Simon Reggiani
Staff Mobile Engineer at Kindred
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolSimon Reggiani is a Staff Mobile Engineer with 11+ years of hands-on experience and over 14 years in Java, specializing in React Native, Android (Kotlin/Java) and iOS (Swift/Objective-C) across consumer and platform-scale products. He blends engineering leadership and deep mobile craftsmanship—leading teams, defining architectures and shipping measurable improvements like a 72% reduction in app start time and a 25% lift in App Store rating. Simon has built CI/CD, testing and release processes at scale (Bitrise, Fastlane, Maestro) and introduced micro-frontend and state architectures to unify apps and speed delivery. He’s a pragmatic mentor who grows teams and docs, and an active OSS contributor who enhanced Android in-app review flows and extended Spotify API wrappers. Comfortable moving between native and cross-platform code, Simon pairs product sensibility with metrics-driven technical decisions to accelerate mobile velocity.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Software Engineering, Master's degree Software Engineering at Université Toulouse III, Paul SabatierDUT (Diplome Universitaire de Technologie) Software Engineering, DUT (Diplome Universitaire de Technologie) Software Engineering at IUT Informatique Blagnac
English, French
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Github Skills (20)
mobile-development10
react-native10
testing10
spotify-api10
java10
bs-web-api10
javas10
webapi10
android10
retrofit10
api-design9
javascript9
jestjs6
android-coordinatorlayout6
iphone6
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
kaaes/spotify-web-api-android
Jan 2015 - Apr 2015
A wrapper for Spotify Web API. It uses Retrofit to create Java interfaces from API endpoints
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:9 commits, 5 PRs, 1 comment in 2 months
Contributions summary:Simon focused on extending the Spotify Web API wrapper by adding new endpoints, specifically related to starred playlists and tracks. They implemented the necessary interfaces and data models to interact with the API. The user also fixed issues and merged updates from upstream, suggesting they were responsible for maintaining and improving the library's functionality and keeping it up-to-date with the latest API changes. Further, they added tests for new endpoints ensuring the library's correct behavior.
apiretrofitapi-endpointsinterfaces-javaendpoints
KjellConnelly/react-native-rate
Aug 2020 - Aug 2020
Send your app users to Apple App Store, Google Play, Amazon, or other using the newest APIs
Role in this project:Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:7 commits, 3 PRs, 4 comments in 1 day
Contributions summary:Simon primarily contributed to the Android implementation of the React Native rate library. They added native Android code to request in-app reviews using the Play Core library and integrated it within the existing JavaScript code. The user also made modifications to the Android module and updated the index.js file to correctly integrate the native Android in-app review feature, including logic to open the app store if in-app review fails. These changes improved the library's functionality for requesting app reviews on Android devices.
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