Summary
Jimi Shote is an Android engineer with a decade of software experience and over six years focused on shipping and modernizing Android applications. He specializes in migrating legacy Java codebases to Kotlin and Android Jetpack, rebuilding critical SDKs (e.g., camera/face-detection) with CameraX, ML-Kit and OpenCV, and improving build times via modularization. At companies like SEAMFIX, Carbon, and now FairMoney he has driven performance, diagnostics, CI/CD automation, and event-tracking solutions while mentoring peers and leading code reviews. Obsessed with performance, threading and algorithms, he combines pragmatic engineering with a strong emphasis on code quality and measurable delivery outcomes. Based in Kaduna, Nigeria, he brings a practical knack for turning complex mobile problems into reliable, production-ready solutions.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Industrial Chemistry, Bachelor of Science - BS, Industrial Chemistry at University of Lagos
Post Graduate Diploma, Computer Science, Post Graduate Diploma, Computer Science at Ahmadu Bello University
English, Yoruba, French