Rafael K.

Senior Android / iOS / KMM Developer

Dortmund, Germany

Experience

Feb 2021 - Apr 2025
4 years 3 months

Senior Android Developer / Team Lead

IBM Germany

  • Further development and release support of a white-label ePA component for health insurance companies

  • Technologies: Android (Kotlin), Kotlin Multiplatform, Coroutines, Jetpack Compose, MVVM, StateFlow, Gradle, ProGuard

Jul 2020 - Dec 2020
6 months

Android Developer

ZGS Bildungs-GmbH (Deutsche Schülerhilfe)

  • Design, architecture, development and deployment of the new online tutoring app for Deutsche Schülerhilfe

  • Technologies: Android (Kotlin), AndroidX, Android Jetpack, MVVM, LiveData, Room (SQLite), Retrofit, Gson, Firebase, Push Notifications, ZenDesk, Gradle, ProGuard

Apr 2020 - Present
5 years 7 months

Full-Stack Developer

Self-employed

  • Full-Stack development of the research platform for stock investors "Trader Radar"

  • Technologies: Android (Kotlin), AndroidX, Android Jetpack, MVVM, LiveData, Room (SQLite), Retrofit, Gson, Firebase (Cloud Messaging, Crashlytics, Remote Config), In-App-Purchase, Admob, Gradle, ProGuard, PHP, MySQL, HTML, CSS, JavaScript

Jan 2019 - Mar 2020
1 year 3 months

Lead Developer

Deutsche Bank

  • Lead development of a prototype and the subsequent design, delivery, and continuous development of a mobile payment app

  • Accompanying security audits and hardening

  • Technologies: Android (Kotlin), AndroidX, Android Jetpack, Room (SQLite+SQLCipher), Retrofit, Gson, Bluetooth, NFC, native communication with card terminals, encryption of databases and communication, Gradle, ProGuard, JUnit, Robolectric, Mockito, MockK

Jan 2019 - Dec 2019
1 year

Lead Developer

German construction machinery provider

  • Lead development of a trade fair companion app for a leading German supplier of construction machinery

  • Technologies: Android (Java/Kotlin), AndroidX, Android Jetpack, Swagger CodeGen, encryption of databases and communication, Gradle, ProGuard, JUnit, Robolectric, Mockito, MockK

Jan 2017 - Present
8 years 10 months

Full-Stack Developer

Self-employed

  • Developed the math games app "Crystal Math"

  • Technologies: Android (Java), Google standard frameworks, SQLite, Retrofit, Firebase (Cloud Messaging, Realtime Database, Remote Config, Crashlytics), Facebook SDK, Gradle, ProGuard, PHP, MySQL

Jan 2017 - Dec 2019
3 years

Lead Developer

Leading German logistics company

  • Designed, delivered, and continuously improved a comprehensive mobile app

  • Performed security audits and hardening

  • Technologies: Android (Java), Google standard frameworks, Dagger2, SQLite, Retrofit, Swagger CodeGen, database and communication encryption, Gradle, ProGuard

Jan 2017 - Dec 2017
1 year

Android Developer

Leading German automotive supplier

  • Developed a companion app for light eMobility vehicles

  • Technologies: Android (Java), Bluetooth LE, database and communication encryption

Jan 2015 - Dec 2016
2 years

Android Developer

Swiss bank

  • Developed a mobile banking app in close collaboration with the client's team

  • Technologies: Android (Java), Android-JavaScript bridge, communication encryption

Summary

With 25 years of coding experience and 15 years in Android as a freelance full-stack developer, I support you with guidance and hands-on help to professionally implement your app ideas. Thanks to years of hands-on Kotlin Multiplatform practice, hybrid apps for Android and iOS are my specialty. The double effort to support both platforms is history thanks to this state-of-the-art technology.

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced
Polish
Advanced
Spanish
Elementary

Education

Oct 2004 - Jun 2010

Technical University of Dortmund

Diploma · Computer Science · Dortmund, Germany

Oct 1992 - Jun 2001

Helmholtz Gymnasium Dortmund

High School Diploma · Dortmund, Germany

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