Eugene Sokovikov is a seasoned software engineer with 12 years of experience building web and mobile applications, currently based in the Tel-Aviv District and working at HeroCoders. He brings full-stack expertise with a strong emphasis on React Native—having contributed to the flagship facebook/react-native repo by adding native Android features like a Vibration module and custom back button handling, and improving UI components such as TabBarIOS. Eugene’s background spans startups and large telco projects, giving him a pragmatic blend of frontend polish and native mobile integration skills. Known for improving developer experience and documentation alongside shipping features, he pairs hands-on engineering with a steady track record of cross-platform delivery.
12 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Bachelor's degree at Izhevsk State Technical University (ISTU)
Tabbed navigation that you can swipe between, each tab can have its own ScrollView and maintain its own scroll position between swipes. Pleasantly animated. Customizable tab bar
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Front-end)
Contributions:205 commits, 145 PRs, 189 pushes in 2 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Eugene primarily contributed to the front-end development of the React Native application. Their work focused on modifying the UI and user interactions within the application. Key changes included moving content to a scrollable view on iOS, implementing Android-specific scroll view behavior, and refactoring styles and components to improve the user experience. The user also updated dependencies and examples related to the app.
A framework for building native applications using React
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Contributions:30 commits, 44 PRs, 159 comments in 3 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Eugene primarily contributed to the React Native framework, focusing on both the UI and Android native components. They implemented new features like the Vibration module and the custom back button handler. Additionally, the user worked on fixing anchor links in documentation and adding support for the badgeColor property to the TabBarIOS component, showcasing a diverse skillset.
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