As part of the Design System team, I'm primarily responsible for building and maintaining UI components of Rakuten's Android app.

While actively communicating with designers and developers, it's also part of my routine to collaborate with efforts to maintain and improve the overall platform and internal processes.

My key tasks include:

* Develop Android UI components that prioritize engagement, user-friendliness, and accessibility;

* Create clean, maintainable, and well-tested code;

* Contribute to platform maintenance and updates with a focus on usability and performance.

Tools:

* Android SDK, XML-based & Jetpack Compose UI development,

* GraphQL, Git, Jira, and others.

Android development, automated UI tests, and Quality Assurance - QA of the Hilton Honors Hotels app.

Develop and maintain software applications using CI/CD and DevOps practices.

Working collaboratively in a distributed team, using tools like Jira, Bitbucket, Jenkins, and Microsoft Teams.

Embarking on an entrepreneurial journey with Zipstage, a collaborative music app, I gained hands-on experience in design and full-stack app development, Play Store release, user research, and market validation.

Gathering insights from over 300 potential users, I faced the challenges of customer discovery, iterated on product strategy, defined key app functionalities, and crafted effective advertisement strategies.

Engaging with investors, advisors (professors, founders, tech professionals, and others), and specialized literature, I learned the nuances of creating a company from scratch and received valuable feedback on business models and relevant market knowledge.

Growing as a resilient individual/professional, I made tough technical and financial decisions, ultimately choosing to pivot away from building my own company.

While Zipstage reached an endpoint, the journey was rich with learning experiences. It honed my technical skills, refined my ability to navigate the startup landscape, and strengthened my communication and networking capabilities.

Though the venture concluded, the skills and insights gained remain invaluable as I continue my professional journey.

Industrial Motion Controls Engineer with experience in designing, starting up, troubleshooting, and creating software for high-precision/high-speed machines in the automotive, food, space, semiconductor, defense, and medical industries, among others.

Specialized technical support, demonstrations, and training on Bosch Rexroth's proprietary systems, like PLCs, Motion Controllers, CNC Controllers, Servo Drives, HMIs, and peripheral devices.

Specialized technical support, demonstrations, and training on IEC61131-3 based software development.

Provided demonstrations and developed custom automation software to assist customers and local Sales Engineers.

Provided local and remote technical support for customers during machine startups and troubleshooting.

Integrated automation systems using the most common industrial fieldbuses, such as EtherCAT, Sercos III, Ethernet IP, Profinet, Modbus, and OPC.

Coordinated turn-key automation projects from concept to delivery.

Created a YouTube training series to help worldwide customers (available on youtube.com/rodrigogtomaz).