects, view their status, edit them and publish them to various social media platforms such as Instagram, YouTube, and Twitter, directly from the app.

    Check out to see the app
    https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.luminixmarketing.vemely .

  • Customer Relationship Management App
    https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ontraport.android

    The app we built allows users to view and manage their contacts, deals, tasks, notes, fully custom objects as well as manage relationships between them, like assign tasks to contacts, and manage deals associated with companies.

    My responsibilities were to design, implement and maintain the architecture, set the direction for the rest of the team and support the project post-release. I worked as part of a team of 2-3.

    We had to work with a massively complex API that was not intended to be used by mobile clients, but we pulled it off and created something that worked reliably and smoothly, and the client was happy.

    Visit https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ontraport.android to see the app.

Skills

  • Languages

    Java, Kotlin, GraphQL, Java SE 7

  • Tools

    Android Studio, Tortoise Git, IntelliJ IDEA, SourceTree, Git, Slack, Notion, Jira, Jenkins, Clubhouse, Zeplin, Android Jetpack, GitHub

  • Paradigms

    Object-oriented Programming (OOP), Agile, REST, Model View Viewmodel (MVVM), Logic Programming, Parallel Programming, Agile Project Management, Scrum

  • Platforms

    Android, Firebase, Visual Studio Code, Google Chrome, Bluetooth LE

  • Other

    Software Engineering, Data Structures, Algorithms, APIs, Windows 10, Digital Systems, Translation, Software Design, Relational Database Design, Video Processing, Coroutines, Coil, Mobile GPS, Location Tracking, GPS, Languages

  • Frameworks

    Dagger 2, KOIN

  • Libraries/APIs

    Retrofit 2, Google Maps, RxJava 2, FFmpeg, Zendesk API

  • Storage

    Databases, SQLite, MongoDB, RoomDB

Education

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science and Engineering
    2006 - 2009
    Technical University of Cluj Napoca - Cluj Napoca, Romania

Certifications

  • Oracle Certified Java Associate
    SEPTEMBER 2012 - PRESENT
    Oracle

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