Pouya Heydari
Senior Android Engineer at SumUp
Berlin, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolPouya Heydari is a Senior Android Engineer based in Berlin with nine years of professional experience and a track record of shipping production apps across fintech, mobility, and consumer domains. He brings deep expertise in Kotlin, Java, Compose, Coroutines, and Clean Architecture, currently applying those skills at SumUp after leading payment and core Android work at FREENOW. Beyond hands-on engineering, Pouya has led and mentored teams as an Android lead and taught intensive courses at SEMATEC and Tehran Institute of Technology, helping over 50 students enter the tech industry. He combines product-minded implementation with attention to robust architecture and testability, particularly in payments and financial apps. Pouya’s profile reflects a balance of technical leadership and pedagogy—he continues to learn and share best practices while adapting to European-scale engineering challenges. An understated strength is his ability to translate classroom teaching methods into clear onboarding and mentorship for engineering teams.
9 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS) Information Technology, Bachelor of Science (BS) Information Technology at Islamic Azad UniversityMaster of Science - MS E-Commerce/Electronic Commerce, Master of Science - MS E-Commerce/Electronic Commerce at University of Guilan
English, Persian, German
Github Skills (91)
dialog10
kotlin-library10
persian-calendar10
google-pay10
persian10
compose10
android-application10
viewmodel10
retrofit10
dependency-injection10
gregorian-calendar10
android-library10
android-app10
android10
updater10
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
HeyPouya/LoadingFragment
Nov 2018 - Sep 2019
A Simple full screen LoadingFragment for Android apps
Contributions:1 release, 23 commits, 24 pushes in 9 months
androidandroid-libraryanimationdialogloading-animations
HeyPouya/AndroidAppUpdater
Nov 2018 - Feb 2021
Contributions:12 releases, 162 commits, 62 PRs in 2 years 3 months
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