Summary
Rania Makki is a seasoned software engineer with 10 years of experience specializing in Kotlin/Android development and a history of driving projects from prototype to production. Currently at DoorDash, she combines mobile engineering with pragmatic architecture choices informed by prior work building Android apps, cloud backends (Spring Boot), and data-sync solutions. She has entrepreneurial initiative—developing an Android music discovery app and an open-source Retrofit-based Firebase wrapper, Retrofire, that showcases her focus on practical developer tooling. Earlier roles at Verizon demonstrate deep experience in large-scale integration, middleware design, and leading cross-functional teams through releases. Rania holds an MS in Computer Science and a bachelor’s in Information Technology, blending formal training with hands-on product and backend experience. Colleagues describe her as a developer who bridges mobile UX, background services, and backend systems while keeping an eye for reusable libraries and operational reliability.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Information Technology, Bachelor's degree, Information Technology at Saint Joseph University of Beirut
Master of Science (MS), Computer Science, Master of Science (MS), Computer Science at Southern Methodist University
English, French, Arabic