Mehdi Sakout
Senior Software Engineer at Journify
Casablanca-Settat, Morocco
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Top SchoolMehdi Sakout is a Senior Software Engineer and product-minded mobile lead from Casablanca with 12 years of experience building and shipping Android apps and core mobile platforms. Currently at Journify and formerly a Lead Mobile Engineer who oversaw three teams and architected fundamentals like synchronization, real-time updates and payment gateways, he combines hands-on coding with delivery ownership. He led development of high-traffic consumer apps (Elbotola reached 50k installs/day and earned Mobile App of the Year 2017) and built MVPs later acquired by startups like Chari.co. An active open-source contributor, Mehdi improves Android UX libraries—enhancing custom buttons and About pages—to make native apps more polished and accessible. He pairs entrepreneurial grit from co-founding a mobile agency with a disciplined engineering approach to documentation, onboarding, and production reliability.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at FST Settat
French, English
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Github Skills (15)
javas10
android-ui10
mobile-development10
android10
java10
ui-components10
android-sdk9
api8
apim8
android-studio6
androidx6
wearos6
themoviedb-api6
firebase6
youtube6
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
medyo/Fancybuttons
Jul 2014 - Feb 2021
Icons, Borders, Radius ... for Android buttons
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:11 releases, 93 commits, 23 PRs in 6 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Mehdi primarily contributed to the development of Android UI elements, specifically enhancing the functionality and appearance of custom buttons. Their work involved modifying existing code to change default font, implement custom padding for icons, and add a ripple effect to the button. They also refactored code to apply custom corner radius and manage disabled states for the custom button views. These contributions enhanced the visual customization options for buttons within the Android application.
radiusgoogle-fontsfont-sizeandroidborders
medyo/android-about-page
Apr 2016 - May 2021
Create an awesome About Page for your Android App in 2 minutes
Role in this project:Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:20 releases, 208 commits, 63 PRs in 5 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Mehdi primarily contributes to the development of an Android application's About page. Their work focuses on implementing various features, including adding elements for different social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, GitHub, and YouTube) and website links. They added functionalities for email, and play store integrations. The user's commits showcase their ability to create and customize the About page, including handling dark mode and the correct display of icons.
android-appandroidandroid-uiminutes
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