boldijar@macbook:~$ cat about_me.txt
Boldijar Paul
Senior Android engineer (12+ years), iOS too. Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, Swift, SwiftUI.
I build SDKs and apps that make clients happy — server-driven UI, monetization,
paywalls, subscriptions. Client focus and shipping fast matter.
## professional experience
2021 → now Reps (formerly BigSpring) — AI-powered platform for workforce performance through practice.
Role: Own Android & iOS apps; lead architecture, CI, paywalls, KMP. Ship features,
testing, releases. Took over Android, rebuilt from scratch; added iOS ownership.
Kotlin, Compose, MVI, ViewBinding, Epoxy, GraphQL, Firebase, CircleCI, Swift, SwiftUI.
2021 Hoopmeetrics — Basketball stat tracker and score-keeping app.
Role: End-to-end Android; validation logic, real-time court/actions, IAP &
paywalls (Stripe), Play Store, stats SDK. Shipped solo.
2020–2021 Goldman Sachs — Banking app for a major US bank.
Role: Android in large multi-module codebase. Code reviews, testing,
server-driven UI for monetization. MVI, Epoxy, Conductor, Dagger2, RxJava. Remote.
2019–2020 CoachUp — Private and group sport coaching app from scratch on Android.
Role: Full ownership: architecture, payments (Stripe), maps/places, S3,
Play Store release. Kotlin, MVVM, Koin, Room, Retrofit. iOS as reference.
2018–2019 THENX & Heria Pro — Two fitness apps from scratch.
Role: Build, ship, maintain both apps. Paywalls, subscriptions (Stripe),
server-driven UI for creator revenue. Play Store. Solo dev.
2018 Toptal — Freelance after rigorous screening.
Role: Remote work for diverse clients; SDKs, monetization, varied stacks.
2017 3 Screens Solutions — Android TV apps.
Role: Multi-module Android TV; led work with Google (Google I/O 2018 invite).
Leanback, Retrofit, monetization SDKs. Reliable releases.
2015–2017 Appsrise / P3 — Junior dev while at uni. Bundesliga app, READfy, PROtv.
Role: Java/Kotlin, MVC, Realm, GCM. Play Store releases, subscriptions.
Fast-paced, remote-friendly team.
2014–2015 3SStudio — First job (high school), hometown.
Role: Java Android apps; shipped to Play Store with basic in-app features.
Foundation for the rest.
## education
2015–2018 Bachelor in Computer Science — Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca
2018–2021 Master in Science, Technology and Innovation in Public Governance —
Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca
## tech stack
Android (10+ yrs) Kotlin, Java, GraphQL, REST, databinding, viewbinding, Epoxy,
Jetpack Compose, Firebase (analytics, datastore, remote config,
FCM), Segment, Kotlin Multiplatform, coroutines, Dagger, Koin,
unit tests, Retrofit/OkHttp, Room, MVC/MVVM/MVI, Stripe,
Google Maps, Facebook API, Camera API, deeplinking.
iOS (2+ yrs) Swift, SwiftUI, UIKit, Autolayout, GraphQL, REST, FCM,
deeplinking. Keen on hybrid (Flutter) too.
Other Jenkins, CircleCI, GitHub CI, Lokalise, Flagsmith, Flutter,
Python (backend for server-side monetization).
## technologies (related, used today)
Android Hilt, Koin, Coil, Glide, WorkManager, DataStore, Paging 3,
Navigation Component, Baseline Profiles, Macrobenchmark,
Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP), Compose Multiplatform, Ktor client,
version catalogs, Gradle KTS.
iOS SwiftUI, Swift Concurrency (async/await), Combine,
StoreKit 2, RevenueCat, Xcode Cloud, TestFlight.
Cross-platform Flutter, Kotlin Multiplatform, shared GraphQL/REST.
## things I brag about
· Built my own PDF reading library for iOS (pdfy) — dev-friendly SDK, server-driven
UI, seamless integration for monetized apps.
· THENX & Heria Pro from scratch — love the fitness industry, subscription paywalls
and features that helped clients grow revenue.
· @3SS: led Android TV work with the Google team, invited to Google I/O 2018.
· Worked across lots of domains; experience covers most kinds of apps, always
high-quality, iterative, and empathy for clients and users.
## links
LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/boldijar
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