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Daniel Popovici

Senior Android Engineer

Senior Android Developer specialized in Kotlin. Skilled in leading teams, driving app performance improvements, and delivering scalable mobile solutions for high-traffic applications. Known for adapting quickly to new technologies and maintaining high-quality code.

EDUCATION

2020

MBA Fast track Management

Bucharest International School of Management

2013-2016

Bachelor’s Degree – Computer Science

A. I. Cuza Univesity, Iasi

EXPERTISE

RxJava, Coroutine
Kotlin, Java, Android
Kotlin DSL, Kotlin Flows
Jetpack Compose
Dagger, Hilt
MVVM, RIB Architecture
Data binding
Clean Code

WORK EXPERIENCE

2023 – Present

Senior Android Engineer at Softbinator Technologies

Family Safety and Social Networking App – client from U.S. (San Francisco)

  • Part of a team working on experiments with feature flags and A/B testing enabled.
  • Main engineer on three major projects:
  • Paid subscription auto-renewal cancellation project:
  • State detection
  • UI components across the app
  • Different actions based on A/B testing
  • Place creation suggestions:
  • Created data layer in SDK for remote/local capabilities
  • Abstracted business logic for scalability and testability
  • User rendering:
  • Refactored app’s core feature to render users from all client groups simultaneously on the map
  • Updated MQTT protocol for live location retrieval
  • Used silent push notifications to trigger location updates
  • Conducted unit testing on all projects.
  • Tech Stack: Kotlin, RxJaba, RIB architecture, multiple Android modules, migration to MVVM Dagger, Hilt, Kotlin coroutines, Room, Data Store, Jetpack Compose

2015 -2023

Senior Android Engineer at eMAG

  • Release manager for all countries (4+ million active monthly users) and Leading the Android Team
  • provide technical direction for the project
  • provide support for team members, feedback sessions
  • train new hires and interns, conduct interviews
  • analyse potential new projects impact on the mobile team, provide estimations and input on the final design and implementation, as well as feedback for the backend communication details
  • make sure the app is stable from a performance point of view and come up with solutions to issues that arise in this area
  • implement various setup project tasks (for example: Jenkins setup, GIT, Firebase remote config, Firebase App Distribution, etc)
  • Tech Stack: Kotlin, Java, Coroutines, RX Java, Live Data, Kotlin Flows, Kotlin DSL, view binding, Retrofit for network layer, navigation components, Firebase (app distribution, remote config, firestore, performance tracing), Koin for D

2022

Senior Android Engineer at Banking app MVP

  • integration with third-party verification and account validation services on the client side
  • various updates, improvements, and fixes on most flows of the MVP: onboarding, know your customer, dashboard, topup, and transfers.
  • Tech Stack: Kotlin, Coroutines, Live Data, Kotlin Flows, Kotlin DSL, view binding and data binding, Jetpack Compose, Retrofit for network layer, Firebase ML Kit, Hilt for D

2013-2017

Android Engineer on Various Projects

  • Multimedia application, office management app