Pluxee (Sodexo) via Adastra
ePayment (ePlatba)
Added NFC functionality and EMV smart card processing to the ePayment product, letting employee benefit cards be used for contactless payment.
- Kotlin
- NFC
- EMV
- Payments
- Years in Android
- 9
- Primary Language
- Kotlin
- Core Domain
- Fintech
- Languages Spoken
- 4
Toolkit
01 / SkillsAndroid & Mobile
- Kotlin
- Java
- Jetpack Compose
- Compose Multiplatform
- Android SDK
- Android Studio
Architecture & Libraries
- Dagger
- Coroutines
- RxJava
- LiveData
- Retrofit
- Ktor
- SQL
Tools & Delivery
- Git
- SourceTree
- Bitrise
- App Center
- Atlassian Suite
Languages
- English
- Full professional
- Czech
- Bilingual
- Arabic
- Bilingual
- German
- Limited working
From well logs to logcat
02 / Experience- Sep 2024 – Present Prague, Czech Republic
Android Developer (Contract) at A && L Soft, s.r.o.
Contract Android development on banking security systems.
- Oct 2017 – Aug 2024 Prague, Czech Republic
Android Developer at Adastra, s.r.o.
Android developer in the Software Engineering Division, delivering client applications across employee benefits, consumer finance and eCommerce.
- Built and maintained Android apps for Pluxee (Sodexo), Home Credit China, LutherOne and MyWebGrocer
- Implemented NFC payments and EMV smart card processing for the Pluxee ePayment product
- Delivered registration, loan request, loan payment and QR payment flows for consumer finance
- Prototyped Compose Multiplatform on internal projects
- Career switch
Left the oilfield for software, then completed Udacity's Android Basics and Android Developer Nanodegrees (2016 – 2017).
- May 2014 – Oct 2015 Kuwait
Field Service Manager at Schlumberger Oilfield Services
Led a team of engineers delivering wireline services on workover rigs and rigless sites. Achieved a 25% year-on-year service quality improvement through compliance management and process change.
- Apr 2006 – May 2014 Kuwait & Saudi Arabia
Logging Field Engineer at Schlumberger Oilfield Services
Production and well integrity logging operations on land and offshore, using wireline cable, coiled tubing and downhole electric tractor conveyance.
- Mar – Aug 2005 Munich, Germany
Master's Thesis Placement at GE Global Research
Computer simulation of gas-to-liquids (GTL) design scenarios to evaluate partial oxidation techniques and determine optimum scale and type.
Education
- Android Basics & Android Developer Nanodegrees Udacity, with Google · 2016 – 2017
- M.Sc. Energy Conversion and Management Offenburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany · 2003 – 2005
- B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering Al-Baath University, Homs, Syria · 1997 – 2002
Shipped work
03 / Projects Pluxee (Sodexo) via Adastra
Personal Account Application
Added the NFC payment feature to the customer-facing account app, alongside ongoing maintenance and a full UI rebranding from Sodexo to Pluxee.
- Kotlin
- NFC
- Payments
- UI Rebrand
Home Credit China via Adastra
Customer & Merchant Applications
Consumer finance apps covering the full lending journey — registration, loan request, loan payment and QR payments — for both customers and merchants.
- Android
- Fintech
- QR Payments
- Onboarding
LutherOne via Adastra
Customer Android Application
Employee engagement platform: internal communications, evaluations of meetings, teams and coworkers, surveys and questionnaires, and internal messaging.
- Android
- Messaging
- Surveys
- Analytics
MyWebGrocer via Adastra
Multiple Applications
Several grocery eCommerce apps providing product listings and the full fulfilment process, including delivery time booking and payment gateway integration.
- Android
- eCommerce
- Payments
- Fulfilment