Riya Riya Shah

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Engineering Manager, Bellmont Digital - MVVM · Jetpack Compose · Android performance

Bellmont Digital
Dubai, UAE · GST (UTC+4)
13+ years experience
Tel Aviv University
English, Arabic
HiringOpen to work
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Overview

I've spent 13 years on mobile apps - first at Wix, now at Bellmont Digital. Moved 72% of Android traffic off a legacy monolith without a customer-facing incident. Took crash-free sessions from 97.7% to 99.9%. Before that: Majid Al Futtaim and Check Point Software. Most at home with Kotlin and Android performance. I mentor students through university programmes.

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  • Candidates for the role I'm hiring for
  • Working sessions on Android performance
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Skills
Jetpack ComposeMVVMAndroid performanceKotlin
HiringHiring for a role
closes in 3 months

Hiring a founding data engineer for the Android team - Dubai

Role
Founding data engineer
Level
Senior
Type
Full-time
Work mode
Hybrid
Compensation
$128k-$188k + equity
Team
Android, 13 people
Start
Within two months
Must have
Strong SQL and statistics Turns analysis into decisions Good judgment about what not to build
Process
Decision within 10 days

Comp AED 33k-63k a month. One technical chat and a paid trial day. Message me with one thing you shipped that you're proud of.

Dubai, UAEandroid performancekotlinmvvm
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Open to workLooking for a role
closes in 3 months

Next role: Android Engineer in public sector tech, Dubai or hybrid

Target roles
Android Engineer
Level
Mid
Industries
AI infrastructure, Fintech
Work mode
Remote
Available
From next quarter
Work authorization
Authorized to work in the UAE
What I'm looking for
A team that ships weekly and owns Android end to end.
Not interested in
Crypto

13 years in mobile apps. Strongest at Kotlin and Jetpack Compose. Available from next month.

Dubai, UAE · remote OKandroid performancejetpack composemvvm
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Experience

  1. Engineering Manager
    Nov 2023 - Present
    Bellmont Digital · 2 yr 11 mo · Contract · Dubai, UAE
    • Shipped a rewrite that took build times from 43 minutes to under 3.
    • Cut p99 latency on the Android services from 831ms to 98ms.
  2. Android Engineer
    Jan 2020 - Nov 2023
    Majid Al Futtaim · 3 yr 10 mo · Contract · Dubai, UAE
    • Shipped a rewrite that took build times from 20 minutes to under 5.
    • Reduced cloud spend on Android by 43% in two quarters.
  3. Android Engineer
    Oct 2018 - Jan 2020
    Check Point Software · 1 yr 3 mo · Full-time · Dubai, UAE
    • Shipped 20 launches on the Android team without a rollback.
    • Shipped a rewrite that took build times from 41 minutes to under 5.
  4. Android Engineer
    Dec 2014 - Oct 2018
    Siemens · 3 yr 10 mo · Full-time · Dubai, UAE
    • Cut cold-start time on low-end Android phones by 53%.
    • Shipped a rewrite that took build times from 42 minutes to under 6.
  5. Android Engineer
    Oct 2013 - Dec 2014
    Wix · 1 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Dubai, UAE
    • Shipped a rewrite that took build times from 43 minutes to under 6.

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Education

  1. Tel Aviv University
    BA, Computer Science
    2009 - 2013

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