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BBM for Android

Lead feature and product development within a larger team frameworkParticipating in all parts of the lifecycle from research to releaseWork in an Agile environmentMentor other engineers and review code and designs in a senior roleRepresenting Macadamian and working directly with Macadamian's client on-siteCurrently serving as an Android Team Lead

Vuclip is a mobile streaming leader for emerging markets with 25 million views daily; successfully exited company after Jigsee acquisitionLead technical efforts to build Vuclip's white label Android app targeting emerging markets, content management and transcoding servicesProvided continued maintenance and development of bug fixes and patch sets for existing solutionsHelped integrate Jigsee cloud technologies into Vuclip's cloud infrastructureMoved on to a Senior Consultant Part Time role as I ramped off the team from June to August

Joined as the first employee and part of core team that went from from 3 employees to over 25, with the user-base going from 0 to to hundreds of thousands, streaming over 100TB of video monthly leading up to acquisition by VuclipManaging a distributed development team, following agile scrum methodologiesDesigning and leading development efforts for a fast, scalable, high-quality video encoding RESTful serviceDesign and work on Jigsee’s video and digital media management solutions, reporting and analytics system, and transcoding engineWorking in a fast paced environment, and work within strict timescalesWorking with highly scalable non-relational databases like mongodb, Amazon SimpleDBFrontend/Web development using J2EE (JSP, Servlets), JavaScript, JSON, jQuery, HTML, CSSLeading Android development efforts for video streaming app optimized for low bandwidth networksConfigure and manage Amazon Web Services including EBS, Elastic Load Balancing, S3, DynamoDB, SimpleDB, etc.Experience in video streaming technology and various codecs (h264, h263, amr, aac) and familiarity with tools like ffmpeg, mp4box, handbrakeInterviewed candidates and handled all technical phone screensDirected software design and development while remaining focused on client needsWorked closely with other team members to plan, design and develop robust solutions in a timely manner

Managed Amazon EC2 + S3 large scale server deployment with load balancingDesigned and implemented new server standards for core business servicesDeveloped data architecture design to enable analysts to perform targeted customer analysisRecommended architectural improvements, design solutions and integration solutionsRapid prototyping mobile apps for Blackberry and AndroidWorked closely with other team members to plan, design and develop robust solutions in a timely mannerResearched, designed and implemented scalable applications for information identification, extraction, analysis, retrieval and indexing

Designed and implemented Vayyoo’s Blackberry, iPhone, and Android librariesDeveloped and maintain various RESTful Services and API using netty and J2EESupervised and mentored development team members; support them in overcoming technical challenges

Helped design and define .NET wrappers for the Pleora SDKDesigned and implemented C#, managed and unmanaged C++, and C samplesPrimary contact during the Customer BETA testing of upcoming software releasesTaught C++ and other programming concepts to other team membersProvided pre-sales and post-sales technical engineering for variousSolved customer technical issues both individually and in-concert with other members of the Applications group and developers. Questions range from hardware to software integration and debugging; i.e. debugging client projects to detect design flawsArchitectured and deployed the company's first use of CRM software (salesforce.com), and worked with the Applications group to integrate the salesfore.com Self Service portal into the company websiteHelped build the knowledge base for all customers, accessible through the self-service and support portalSet processes for drafting and publishing KB articles, validating sample applications, and managing users of Pleora’s self-service portal

Developed macros and applications for clients and customers alikePerformed software testing for Cognos 8 series products; focus was on Cognos Framework ManagerAdditional duties included regular sanity checks, unit, module and systems level testing, installation testing and test case development and maintenance

Provided enterprise-level support for the following applications: Cognos Impromptu, Cognos Impromptu Web Reports, Cognos Configuration Manager