Octa C.

Octa C.

Lead Android Engineer

Bucharest, Romania
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About Me

Octa is a Lead Android Engineer with 10+ years of experience developing Android applications on mobile, tablets, TV boxes, and other Android IoT devices. His focus is on researching methods to meet company needs and offer competitive technology advancement. Octa has worked for small startups and large companies (100K+ employees) both as a developer and in managerial, decision-making roles.

Work history

UpStack
UpStack
Lead Android Engineer
2014 - Present (10 years)
, Remote
  • Combined strong leadership and project management with well-developed technical skills and acumen as Team Leader who oversaw Android application for mobile devices

  • Successfully fulfilled roles and responsibilities of Technical Interview Manager

  • Responsible for apps architecture, test plans, and software development of various components.

Self-Employed
Self-Employed
Senior Software Engineer
2016 - Present (8 years)
, Remote
  • Lead Android engineer for one of the biggest Telekom companies in Europe for TV box launcher (had to work on the AOSP)

  • Lead Android engineer for one of the biggest banks in Europe (>1m active users)

  • Responsible for apps architecture, software development of various components. (code review, CI, etc)

Code Agile
Code Agile
Co-Founder & Android Architect
2013 - Present (11 years)
, Remote
  • Utilized organizational skills, planning and problem-solving as Solution Architect on Android applications for mobile phones

  • Coupled strong leadership with operational management acumen as General Manager who formed and managed teams, established and maintained clients relationships, and enhanced company culture

  • Researched methods for meeting the needs of a company as a business through technology.

Renovatio IT Solutions
Renovatio IT Solutions
Software Engineer
2013 - 2014 (1 year)
, Romania
  • Exhibited initiative, forward-thinking, planning and problem-solving as Project Leader on Android applications for mobile phones and tablets, QA, and bug fixing on Android mobile app

  • Oversaw the following projects: Applications for Android TV Box, Backend development Java EE, front end development using JSF. Backend development Spring MVC

  • Worked in scale agile teams, utilized the Scrum method as the default methodology used in development., and wrote API documentation.

Freelancer
Freelancer
Software Developer
2011 - 2014 (3 years)
, Remote
  • Utilized technical skills and acumen to complete the following tasks: Augmented Reality Mobile apps, and Android apps according to the latest design principles

  • Showed ingenuity, commitment and dedication to technology advancement through involvement in the Research and Development for Smart TV integrating mobile devices; author of R&D for Smart TV (ISBN: 978-3659475054)

  • Use highly evolved technical skills and acumen to conduct advanced website design and database maintenance for online RPG game

Portfolio

Senior Android Developer - VirtualShield
Senior Android Developer - VirtualShield

VirtualShield's industry-leading VPN will keep you private and secure when browsing the Internet. It offers you the highest level of privacy by utilizing military-grade encryption and strict no-log policies. You can connect to locations from all around the world using wireguard. As the sole developer on Android, my role was from app architecture and direction to developing everything there was to develop. Technologies used in the project: Android Framework, Firebase, Kotlin, Wireguard, Github Actions, Clean Architecture, Certificate Pinning, Android TV leanback, GraphQL.

Senior Android Developer/Project Manager - Unfold
Senior Android Developer/Project Manager - Unfold

Unfold is a story editor that offers 300+ award-winning Instagram story templates. Create beautiful collage layouts for Instagram Stories with our easy-to-use designs, fonts, and tools to take your content to the next level. Worked on the development of the Android application which builds awesome stories for Android devices. Focused mainly on the app architecture and direction, as well as developed new awesome features on the way. After the first year, I also took the PM role and helped the team to organize and adopt agile principles. Technologies used in the project: Android Framework, Firebase, Billing, Kotlin.

Senior Android Developer - Checkyeti
Senior Android Developer - Checkyeti

CheckYeti is the largest online platform to book activities in 1,000+ mountain and beach destinations across Europe - including skiing & snowboarding, rafting & canyoning, mountain biking, paragliding & ballooning, scuba diving & surfing, jet skiing, boat trips and many more. With 12,000+ offers in 16 countries, CheckYeti enables holidaymakers and outdoor enthusiasts to experience summer and winter activities with their ideal guide. I developed the entire application for both iOS and Android, advising the client regarding the technology stack. Coded the front-end UI and assisted the back-end team on web-services.

Android Team Lead - Txtprt
Android Team Lead - Txtprt

Txtprt is a live chat medium-scale application for people all around the world, with advanced chat functionalities where people can seek advice or even offer advice for multiple topics. I was Project lead for the android team, developing the application from scratch. I advised the client on the whole development process of the application, coding the UI, supporting the back-end team with documentation, and designing the RESTFUL web services.

Lead Android Developer - Zuum
Lead Android Developer - Zuum

Zuum is an app that allows fleet managers, owner-operators, ad drivers connect directly to shippers for delivery loads. The Zuum app handles all aspects of the delivery process so the driver can focus on safely and efficiently delivering their freight without worrying about check calls, billing and pricing. I developed the entire application, supported the back-end team with documentation of API services, coordinating the whole developer team. I use the following technologies: Kotlin, Groovy, RxJava, Dagger, Urbanairship, and Google Maps. Scrum Agile methodology was used to organize project efforts during the 6 months until final release.

Lead Android Developer - Monument
Lead Android Developer - Monument

The Monument app is a personal image cloud based solution that automatically transfers photos from your phone to Monument, syncing starts upon connecting to your home Wi-Fi network. A monument box terminal can be mounted by the client, managing tens of thousands of images at once on multiple processes. I developed the entire Android app, coding the front-end UI, and defininf the independent processes for the background heavy tasks.

Senior Android Developer - MangoPay
Senior Android Developer - MangoPay

MangoPay is an application that permits companies to make payments easy for their users by allowing them to pay in multiple currencies and with various payment methods. It can automate all payment flows and commissions with one single contract so companies can focus on the growth of their platform. I developed the full SDK, syntax usability included, and the android native library which acts as a wrapper over the backend, exposing you a clean way of using the API. The goal of the library is to make it accessible to create a card registration object based on credit card info.

Education

Education
Masters degree, Modern Technology in Software Engineering
Transilvania University from Brașov
2013 - 2015 (2 years)
Education
Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc), Applied Informatics
Transilvania University from Brașov
2010 - 2013 (3 years)