Gaston Saillen

Gaston Saillen

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ABOUT ME
Senior Android Engineer
Senior Android Engineer

Passionate Android Developer with 7+ years on hand with the Android Framework, Google Developer Expert @ Android & Firebase, Google Associate Android Developer Certification, have made several apps and created delivery app Uh-lala!

My mission is to help you understand the ins and outs of android development and let you progress in your Android development career.

I have been in multiple startups and worked with different apps (fintech, delivery apps, uber apps, and social media apps) which brought to me a broad range of knowledge on these different areas.

Currently I'm working as a Senior Android Engineer for a big eCommerce app located in LA called ThriveMarket

I'm also focused on backend development with Firebase which will let you scale your application for large apps and Architecture with MVVM.

I have a strong love for Clean Architecture and best practices while coding, love to read, and learn every day.

Spanish, English
Brasilia (-03:00)
Joined July 2020
EXPERTISE
3 years experience | 10 endorsements
Before it was announced at IO 2018 for Android development I started coding with it, now, every app that I have made from then on uses ko...
Before it was announced at IO 2018 for Android development I started coding with it, now, every app that I have made from then on uses kotlin and fell in love with it
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4 years experience | 2 endorsements
I have worked with Firebase since it was acquired by Google, since then every app I have worked on I have used Firebase for them, if you ...
I have worked with Firebase since it was acquired by Google, since then every app I have worked on I have used Firebase for them, if you want to know anything from structuring data to setup big query exports, contact me.
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3 years experience
I have worked at different startups in the different areas (Food delivery apps, fintech, uber apps, social impact apps) and I'm currently...
I have worked at different startups in the different areas (Food delivery apps, fintech, uber apps, social impact apps) and I'm currently working at Uh-lala! a food delivery app for small towns that has not access to this technology.
4 years experience | 3 endorsements
I have been working with Rest API's since I started, I also like to learn about backend development with Spring boot and have made some A...
I have been working with Rest API's since I started, I also like to learn about backend development with Spring boot and have made some API's as a side projects
8 years experience | 27 endorsements

REVIEWS FROM CLIENTS

5.0
(32 reviews)
Rafael
Rafael
February 2021
Ha sido genial! Muy recomendable
Aindriunannerb
Aindriunannerb
December 2020
Very helpful mentor, was thorough in helping me debug the problem I was facing!
Armand Raz
Armand Raz
December 2020
Without Gaston our app would go nowhere.
Armand Raz
Armand Raz
December 2020
Gaston has been a great help with our app development in Android.
Armand Raz
Armand Raz
December 2020
Gaston is very patient, knowledgeable and great at helping solve issues
Andres Leonel Torrico Cossio
Andres Leonel Torrico Cossio
October 2020
Muy bueno, muy atento y predispuesto a resolver mis dudas! Muchas gracias!
Tim Staley
Tim Staley
October 2020
Gaston was a pleasure to work with. He takes great pride in his work and has been very accommodating of my change requests. I would not hesitate to use Gaston again.
Luis Alamos
Luis Alamos
October 2020
Excelente mentor, explica muy bien y se nota que maneja los temas.
Carlos Agudelo
Carlos Agudelo
September 2020
Excelente. Muy recomendado. He aprendido muchísimo con las clases de Gastón!
Carlos Agudelo
Carlos Agudelo
September 2020
Una excelente clase! Gastón es un crack! como dicen los argentinos jejejeje Super recomendado, te explica paso a paso y te clarifica todos los conceptos, en esta clase de MVVM aclaró todas mis dudas y mostró cómo funciona la arquitectura y cómo todo se conecta con las mejores prácticas! Super recomendado!
SOCIAL PRESENCE
GitHub
CocktailApp
Cocktails Android App with Clean Architecture, MVVM , Retrofit, Coroutines, Navigation Components , Room, Dagger Hilt, Cache Strategy and Coroutines Flow
Kotlin
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75
JetExample
Jetpack Compose UI components examples
Kotlin
209
25
Stack Overflow
11008 Reputation
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EMPLOYMENTS
Android Engineer
ThriveMarket
2020-10-01-Present
Working at ThriveMarket in the Autoship feature Autoship is a recurring shipment program that ensures you to never run out of essentials...
Working at ThriveMarket in the Autoship feature Autoship is a recurring shipment program that ensures you to never run out of essentials. When you join you are automatically enrolled into Autoship and the items you purchase will be added to your Autoship box. You can easily edit items, adjust their frequency, or change the delivery date of an upcoming order. - Worked on autoship auto OPT-IN for new registered users - Migrated legacy app to the new sahara variant with the new autoship page - Autoship features worked on ship now, scheduled deliveries, skip shipment, bulk shipment, autoship savings , all autoship items , pagination. - Have worked 100% on the new Autoship screen since Sahara came up in march 2021 - Checkout GWP ( Gift with purchase ), Out of stock items , Autoship summary banners - Order details next scheduled shipment progress - Improved app navigation and deeplinks on Sahara launch with Navigation Components - Improved Autoship loading times from around 10 seconds to nearly 2 for the entire screen - Changed Account UI Screen entirely to a newly clean design - Improved app architecture inside viewmodel for emiting different UI States depending on data - Worked on multiple bug fixings across all the app, incluing search results, performance bugs, filters and architecture - Worked on most Autoship analytics, also worked on different sections of the app to apply analytics (optimizely) - Worked with testrails on tests use cases , have worked on UI testing with espresso - Worked with rundeck to run scripts and work on new features - Worked with jetpack compose on new Product Cards , including autoship - Worked on full Territory Foods feature - Added the whole integration of GWP (gift with purchase) on the autoship screen - Worked on the whole rewards page fully on jetpack compose
Android
Testing
DI
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Android
Testing
DI
Retrofit
Clean Architecture
Jetpack Compose
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Android Engineer
Dólares Libre
2019-09-01-2019-12-01
Dólares Libres was the world's first foreign exchange marketplace. It was a platform where users can buy and sell dollars at the best fre...
Dólares Libres was the world's first foreign exchange marketplace. It was a platform where users can buy and sell dollars at the best free-market value, without bank intermediaries or exchange spread. In addition, it was the only place where it was possible to buy dollars with credit and debit cards. The unique and innovative technology of Dolares Libres with the use of APIs allows bank transfers in minutes, 7 days a week, 24 hours a day. Unlike traditional operators that take the usual 48-72 hours and only operate on business days during banking hours. And the records are settled in smart contracts with Blockchain BFA technology to guarantee the transparency and traceability of operations. - Migration to AndroidX: I have migrated the app from support to AndroidX - Overall performance optimization: Redesigned app architecture and improved the performance of the main catalog list, reduced the app loading time by 80% when startup - Added paging to the existing catalog list to improve user experience and moved requests from Firebase to a custom endpoint using Retrofit (endpoint at Firebase) - Two step phone verification: Implemented a two-step phone verification process to let users verify the identity - UI/UX implementations (shimmer, phone authentication, service status banner, user delete account, logo, contact form) - E-mail confirmation: Used Firebase Extensions to send e-mail verifications after a user interaction (buy/sell)
Android
Firebase
Kotlin
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Android
Firebase
Kotlin
Payment systems
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Android Engineer
Ottaa Project
2017-07-01-2019-01-01
OTTAA Project it is an Augmentative Alternative Communication System, for speech impaired people. it’s a mobile, fast, effective communic...
OTTAA Project it is an Augmentative Alternative Communication System, for speech impaired people. it’s a mobile, fast, effective communication tool that improves disable people lifestyle & increases of social and professional integration chances. - Built the backend infrastructure with Firebase (automated backups, authentication, storage, database). - Fullstack development (UI, UX, Architecture) - Improved real-time updates between multiple devices for multiple user interaction in the group section - Improved load time of groups (from 5+ seconds to nearly 1) - Worked on a predictive system for pictos (where predictions are shown to people based on interest when they search for more pictograms) - Implemented automated backups to let users restore their data if they lost it due to any unexpected crash - Migrated old database to Firebase: I have moved the entire existing project to Firebase
Android
Java
JSON
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Android
Java
JSON
Firebase
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PROJECTS
Uh-lala!View Project
2020
Founder at Uh-lala! Making the android app since March 2020 A food delivery app currently working in Argentina for 3 towns, currently ex...
Founder at Uh-lala! Making the android app since March 2020 A food delivery app currently working in Argentina for 3 towns, currently expanding the service to different places and making clients and store owners apps.
Android
Firebase
Kotlin
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Android
Firebase
Kotlin
JavaScript
Coroutines
Navigation components
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Guia Comercial Ruta 9View Project
2015
This was the first job I have done as an Android developer, it was a guide to let users know about different stores around them. There w...
This was the first job I have done as an Android developer, it was a guide to let users know about different stores around them. There was also Guia Comercial Ruta 13 but it was put on hold by the client
Android
Java
Android Studio
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Android
Java
Android Studio
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