Software Engineer
2017 - 2020Facebook- Worked on Android AOSP development.
- Defined the Oculus VR VoIP stack on Android.
- Implemented HLS streaming on Android devices.
- Developed the React Native app for Oculus VR.
- Built the Facebook Android app with React Native.
- Created a React Native app for Oculus Quest.
- Developed a React app for Casting.
- Constructed a Node.js back end for Oculus Casting.
Technologies: Android, C++, Ruby on Rails (RoR), Node.js, React NativeSoftware Engineer II
2012 - 2017Microsoft- Implemented the front end for bug reporting and user feedback and hooked it with the back-end service.
- Implemented accessibility for a Skype Android client in major parts of the Skype Android client.
- Work on a ReactXP-based Skype client focusing on the chat experience, message syncing, and integration with back-end chat services.
- Implemented a forward media message feature in ReactXP (React Native) Skype client (aka Skype for Life) and integrated with back-end service.
- Implemented a user presence feature (a user has seen timestamp) for a new ReactXP (React-Native) Skype client (aka Skype for Life).
- Designed and implemented a share intent feature on Android Skype for Life client.
- Developed unit and UI testing for Android apps and handled the integration with the CI system.
- Designed and implemented custom widgets and UI elements for a remote desktop client app on Android using Android SDK.
- Designed and implemented a JNI C/C++ layer using Android NDK.
- Implemented an in-app storage SQLite database and cache-store.
- Designed and implemented the front end of an RDP client app using the MVP principal.
- Designed and implemented telemetry for A/B testing and improving quality.
- Designed and implemented an Azure remote app client.
- Designed and implemented beta/alpha packaging for an Android to beta test app.
- Wrote a cross-platform connection module in C++ for host machine discovery. This reduced connection failures on Rdp apps by 10%.
- Set up and maintained the build infrastructure and ship pipeline for the RDP-client Android app.
- Designed and implemented a solution of crash collection for the Android app (both C++/Java).
- Designed and implemented a HockeyApp integration with the RDP app.
Technologies: Automation, Android NDK, Android SDK
Hakeem Abbas
Software Developer in Santa Clara, CA, United States
Member since July 8, 2017
Hakeem is a Silicon Valley-based full-stack software engineer with a decade of engineering and programming experience. He excels at working with corporations, having developed products for Facebook and Microsoft. All in all, Hakeem is a full-stack developer with expertise in React, React Native, Node.js, Ruby on Rails, and Android Native.
Hakeem is now available for hire
Experience
- Java 7 years
- React Native 6 years
- JavaScript 6 years
- React 5 years
- Node.js 5 years
- Ruby 3 years
Availability
Part-time
Preferred Environment
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Heroku, AWS, Bitbucket, Atom, Docker, Git
The most amazing...
...project I've shipped was the casting feature for the Oculus family of devices.
Employment
Experience
- New York Mammals Survey
I implemented a React front end and Node.js back end with the following features:
• Sign in/sign up
• Add records about mammals after signing up
• Multiple user roles e.g., user and administrator
• Data visualization on maps with filters
• Leaderboard for data uploads
• Bulk data uploads using CSV input and images hosted on Google Drive.
• Line and bar graphs for displaying data and comparisons
Technologies: React (web front end), React Native (mobile app front end), Node.js (back end), Prisma (ORM layer), GraphQL (querying data), React JS Hooks (local cache management) - Yelp Apphttps://github.com/hakeemsyd/Yelp
A simple Yelp client with a neat and perfect user interface with a constraints layout. It lets you search and the app makes use of maps and is location aware.
Head down to the link to see a video demo in the README.md file on GitHub. - Flickr Search Client on Androidhttps://github.com/hakeemsyd/flickr
This is an Android app that lets you search on Flickr and view the results.
- DoorDash Android Clienthttps://github.com/hakeemsyd/doordash
This is an Android app that talks to DoorDash (a food delivery service) public interfaces to fetch a list of restaurants. I implemented a simple cart feature and the login/logout.
- Chat Serverhttps://github.com/hakeemsyd/chatserver
This is a Node.js-based chat server that allows messaging in a chatroom.
- Chat Clienthttps://github.com/hakeemsyd/chatclient-angular
This is a chat client written in Angular to interact with a Node.js-based chat server.
- Twitter App for iOShttps://github.com/hakeemsyd/twitter
This is a Twitter client with the following features:
1. Login with OAuth 1.0.
2. View the timeline of the user.
3. View home and the timeline.
4. View the user's profile.
5. A hamburger menu with pan gestures.
It has a neat UI with a constraints layout. - Flicks | Search Movieshttps://github.com/hakeemsyd/Flicks
An infinite list of movies that's searchable and where you can view the details of the movie you select.
Skills
Languages
Java, C++, JavaScript, GraphQL, RubyFrameworks
Android SDK, React Native, Redux, Ruby on Rails 5, Ruby on Rails (RoR)Libraries/APIs
Node.js, React, React Native for WebTools
Android NDK, Android Studio, Prisma, Git, Atom, BitbucketPlatforms
Android, Docker, Heroku, Amazon Web Services (AWS)Paradigms
AutomationOther
AWS
Education
- Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science2008 - 2012National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Lahore - Lahore, India
