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Hey, I'm Gabriel TEKOMBO 
Android Developer.
Welcome to my personal website, here you will have all the necessary information about me, my work, my hobbies and what makes me unique as a person. Always focused on solving problems and creating remarkable experiences through software development... anytime, anywhere.
About me
👨💻 An experienced Android engineer living in France, who devotes his time and knowledge to create intuitive and high-performance mobile applications with the best possible user experience. My goal is to start from nothing, and idea or an existing average mobile app, and turn it into an outstanding product, in other words: extremely pleasant, effective and efficient. I am comfortable both in design and in the development of core processes.
Spoken languages
My hobbies
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English
Professional working proficiency. Comfortable in academic and professional communication.
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French
Mother tongue. Full linguistic and cultural fluency.
My life is a tapestry of curiosity and passion, woven with diverse threads of exploration and creativity. Books are my portals to understanding—diving deep into psychology, personal development, science, and technology, each page expanding my perspective.
As a tech enthusiast, I'm constantly navigating the cutting edge of innovation, with my Steam Deck as my trusted companion in digital adventures. Music flows through my life like a soundtrack, while travel feeds my soul's wanderlust. Photography allows me to freeze moments of beauty—landscapes and spontaneous life captured through my lens.
Creativity knows no bounds: I channel my thoughts through Medium articles, express visual arts on Instagram, and find inspiration in the narrative depths of the Godfather trilogy, the raw energy of MMA, and the imaginative worlds of anime. Each passion is a brushstroke in the canvas of my life.
Music
Moments
I listen to music when I work to focus, relax and get into the zone. I have a perfect YouTube playlist for that. I also have a Spotify playlist to chill when I code. 👇🏽
Moments
Professional Journey
“Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him.”
With 6+ years of professional experience in mobile development, the following showcases my most recent and significant roles.
Senior Android Developer
Freelance May 2024 - Present- Providing high-level Android development consulting for startups and established companies
- Architecting scalable mobile solutions with a focus on performance, security, and user experience
- Mentoring junior developers and conducting code reviews for multiple international clients
Confirmed Android Engineer
BlaBlacar Jan 2024 - June 2024- Develop and maintain booking functionalities across carpool, bus, and train reservation flows
- Enhance user experience through innovative features like Message As You Book and One Step Booking Flow
- Improve application debugging capabilities with advanced deep link and API call tracing
Android Developer
Pictarine Sep 2021 - Jan 2024- Designed and maintained photo printing apps for Walgreens, CVS, and Walmart
- Achieved 99.9% crash-free rate across +1M downloads and 500k monthly users
- Innovated user-centric solutions for photo creation, editing, and printing experiences
Android Developer
World Health Organization Aug 2020 - Jan 2021- Developed UI for WHO Academy and Learning Experience Platform applications
- Migrated leagcy code from Java to Kotlin with Clean Arch & MVVM
- Delivered comprehensive component analytics and maintained mobile applications
Projects
A selection of projects I’ve worked on, each contributing to innovative user experiences and impactful solutions.
BlaBlacar
BlaBlaCar is the world's leading carpooling and shared mobility platform with over 100 million users and a 4.5★ rating on the Play Store. It connects drivers and passengers traveling in the same direction, offering an affordable, convenient, and eco-friendly way to travel by car, bus, and train across 22+ countries.
Tech stack
Android
Jetpack Compose
Kotlin
MVVM
MVP
Dagger-Hilt
Clean Architecture
Coroutines
take a look
Picta Photo
A mobile app that allows users to easily upload, edit, and print photos on a wide range of personalized products. The app offers features like custom photo books, prints, cards, and gifts, with the option for same-day pickup at stores or home delivery. Picta Photo has over 1M downloads on the Play Store and boasts an impressive 4.8★ rating based on around 60,000 reviews.
Tech stack
Android
XML
Kotlin
Firebase
Room
MVVM
LiveData
Coroutines
Retrofit2
Google Photos API
take a look
WHO Academy
I worked on the refactoring of the WHO Academy app, my job was to migrate the java code to kotlin, integrating the MVVM design pattern. I coded the new onboarding for the integration of augmented reality experience and fixed the consequent bugs of the application.
Tech stack
Android
XML
Kotlin
Jetpack Compose
MVVM
Clean Architecture
LiveData
Kotlin Flow
Retrofit2
Dagger-Hilt
Mockito
take a look
Aesthetic Dialogs
Aesthetic Dialogs is an Android library that provides beautiful personalized and creative dialog interfaces, different from those offered by the Android SDK. Easy to integrate into your applications and continuously updated!
Tech stack
Android
XML
Kotlin
take a look Source code
Infotify
Infotify is an Android application for broadcasting news from different popular newspaper streams, it allows Internet users to stay connected to news 24/7 through their smartphone. They include many sections including news items, sport, technology, economics ...
Tech stack
Android
XML
Kotlin
Retrofit
News API
MVVM
Clean Architecture
Dagger-Hilt
View Binding
Room
LiveData
Kotlin Flow
take a look Source code
Tinder Clone
Android UI clone of the official Tinder ❤ app.
I coded in Java a few interfaces of the official Tinder app, including the swipe mechanism. The app includes profile, home page, matches, login page, message view...
Tech stack
Android
XML
Java
Source code