João Victor Souza
About João Victor Souza
João Victor Souza is an Android/Android TV/Fire OS Lead with extensive experience in mobile development, including roles at FreeCast Inc and PicPay. He specializes in using asynchronism techniques and CI/CD processes to enhance application performance and code quality.
Current Role at FreeCast
João Victor Souza currently serves as the Android/Android TV/Fire OS Lead at FreeCast Inc. He has held this position since 2023, working remotely from Orlando, Florida. In this role, he guides a team of developers, focusing on continuous process improvements and enhancing the overall development workflow.
Previous Experience in Android Development
Prior to his current position, João Victor Souza worked as a Senior Android Engineer at FreeCast Inc from 2022 to 2023. He also held the same position at PicPay from 2020 to 2022. Additionally, he worked as an Android FireTV Developer at Nexgen IOT Solutions for four months in 2021 and as an Android Developer at Mobile2you Tecnologia from 2019 to 2020.
Education and Specialization
João Victor Souza studied at Universidade Veiga de Almeida, where he earned a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from 2014 to 2019. He furthered his education at PUC Minas, achieving a specialization in Mobile Development from 2022 to 2023.
Technical Skills and Expertise
João Victor Souza is skilled in utilizing asynchronism techniques such as Coroutines and RXJava to enhance application responsiveness. He is experienced with CI/CD processes, using tools like Tekton, Bitrise, Circle CI, Bitbucket pipelines, and GitHub Actions. He is also familiar with dependency injection frameworks including Dagger, Koin, and Hilt.
Contributions to Code Quality
At FreeCast Inc, João Victor Souza made significant improvements to SonarCloud, enhancing code quality within the development team. He also led the implementation of Bitrise, which improved the CI/CD pipeline for Android projects. His expertise includes conducting UI tests and unit tests to ensure robust application performance.