I'm Ion Varanita, a Kotlin/Java Android Developer with several years of freelance experience delivering robust mobile apps for automotive, travel, and consumer sectors. I focus on clean architecture, scalable UI, and performance, working across Android and iOS in cross‑platform contexts. I enjoy turning complex requirements into maintainable, high-quality code and collaborating with product teams to ship great experiences. I’m passionate about learning new technologies and best practices to improve app reliability and user satisfaction. I value teamwork, clear communication, and delivering outcomes that meet real user needs.

Ion Varanita

I'm Ion Varanita, a Kotlin/Java Android Developer with several years of freelance experience delivering robust mobile apps for automotive, travel, and consumer sectors. I focus on clean architecture, scalable UI, and performance, working across Android and iOS in cross‑platform contexts. I enjoy turning complex requirements into maintainable, high-quality code and collaborating with product teams to ship great experiences. I’m passionate about learning new technologies and best practices to improve app reliability and user satisfaction. I value teamwork, clear communication, and delivering outcomes that meet real user needs.

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I’m Ion Varanita, a Kotlin/Java Android Developer with several years of freelance experience delivering robust mobile apps for automotive, travel, and consumer sectors. I focus on clean architecture, scalable UI, and performance, working across Android and iOS in cross‑platform contexts. I enjoy turning complex requirements into maintainable, high-quality code and collaborating with product teams to ship great experiences.

I’m passionate about learning new technologies and best practices to improve app reliability and user satisfaction. I value teamwork, clear communication, and delivering outcomes that meet real user needs.

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Language

Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
Fluent
English
Fluent
Italian
Fluent
Russian
Advanced
French
Advanced

Work Experience

Android Developer at Appsfactory (freelance)
January 1, 2024 - Present
Kotlin-based Android development for automotive app, using MVVM, Clean Architecture, and Jetpack Compose; UI component development for BMW.
Android Developer – freelance at Acrmnet
March 1, 2023 - Present
Developing a large native Android app with MVVM, Kotlin, Retrofit, Firebase, Room, Coroutines, XML and Jetpack Compose; Agile methodologies.
Android Developer – freelance at MR INGÉNIERIE
March 1, 2022 - March 1, 2023
Vodafone project; V2X SDK development; Android app using MQTT, Google Maps, Retrofit, Gson; background tasks and services; Agile workflow.
Android Developer – freelance at Ituna
June 1, 2021 - March 1, 2022
Enel operator support apps; Kotlin, MVVM, Room, Navigation Components, LiveData, Coroutines, ViewBinding, Retrofit, Dagger, Gson.
Android Developer – freelance at Herzum
February 1, 2021 - June 1, 2021
Developing a confidential standalone Android app from scratch using MVVM, Kotlin, Room, Navigation Components, LiveData, Coroutines, DataBinding.
Android Developer – freelance at Wakala S.R.L
April 1, 2020 - February 1, 2021
e-commerce app from scratch; Kotlin, MVVM, Retrofit, Picasso; Reactive programming; Kotlin; Java; Koin; Gson; ExoPlayer. Projects: SpaccioVino, Rainet, Rai Digital Yoyo, Rai Radio.
Mobile Developer at Softlab SpA
September 1, 2018 - April 1, 2020
Mobile development with Titanium Appcelerator (JavaScript), Alloy MVC; Git; RESTful web services; ACISpace app for Automobile Club d’Italia; cross-platform features.
Java EE Developer at Softlab SpA
April 1, 2017 - September 1, 2018
Eclipse, Maven, WebSphere AS, DB2, MySQL; backend/frontend development; PDF generation library; EJB, Spring MVC, Struts, Hibernate; REST/SOAP Services.
Java Backend Developer at ACI Informatica (via Softlab SpA)
May 1, 2017 - September 1, 2018
GAD - Digital Records Management; ACIPra project; PDF compilation from DB; web services; front-end integration; Java/J2EE stack.
KMP Developer – freelance at BarcaMobile
January 1, 2025 - Present
Developing Barca Mobile app using Kotlin, MVVM, Compose Multiplatform; cross‑platform development for Android and iOS; Kotlin Coroutines/Flow; KMP; UI components.
Android Developer – freelance at Appsfactory
January 1, 2024 - January 1, 2025
Android development for BMW automotive project; Kotlin; MVVM; Clean Architecture; Jetpack Compose; MVP; Kotlin Coroutines/Flow; API Rest; UI components for scalable, localized Android apps.
Java Backend Developer at ACI Informatica / Softlab SpA
May 1, 2017 - September 1, 2018
GAD - Digital Records Management; data extraction from DB and PDF generation; front‑end enhancements; WebSphere, EJB, Hibernate; project involvement across backend and frontend.

Education

Java EE Developer at Proxima Informatica SPA
September 1, 2016 - March 1, 2017
Computer Science at Sapienza University of Rome
September 1, 2013 - October 1, 2016
Computer Science at Sapienza Università di Roma
September 1, 2013 - October 1, 2016
Java EE Developer at Proxima Informatica SPA
September 1, 2016 - March 1, 2017

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Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Computers & Electronics, Telecommunications, Manufacturing, Transportation & Logistics, Professional Services, Other