Hamza Israr
Senior Software Engineer at Arbisoft
Punjab, Pakistan
Summary
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Top SchoolHamza Israr is a Senior Android Engineer with 5 years of experience, specializing in Kotlin and Jetpack Compose and known for transforming legacy Java/XML apps into modern, maintainable architectures. Based in Punjab, Pakistan, he has a strong product mindset cultivated mainly in EdTech, where he led revamps and shipped features that balance usability and scalability. At Arbisoft he moved rapidly from new hire to full-time project lead, owning mobile releases, CI with GitHub Actions, and cross-functional product planning. He’s an active contributor to the Open edX Android app, improving course discovery, accessibility, LTI support, and push notification integrations—work that impacts a widely used open-source learning platform. Practical, detail-oriented, and user-focused, Hamza blends hands-on engineering with product strategy to craft apps users and businesses value.
5 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at University of the Punjab
Github Skills (11)
javas10
android-sdk10
android10
java10
mobile-development9
ui-design9
front-end-development9
mobile9
uid9
gradle8
gradlew8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
openedx-unsupported/edx-app-android
May 2021 - Jan 2023
The Open edX mobile app for Android!
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:6 releases, 472 reviews, 123 commits in 1 year 8 months
Contributions summary:Hamza primarily contributed to the Open edX Android app by implementing new features and fixing bugs. Their work involved enhancements to course discovery by resolving horizontal scrolling issues and introducing options to open rendered xblocks in new tabs. They also added support for LTI consumer xblocks and addressed user interface improvements by migrating from FontAwesome to Material-Sharp icons. Further contributions were made to improve course accessibility by highlighting list items and integrating Braze push notifications.
edxa11yandroidmobile-appkotlin
HamzaIsrar12/edx-app-android
Oct 2021 - Nov 2023
The Open EdX mobile app for Android!
Contributions:7 PRs, 96 pushes, 9 branches in 2 years 1 month
edxandroidmobile-appkotlinopen-edx
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