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Lisbon, Portugal

I worked on the next generation Infotainment system for BMW and MINI cars, built in Android.Initially, I became a part of the Media team, which had the responsibility of developing the Media App. Additionally, our team worked on crafting various media sources that users could access, including Tuner and USB. We also handled third-party integrations with platforms like Spotify and Deezer.Key Achievements:- Media Core Service, that would listen to the active source.- Stub Source, that would be used to mock a real source for manual and instrumented tests.- A side project called 'Ambient Background Light' that not only won an internal prize but also led to the creation of a new team at BMW.- Several contributions in terms of development and product solutionsAfter working for two years on the Media team, I accepted a new challenge from the company to start a new team that would work with Location Based Services. I would become the Scrum Knight (Scrum Master + Developer) of this team and manage up to 5 different products.Key Achievements:- Ramping up the team, helping several team members integrate the project- Communicate with several stakeholders, making sure that all the requirements are fulfilled- Be a servant leader to a Scrum Team- Manage an internal lib that is used by different apps.Main technologies and tools:- Mobile (Android): Kotlin, Dagger2, Hilt, Retrofit, Koin, Glide, Room, WorkManager, MVVM, Clean Architecture, Android Automotive

Lisbon Area, Portugal

Ongagement is a SaaS focused on Gamification Intelligence aiming to engage audiences with challenges. Key Achievements:• Worked improving a Gamification Intelligence platform, including a Dashboard where it's possible to manage numerous types of contents, a flexible client-facing Web Application and a REST API that allows both to get and insert data in our databases. Implemented numerous new features including campaign in-depth statistics, campaign personalizations, and external data importation through CSV or 3rd party APIs• Built from scratch a widely configurable Android system providing a much faster and flexible app creation. This project allows deploying multiple apps based around the same project for each of our clients. It was accomplished by using the Product Flavour feature, allowing us to change resources (images, strings etc.) and configurations (selecting which views appear) for the needs of our clients.• Implemented a Chatbot Framework based on the Botman Framework where it's possible to easily develop a chatbot for any of the most known platforms (Facebook Messenger, Slack, Telegram etc.).• Developed a Messenger Chatbot extension for our REST API where it's possible to fastly develop endpoints that are called by any Chatbot provider like ChatFuel or ManyChat to provide an engaging experience to users. • Implemented integrations with Zapier (using default webhook templates) and custom integrations that can be mapped according to the client requirements.• Built several chatbots and web applications for reputed brands using our internal frameworks mentioned above. Main technologies and tools:• Back-end: PHP7, NodeJS, MySQL• Front-end: PHP7, HTML5, Javascript, jQuery, VueJS, CSS3• Mobile (Android): Java, Kotlin

Lisbon, Portugal

Catxy was the first Augmented Reality Social Network ever been built. A spin-off from the digital agency Ongagement, referenced as one of the "200 Most Promising Projects" in "Web Summit PITCH 2016". Key Achievements:• Sending notifications based on real-time location. The user is notified by our API when he is near a friend.• Implemented various screens in the Android application.Main technologies and tools:• Back-end: PHP7 REST, Couchbase• Mobile (Android): Java, HTML, Javascript (Wikitude Framework)