# Artur Karapetyan Artur Karapetyan is a remote worker on Himalayas, Lead Mobile Developer at Viasat, based in Armenia. Source: https://himalayas.app/@arturkarapetyan1 ```text Lead Mobile Developer at VIASAT building Android apps for mobiles, Smart TVs, and Android TV Boxes with Kotlin and Compose. ``` | Detail | Value | | --- | --- | | Availability | Looking for a job | | Location | Armenia | | Authorized to work in | Armenia | | Salary expectations | 60k+ USD | | Job categories | Android Developer, Android Team Lead | | Skills | Android, Kotlin, Java, Flutter, Android SDK, Android TV, SmartTV Development, Mobile Application Developer, Cross Platform Development, KMM, KMP, MVI, MVVM, MVP, MVC | | LinkedIn | https://linkedin.com/in/artur-karapetyan-87423755 | | GitHub | https://github.com/abrutsze | ## About ```text At VIASAT, I lead development of Android applications for mobiles, Smart TVs, and Android TV Boxes. I build and maintain apps with Kotlin, Java, Compose, and XML. I’ve integrated dependency injection with Dagger, Hilt, and Koin, and used coroutines and RxJava. I’ve also worked with KMM/KMP on cross-platform solutions. At HI TECH GATEWAY, I managed and mentored Android developers while driving delivery of Mobile, TV, and IoT apps. I designed architectures using MVP, MVVM, and MVI, and delivered solutions involving GraphQL, WebRTC, SIP, and blockchain. Earlier, I contributed to mobile and Smart TV apps at APPTIMIZM and developed Android apps for European clients at ETNETERA. My work has also included financial solutions at DYNAMEYES and Android instruction at BASIC IT CENTER. ``` ## Experience ### Lead Mobile Developer (current) [Viasat](https://himalayas.app/companies/viasat). Mar 2022 - Present ```text Leading the development of Android applications for Mobiles, Smart TVs, and Android TV Boxes. Built and maintained apps using Kotlin, Java, Compose, and XML, integrating modern DI, coroutines, RxJava, and KMM/KMP for cross-platform solutions. ``` Skills: Java, Kotlin, Flutter, Dagger-2, Hilt, Koin, Get\_it, RxJava, Coroutines, RxDart, Retrofit, Ktor, Apollo-GraphQL, Dio, ROOM, Realm, Hive, Compose, XML, Unit-test, UI-Testing, KMM, WebRTC, SIP, Blockchain, ETH, SOL, Polkadot, BLoC, Auto\_route ### Android Team Lead Hi Tech Gateway. Aug 2016 - Feb 2022 ```text Managed and mentored a team of Android developers while driving end-to-end delivery of Mobile, TV, and IoT apps. Designed robust architectures (MVP, MVVM, MVI) with modern Android frameworks and delivered solutions using GraphQL, WebRTC, SIP, and Blockchain. ``` Skills: Java, Kotlin, Dagger-2, Hilt, Koin, RxJava, Coroutines, Retrofit, Apollo-GraphQL, ROOM, Realm, Unit-test, UI-Testing, WebRTC, SIP, Blockchain, ETH, SOL, Polkadot ### Senior Android Developer Apptimizm. Jan 2019 - May 2020 ```text Contributed to the development of mobile and Smart TV apps for the Russian market. Delivered features with Kotlin, RxJava, Coroutines, Room/Realm, and applied Dagger & Koin for dependency injection. ``` Skills: Java, Kotlin, Dagger-2, Koin, RxJava, Coroutines, Retrofit, ROOM, Realm ### Senior Android Developer Etnetera. May 2019 - Apr 2020 ```text Developed Android apps for clients in Europe, focusing on scalable Kotlin-based architectures and reactive programming. Enhanced applications with robust networking (Retrofit) and local storage solutions. ``` Skills: Java, Kotlin, Dagger-2, Koin, RxJava, Coroutines, Retrofit, ROOM, Realm ### Android Developer DynamEyes. Feb 2018 - Aug 2018 ```text Worked on developing various Android mobile financial solutions. Implemented core features in Kotlin and Java, and contributed to UI and backend integrations across multiple projects. ``` Skills: Kotlin, Java, Android-SDK, Mobile-UI-Design ### Android Instructor Basic IT Center. Jan 2018 - May 2018 ```text Taught Android development courses for beginners. Designed and delivered hands-on lessons in Kotlin and Java, helping students build their first Android apps from scratch. ``` Skills: Kotlin, Java, Android, Teaching ### Junior Android Developer Amber Studio. Mar 2016 - Jun 2016 ```text Early career role in Android development. Assisted senior developers in building apps and gained hands-on experience with Java, Android SDK, and mobile UI design. ``` Skills: Java, Android-SDK, Mobile-UI-Design ## Education ### National Polytechnic University of Armenia PhD, Radio Engineering. 2017 - 2021 ```text PhD in Radio Devices with a focus on object detection and recognition systems and radio engineering. ``` ### University Politehnica of Bucharest Master of Science, Software Engineering. 2014 - 2016 ```text Master's degree in Electronics, Telecommunications and Information Technology with a focus on software engineering and radio engineering. ``` ### University of Bucharest Certificate, Romanian Language. 2013 - 2014 ```text Romanian language fluency certificate with studies in Romanian language and culture. ``` ### State Engineering University of Armenia Bachelor's Degree, Radio Engineering. 2009 - 2013 ```text Bachelor's degree in Radio Engineering and Communication Systems with a focus on radio engineering, communication systems, and signal processing. ``` ## Tech stack - Blockchain - Ethereum - Flutter - MySQL - SQLite - Android SDK - RxJava - Python - Java - Kotlin - Swift - Perl - Pascal - XML - Ktor - Realm - Compose - Apollo - GraphQL - WebRTC - Solana - Polkadot - Android To contact Artur, message them from this profile with a Himalayas employer account: [Hire on Himalayas](https://himalayas.app/hire). ## People also viewed - [Erik Antonyan](https://himalayas.app/@erikantonyan): Master Analyst Developer in Android, Bank of Georgia - [Yervand Alexanyan](https://himalayas.app/@yervandalexanyan): Senior Android Developer, SOLIT - [Shahmir Jlavyan](https://himalayas.app/@shahmirjlavyan): Senior Android Developer / Team Lead, Plus8soft - [Arthur Lazaryan](https://himalayas.app/@arthurlazaryan): Senior Android Developer, Wildberries - [Samvel Kartashyan](https://himalayas.app/@samvelkartashyan): Senior Android Developer, ASMALLWORLD - [Semyon Pilunts](https://himalayas.app/@semyonpilunts): Senior Android Developer, US Based Company - [Anush Hakobyan](https://himalayas.app/@anushhakobyan): Android Developer, Akvelon - [Tigran Avdalyan](https://himalayas.app/@tikoavd): Android Developer, AR++ - [Rustam Navoyan](https://himalayas.app/@rustamnavoyan): Senior Android Developer, Boards, Inc - [Nerses Amirkhanyan](https://himalayas.app/@nersesamirkhanyan): Senior Android Developer, Energize Global Services