Vlad Popa
Android Engineer at VelixCode
Tallinn, Harju County, Estonia
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Top SchoolVlad Popa is an Android engineer with eight years of software experience and over four years focused on mobile development, currently building apps at Ridango while running his own studio, VelixCode. He has contributed to high-profile open-source projects like Mozilla’s Firefox for Android, delivering UX improvements, telemetry fixes, and modular refactors that improved search and sharing behavior. A game developer with a master’s in game development and a track record of shipped indie titles and game-jam winners, he blends systems thinking with playful experimentation in Unity and procedural content. Vlad is detail-oriented and collaborative, comfortable working in large international teams and taking ownership from architecture to production. Notably, he has applied machine learning to music generation for retro-style soundtracks, showing a curiosity that spans both engineering and creative tooling.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at Technical University of Cluj NapocaMaster's degree, Game development, Master's degree, Game development at University of Malta
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Github Skills (24)
kotlin10
webbrowser10
mobile-development10
browser10
android-components10
java10
javas10
android-component10
android10
web-development10
jtest9
junit9
firefox9
ui-design8
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Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
mozilla-mobile/firefox-android
Nov 2022 - Jan 2023
:warning: This repository hosts the Firefox for Android (Fenix), Focus for Android, and Mozilla Android Components projects. It is now developed and maintained as part of Mozilla Central. See the announcement here: https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/firefox-android/wiki#upcoming-migration-to-mozilla-central. ”
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:48 reviews, 7 commits, 65 PRs in 2 months
Contributions summary:Vlad primarily contributed to the Firefox for Android project, focusing on Android-specific components. Their work included modifying search engine refresh logic, including a new action to refresh search engines. Further contributions involved filtering frecent top sites based on host/domain matching and refactoring the `createChooser` method to improve its reusability. Additionally, the user removed image links when sharing images from the app.
firefoxhostsandroidandroid-componentsfirefox-for-android
mozilla-mobile/fenix
Nov 2022 - Jan 2023
⚠️ Fenix (Firefox for Android) moved to a new repository. It is now developed and maintained as part of: https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/firefox-android
Role in this project:Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:16 reviews, 15 commits, 18 PRs in 2 months
Contributions summary:Vlad primarily contributed to the Firefox for Android (Fenix) project, making changes to enhance the user experience and fix bugs. Their commits focused on implementing features like tab reordering, updating telemetry for PDF failures, and modifying the search selector menu and search engine behavior. They also addressed issues related to language settings and multi-tab selection within the application.
firefoxbrowserandroidfirefox-for-androidmozilla
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