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Shakarim Bazhenov

@shakarimbazhenov

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Senior Android developer with 6+ years delivering reliable fintech apps, tech leadership, and high-test CI/CD.

Zimbabwe

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking to build and scale Android fintech features, lead engineering delivery with strong CI/CD and test coverage, and collaborate closely across product, design, QA, and back-end teams.

I’m an Android developer with 6+ years of commercial experience across outsourcing, start-ups, and fintech. I’ve worked in teams ranging from 1–30 members, both remotely and on-site, and I enjoy translating requirements into features that ship reliably.

For 3+ years as a tech lead, I managed the entire development cycle—from requirements gathering to automated releases with high test coverage. I focus on analytics, documentation, and CI/CD, and I’ve led engineering practices that make delivery more consistent and repeatable.

My hands-on experience spans POS/EMV systems (PAX and Sunmi), Kotlin Multiplatform using Compose Multiplatform, and strong Android architecture and testing. In my current role, I develop and maintain critical mobile banking flows (payments, money transfers, and FX), implementing complex transaction flows and coordinating across back-end, QA, product, and design teams.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Senior Android Developer

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BerekeBank

Dec 2025 - Present (7 months)

Develop and maintain critical mobile banking flows across product teams, including payments, money transfers, and FX currency conversion. Implement complex transaction flows and contribute to technical design, code reviews, and cross-team coordination.

Kotlin Jetpack Compose Coroutines Flow Clean Architecture Decompose REST Gradle

Tech Lead Android Developer

AlatauCityBank

Jul 2022 - Dec 2025 (3 years 5 months)

Led Android development and improved release, test coverage tracking, and code quality automation for CI/CD. Worked on features using Jetpack Compose and MVI/MVVM, integrating tooling to make delivery more consistent and repeatable.

Jetpack Compose Coroutines Koin ROOM Datastore MVVM Cicerone Play Huawei Publisher

Android Developer

Sfera

Apr 2021 - Jul 2022 (1 year 3 months)

Built and improved Android features including a real-time chat using gRPC and request caching to reduce redundant network calls. Optimized the dating questionnaire flow to reduce average filling time and improve completed submissions.

XML RxJava Dagger ROOM gRPC Google Maps

Android Developer

CrystalSpring

Jun 2020 - Apr 2021 (10 months)

Investigated and resolved production issues using Crashlytics, improving crash-free user metrics. Refactored a monolithic module into a multi-module architecture and introduced a centralized design system to improve consistency across the app.

XML RxJava Hilt Realm MVVM GraphQL