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Name Raul Podar
Label Android Engineer
Email raulpodar0@gmail.com
Phone 00447493551657
Url Portfolio URL
Summary Experienced Android Engineer with over 5 years in the software industry. I am passionate about mentoring, which not only allows me to share knowledge but also deepens my understanding. I excel in taking a systemic approach to problem-solving, driving projects forward with scalable and efficient solutions.

Work

  • 2024.02 - Present
    Android Engineer
    Sky
    Entrusted by management to lead and maintain a critical legacy project generating £30 million per quarter. Acted as the Tech Lead, ensuring the project's continued success and stability.
    • Owned the release process and incorporated long-overdue automations that saved up to 3 hours for each merge into our config repository.
    • Mentored three junior members by proactively reviewing their code and guiding them through the project, helping them earn confidence and greater ownership.
    • Finalized a migration to Mediatailor resulting in approximately £1 million saved annually on fees and enabling live personalized ads for users.
    • Managed the tech-debt backlog and led tech sessions to share knowledge within the team.
    • Ensured a smooth transition to ExoPlayer after a complex and time-consuming team effort.
  • 2022.09 - 2023.12
    Android and iOS Engineer
    NiloHealth
    Worked closely with the Product team to better define the requirements of the Mobile Apps.
    • Responsible for releases to AppStore and PlayStore, ensuring no critical bugs are released.
    • Created an automation script that reduced person-hours by 2 hours for every release (Python).
    • Developed novel features for Android (Compose and Coroutines) and iOS (Swift UI) that increased content activation by 25% and doubled the number of registrations to roundtable events.
    • Restructured the data layer of mobile apps using newly introduced design patterns (e.g., Repository).
    • Contributed to architectural adjustments within the UI layer, resulting in loosely coupled code and reducing critical bugs (UI freezes) by 40%.
    • Responsible for research, ticket definitions, and development of various features, such as local notifications for both mobile platforms.
  • 2021.09 - 2022.09
    Android Mobile Developer
    Sky
    Led the development of a GraphQL middleware for an R&D project to investigate optimizations of API calls.
    • Voted by peers as the winner of the Mobile Academy after a training program.
    • Practiced Agile development within the Sky Go Android team, using TDD and maintaining a feature-based modular application following an MVVM architecture.
    • Led the UI development of a new Splash Screen in Compose.
    • Responsible for the development of the CI/CD pipeline in Jenkins as part of an educational project.
  • 2019.09 - 2021.04
    Laboratory Demonstrator
    Queen Mary University of London
    Assisted with the delivery of practical exercises for level 4 and 5 modules.
    • Managed groups of students by guiding them weekly based on a semester-long project (Software Engineering).
    • Helped with assessments of coursework and provided feedback to students.
    • Assisted in modules: Software Engineering, Algorithms and Data Structures, Procedural Programming, Computer Systems and Networks, Logic and Discrete Structures, Fundamentals of Web Technology.
  • 2019.08 - 2019.12
    Web Developer
    Phlashweb
    Captured reusable components of a Laravel (PHP) web application and optimized the code.
    • Created testing sandboxes and performed several server migrations.
    • Implemented parts of existing WordPress projects.
    • Responsible for fixing various visual bugs to improve website responsiveness.

Education

  • London, United Kingdom

    BSc
    Queen Mary University of London
    Computer Science
    • Big Data
    • Distributed Systems
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Bayesian Risk and Analysis
    • Software Engineering

Awards

Languages

English
Fluent
Italian
Native
Romanian
Native