Ferran Pizarro
Staff Software Engineer at Silicon Valley FinTech
Wroclaw Metropolitan Area Poland
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Top SchoolFerran Pizarro is a Staff Software Engineer and mobile specialist with 11 years of experience building and shipping React Native apps at scale, currently guiding mobile strategy for a fintech product with ~250k monthly active users. He combines hands-on native Android/iOS development with team leadership and product delivery, having led teams, mentored engineers, and managed releases from concept to App Store/Play Store. A React Native advocate and active OSS contributor, Ferran has improved flagship libraries like react-native-pager-view and react-native-paper, notably driving Android implementations and cross-platform UI consistency. He also brings founder experience as CEO of FitHero, running a subscription-based mobile product, and an Executive MBA that complements his technical judgment with business strategy. Based in Wroclaw, Poland, he is known for bridging design, performance, and accessibility requirements into pragmatic, production-ready mobile solutions.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Master and Bachelor (five-year degree) Computer Science, Master and Bachelor (five-year degree) Computer Science at Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaExchange program BSc-MSc Computer Science, Exchange program BSc-MSc Computer Science at Wrocław University of Science and TechnologyExecutive MBA Business, Executive MBA Business at Esade
English, Spanish, Catalan, Polish
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Github Skills (26)
javascript10
react-native10
ui-design10
java10
javas10
uid10
material-design10
front-end-development10
android10
viewpager10
mobile-development9
android-development9
native-android9
androidx9
react9
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
callstack/react-native-pager-view
Feb 2019 - Dec 2019
React Native wrapper for the Android ViewPager and iOS UIPageViewController.
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:17 releases, 42 commits, 49 PRs in 10 months
Contributions summary:Ferran primarily contributed to the Android implementation of the React Native ViewPager component. Their work involved refactoring and migrating the ViewPager module from React Native core to the community repository. They fixed various issues, including import errors and ensuring correct event dispatching, as well as added a method for setting the scroll enabled state. Several commits focused on adapting and updating the example application and its dependencies.
reactviewpagerreact-nativeandroidandroid-viewpager
callstack/react-native-paper
Nov 2016 - Aug 2019
Material Design for React Native (Android & iOS)
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:3 releases, 36 commits, 177 PRs in 2 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Ferran primarily contributed to the development and enhancement of UI components within the React Native Paper library. Their commits focused on adding new components like `Divider` and `SearchBar`, as well as modifying existing ones like `Button` and `Toolbar`. They implemented features, addressed platform-specific adaptations, and fixed bugs, showcasing a focus on Material Design implementation and UI consistency across platforms.
reactreact-native-androidreact-nativematerialios-android
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