Pierce Zaifman
Android Developer at Instacart
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolPierce Zaifman is an experienced Android developer with 11 years of hands-on mobile engineering, currently building apps at Instacart and working remotely as a freelancer. He has a track record of taking projects from mockups to Play Store releases—single-handedly delivering production apps and integrating RESTful APIs, real-time chat, and automated testing. Comfortable working with distributed clients (Toptal) and startups, he blends rapid learning, strong communication, and self-motivation to estimate work and keep stakeholders informed. His background includes tablet-focused, enterprise, and consumer apps across companies like AppColony, OnyxCorp, and Mode Software, demonstrating versatility across use cases. Based in Toronto with a Computer Science degree from Western University, he often enjoys digging into new project ideas and turning them into polished, user-facing Android experiences.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science at Western University
English
Github Skills (24)
kml8
geojson7
google-maps7
android-library7
android-ui7
kotlin7
embedded6
android6
gestures6
swipe-gestures6
java6
sqlite5
database5
gradle-plugin5
sdk5
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
PierceZ/GoogleArchitectureExample
Sep 2017 - Oct 2017
Contributions:11 commits, 4 pushes, 1 branch in 15 days
PierceZ/LicenseToolsPlugin
Aug 2021 - Aug 2021
Gradle plugin to check library licenses and generate license pages for Android
Contributions:4 pushes in 1 day
licensesgradleandroidlicensegradle-plugin
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