Mesum Ali Syed Email & Phone Number

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

At Cafu, I took on therole of Software Engineer for Android within a hybrid work setting.

Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates

As a Senior Android Developer contributing to the innovative Tamm app developedby the Abu Dhabi Digital Authority,I have been instrumental in designing anddeveloping the Tamm 2.0 application—a unified system that helps users find servicesand information provided by the Abu Dhabi Digital Authority. Leveraging my technicalexpertise and knowledge of the latest Android technologies, I have created a user-friendly interface and implemented various features to enhance functionality and userexperience. Furthermore, I took the initiative to refactor legacy code, transitioning it tothe modern Jetpack Compose framework. By refactoring the codebase, I optimizedthe application's performance, improved code maintainability, and made it moreadaptable to future enhancements. Additionally, I have developed and integrated aParking module that allows users to conveniently pay for Mawaqif parking within theapplication.

Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates

As a Senior Android Developer contributing to the innovative Tamm app developedby the Abu Dhabi Digital Authority,I have been instrumental in designing anddeveloping the Tamm application—a unified system that helps users find servicesand information provided by the Abu Dhabi Digital Authority. Leveraging my technicalexpertise and knowledge of the latest Android technologies, I have created a user-friendly interface and implemented various features to enhance functionality and userexperience. Furthermore, I took the initiative to refactor legacy code, transitioning it tothe modern Jetpack Compose framework. By refactoring the codebase, I optimizedthe application's performance, improved code maintainability, and made it moreadaptable to future enhancements. Additionally, I have developed and integrated aParking module that allows users to conveniently pay for Mawaqif parking within theapplication.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Developed and worked on social media application. Implemented complete UI overhaul.• Refactored and optimized legacy code to improve performance and scalability, resulting in reduced technical debt and improved maintainability.• Collaborated with cross-functional teams, including designers and product managers, to ensure the app's features and UI design met business and user requirements.• Utilized Android Jetpack components such as LiveData, ViewModel, and Room to manage app data and state, resulting in improved app performance and easier code maintenance.• Created custom views and components to implement complex UI designs and animations, resulting in a more polished and engaging user interface.• Implemented modularization to break down the app into smaller, more manageable modules, resulting in improved build times and reduced complexity.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

-Developed Face Recognition app from scratch to detect users faces and push data to the api, application used Kotlin coroutines, with hilt dependency injection.-Redesigned existing ANPR application and upgraded with jetpack Compose -Created customized background service to track live events in background

Bussiness Bay, Dubai Uae

· Implemented large scale refactoring, From (MVC) Model View Presenter architecture to (MVVM) Model View View Model implementation with a high focus on modularity and easy to extend application.· Implementing complete UI Overhauled by integrated modern Google material UI design.· Employed third-party APIs to facilitate seamless access to external, in-app cloud data.· Wrote clear, concise code in Kotlin and Java· Managed aspects of Android app lifecycle from research and planning through deployment and post- launch support.· Linked front end with back end with creating new Api request using retrofit library· Integrated multiple new api required for the new feature through working closely with the backend developer· Implemented local Room Database to locally cache information· Used RESTful API design to create and document client-server protocol and implemented client-side of documented protocol.· Implemented firebase messaging and integrating with application provide user with push notifications· Introduced pagination to load large amount of network data quicker in increase applications response time· Restructured code to follow Model ViewView Model architecture· Used Kotlin coroutines to handle long running network tasks, to avoid operations on main UI thread· Implemented back ground task manager, using latest work-manager technology to schedule task even when the app is not active· Maintaining play-store listing and pushed updates to Play store,· Experienced working between numerous devices and versions of Android.· Incorporated offline storage, performance tuning and threading into apps for seamless use.· Maintained comprehensive knowledge of mobile development cycle and addressed challenges arising in each phase.· Tested applications prior to final review to verify issue resolution.· Employed JUnit framework to perform unit tests.· Successfully integrated push notifications into apps, bolstering user engagement.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Worked on with more than hundred of android application and pushed many of them to play Store• Two known well application published on play store by me are Reminder's App and Weather applicationHandled the complete application lifecycle from designing wireframes to putting it into productionUsed RESTful API design to create and document client-server protocol and implemented client-side of documented protocol.Designed user interfaces that engaged multiple senses and produced immersive experiences.Incorporated offline storage, performance tuning and threading into apps for seamless use.Managed aspects of Android app lifecycle from research and planning through deployment and post-launch support.Successfully integrated push notifications into apps, bolstering user engagement• Used specific code versioning tools to manage and implement changes to programs.• Tested applications prior to final review to verify issue resolution.• Created custom mobile applications using native technologies.Consistently used Android SDK to produce highly effective and nuanced content.Maintained comprehensive knowledge of mobile development cycle and addressedchallenges arising in each phase.Devised techniques for better modularity, testability and maintainability of front-endapplications.Used third-party libraries, custom libraries and APIs to develop new applications.• Employed third-party APIs to facilitate seamless access to external, in-app cloud data• Employed JUnit framework to perform unit tests.Analyzed applications to identify and document weaknesses and errorsExperienced working between numerous devices and versions of AndroidConducted scheduled system upgrades to maximize performance.Devised documentation for each app, detailing operation aspects, functions,capabilities and features.Developed testable frameworks, promoted test-driven development and participated incode reviews by checking adherence to coding standards.

Bachelor'S Of Science(Hons), Information Technology, First Class Honours / Distinction Cgpa 4.0/4.0

High School Diploma, International Foundation Programe, Information Technology

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