Álison Fernandes
Principal Software Engineer at Bitwarden
Portugal
Summary
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Top SchoolÁlison Fernandes is a Principal Software Engineer with 12 years of experience, currently leading engineering efforts at Bitwarden from Portugal. He combines deep mobile expertise—especially Android development and MVVM patterns—with hands-on leadership, having progressed from senior developer to engineering manager and now principal engineer. At Bitwarden he contributes to the flagship Android app and has a track record of tackling build, lifecycle and refactoring challenges in open-source projects like MvvmCross. Known for pragmatic problem-solving, he bridges product and platform concerns to improve app stability and developer experience. With a background in games and computer science, he brings a systems-minded approach and a knack for improving long-lived codebases.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at University of LisbonBachelor's in Digital Games Development Engineering Games Development, Bachelor's in Digital Games Development Engineering Games Development at Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave
Portuguese, English
Github Skills (22)
kotlin10
fragment10
net10
xamarin10
dotnet10
mvvm10
compose10
android-library10
asp-net10
androidx10
android10
csharp10
fragmentmanager10
build-gradle-kts9
gradle9
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
bitwarden/android
Apr 2022 - Dec 2022
Bitwarden mobile app for Android.
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:12 releases, 157 reviews, 25 commits in 8 months
Contributions summary:Álison's contributions center around the Bitwarden Android application. They modified the `app/build.gradle.kts` file, updating the version name, and excluded generated Hilt files from code coverage. The user also addressed build-related issues within the `authenticator` module, including updating and renaming keystores. Additionally, the user contributed to the repository by merging updates from another branch and refactoring code within `AuthenticatorRepositoryImpl.kt`.
xamldotnetreact-nativeandroidvault
MvvmCross/MvvmCross
Sep 2015 - Jan 2016
The .NET MVVM framework for cross-platform solutions, including Android, iOS, MacCatalyst, macOS, tvOS, WPF, WinUI
Role in this project:Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:33 commits, 1 PR, 15 comments in 3 months
Contributions summary:Álison primarily contributed to the Android-specific aspects of the .NET MVVM framework. Their work focused on refactoring and improving the fragment management within the application, specifically related to caching and lifecycle management. The commits demonstrate a focus on bug fixing and improving fragment re-use within the application to ensure a smoother user experience. Furthermore, the user enhanced the sample application by including new view configurations.
maccatalystmvvmmauimvxc-sharp
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