Android Developer · Prague, CZ

Hi, I'm
Ramy Bittar

I build native Android applications — currently banking security, previously payments, employee benefits and eCommerce. Kotlin and Jetpack Compose, after nine years as a field engineer.

8+
Years Android
Kotlin
Primary Language
Fintech
Core Domain
5
Languages Spoken
SKILLS

What I Work With

The stack behind the production Android applications I've shipped since 2017.

Android & 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
Professional working
Czech
Bilingual
Arabic
Bilingual
German
Limited working
Spanish
Elementary
EXPERIENCE

Career Timeline

Nine years in oilfield engineering, then a deliberate change into Android in 2016.

Android Developer

Sep 2024 – Present

A && L Soft, s.r.o. · Prague, Czech Republic

Software engineer on banking security systems for the Android platform.

Android Developer

Oct 2017 – Aug 2024

Adastra, s.r.o. · Prague, Czech Republic

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 My Web Grocer
  • 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

Before Android

Field Service Manager

May 2014 – Oct 2015

Schlumberger Oilfield Services · Kuwait

Led a team of engineers delivering wireline services on workover rigs and rig-less sites. Achieved a 25% year-on-year service quality improvement through compliance management and process change.

Logging Field Engineer

Apr 2006 – May 2014

Schlumberger Oilfield Services · Kuwait & Saudi Arabia

Production and well integrity logging operations on land and offshore, using wireline cable, coiled tubing and downhole electric tractor conveyance.

Master's Thesis Placement

Mar – Aug 2005

GE Global Research · Munich, Germany

Computer simulation of gas-to-liquid design scenarios to evaluate partial oxidation techniques and determine optimum scale and type.

Education

Android Developer Nanodegree (Basic & Advanced)

Udacity, with Google · 2016 – 2017

Coursework taken during my career change into Android development.

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

CONTACT

Let's Build Together

Open to Android work, contract or permanent. Based in Prague, comfortable in English, Czech, Arabic and German.