Faisal

Mobile Developer

DMS Global • Fulltime

Mar 2021 - Nov 2022 • 1 yr 8 mos

Core developer on the DMS Global React Native app, an industry platform serving the Oil & Gas sector with realtime equipment data, social networking, and live webinar capabilities. ▸ Implemented real-time chat from scratch — handling WebSocket connections, message state, and offline queuing — significantly improving user engagement with the platform. ▸ Refactored and modularised a large React web codebase, replacing tightly coupled legacy modules with reusable components that improved readability and made onboarding new developers faster. ▸ Established consistent API error-handling patterns across web and mobile clients, reducing production incidents caused by unhandled edge cases.

Senior React Native Developer

Craft • Fulltime

May 2020 - Mar 2021 • 10 mos

Delivered new product features across both the React web platform and React Native mobile app within tight sprint cycles, maintaining code quality under high delivery pressure. ▸ Integrated Twilio Voice Calling via a custom backend layer, enabling seamless in-app voice communication and opening a new engagement channel for the product. ▸ Recognised as Rising Star (2021) and Top Performer (2020) — two consecutive annual awards for delivery consistency and code quality, awarded by the wider engineering organisation.

React Native Developer

Cooperative Computing • Fulltime

Nov 2018 - May 2020 • 1 yr 6 mos

Built and iterated on an e-commerce React Native app covering the full shopping journey — product listings, search, authentication, payment integration, and order management — across iOS and Android. ▸ Resolved production support issues methodically, identifying root causes through log analysis and user reports, and shipping fixes with minimal disruption to live users. ▸ Improved app performance through lazy loading, FlatList optimisation, and image caching strategies, resulting in noticeably faster navigation and reduced memory usage on low-end devices. ▸ Awarded Best Contributor (2019) for technical ownership and cross-team collaboration.