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Nikola Despotoski
From North Macedonia 10:05 PM (GMT+02:00)
$50/hr or $100,000/yr

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Senior Android Engineer

AI-native engineer
Available for hire
Years of experience
15+ years
Experience level
Staff
Available for
Full-time, Part-time, Contract, Freelance

15 years of working in tech as Android Software Engineer. I occasionally write blog posts on subjects in Kotlin. My current interests are Kotlin Multiplatform, KSP, Compose, large-scale apps, creating agentic workflows to improve delivery time and product quality.

Reach out for consulting or direct support on building apps, choose right tech stack, maintain impeccable code and app quality to achieve your business goals.

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Employment History

Senior Android SDK Developer at Bragi Current 2025 - Now
• Developed and maintained Android SDK sitting above Qualcomm device firmware • Implemented features over Qualcomm GAIA protocol; integrated SoC vendor SDKs • Optimized build pipeline by more than 50% on clean builds and over 80% on incremental builds • Designed and executed specs-driven agentic migration workflow from RxJava to Kotlin Flow • Built agentic bug-exploration workflow; distributed agents and skills within the organization via internal MCP server and internal Claude plugin marketplace • Reworked internal RPC machinery for improved flexibility and achieved 100% unit test coverage • Collaborated on-site with Shenzhen OEMs in China • Contributed to white-labeling pipelines and CMS tooling (Python/Flask) • Profiled and optimized CPU and memory footprint; authored front-facing SDK API documentation
Android Tech Lead & Product Architect at WSAudiology 2021 - 2025
• Led team of 15 Android developers across Widex and Sivantos brands • Drove migration to Jetpack Compose UI; implemented KSP annotation processing • Led Kotlin Multiplatform transformation initiative • Refactored BLE layer to support multiple hearing aid device families (current and upcoming) • Consolidated mobile tech stacks across two business units; ran regular knowledge-sharing sessions • Owned full hiring cycle: screening, technical assignments, evaluation, and final interviews

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