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Hi, I’m Jose Ortale. I’m a senior Android engineer with 9+ years of experience delivering production mobile applications across fintech, insurtech, telematics, and sustainability. I’m passionate about building robust, scalable Android apps with Kotlin and modern tooling, and I’m comfortable bridging mobile and backend work to ship features users love. I thrive at the intersection of mobile and backend, enjoy leading roadmaps, and love hands-on collaboration across REST APIs, backend integrations, and cross-functional delivery. I’m particularly drawn to technology that makes a real-world impact, especially in sustainability and climate tech.…Hi, I’m Jose Ortale. I’m a senior Android engineer with 9+ years of experience delivering production mobile applications across fintech, insurtech, telematics, and sustainability. I’m passionate about building robust, scalable Android apps with Kotlin and modern tooling, and I’m comfortable bridging mobile and backend work to ship features users love. I thrive at the intersection of mobile and backend, enjoy leading roadmaps, and love hands-on collaboration across REST APIs, backend integrations, and cross-functional delivery. I’m particularly drawn to technology that makes a real-world impact, especially in sustainability and climate tech.

Jose Ortale

App Developer, Web Developer, Full Stack Developer, +2

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Hi, I’m Jose Ortale. I’m a senior Android engineer with 9+ years of experience delivering production mobile applications across fintech, insurtech, telematics, and sustainability. I’m passionate about building robust, scalable Android apps with Kotlin and modern tooling, and I’m comfortable bridging mobile and backend work to ship features users love. I thrive at the intersection of mobile and backend, enjoy leading roadmaps, and love hands-on collaboration across REST APIs, backend integrations, and cross-functional delivery. I’m particularly drawn to technology that makes a real-world impact, especially in sustainability and climate tech.…Hi, I’m Jose Ortale. I’m a senior Android engineer with 9+ years of experience delivering production mobile applications across fintech, insurtech, telematics, and sustainability. I’m passionate about building robust, scalable Android apps with Kotlin and modern tooling, and I’m comfortable bridging mobile and backend work to ship features users love. I thrive at the intersection of mobile and backend, enjoy leading roadmaps, and love hands-on collaboration across REST APIs, backend integrations, and cross-functional delivery. I’m particularly drawn to technology that makes a real-world impact, especially in sustainability and climate tech.

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Hi, I’m Jose Ortale. I’m a senior Android engineer with 9+ years of experience delivering production mobile applications across fintech, insurtech, telematics, and sustainability. I’m passionate about building robust, scalable Android apps with Kotlin and modern tooling, and I’m comfortable bridging mobile and backend work to ship features users love.

I thrive at the intersection of mobile and backend, enjoy leading roadmaps, and love hands-on collaboration across REST APIs, backend integrations, and cross-functional delivery. I’m particularly drawn to technology that makes a real-world impact, especially in sustainability and climate tech.

Skills

Experience Level

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Intermediate

SQL

Intermediate

TypeScript

Intermediate

Swift

Intermediate

Language

Portuguese

Fluent

English

Fluent

Work Experience

Independent Android Developer at Self-employed / Independent

July 1, 2025 - Present

Building a usage-based car insurance app from the ground up, owning the full Android delivery lifecycle. Architected a GPS/sensor-driven telematics system in Kotlin and Jetpack Compose to track driving behaviour and calculate real-time user scores. Designed MVVM data pipeline integrating Coroutines, Retrofit, and SQLite for reliable, offline-capable performance. Implemented comprehensive test suite across unit (JUnit, Mockito), integration (Robolectric), and UI (Espresso) layers to support CI/CD pipeline.

Independent Android Developer at Self-employed / Independent

June 1, 2024 - May 1, 2025

Designed and built Finding My Band, a musician networking app published on the Google Play Store, connecting instrumentalists with bands. Architected the Android app end-to-end in Kotlin with MVVM, DI via Dagger, and Retrofit-based REST API communication; also built a TypeScript backend to handle registrations and data persistence.

Android Developer at Bet365

July 1, 2023 - March 1, 2024

Led migration of the Gaming codebase from Java to Kotlin, adopting Event Bus architecture for decoupled inter-component communication. Maintained and extended unit/instrumentation tests before UAT and production deployments, ensuring CD/CI gate reliability using Mockito for RESTful API mocking. Collaborated in a structured Agile team on a large-scale consumer application serving millions of users globally.

Android Developer at Conjure

May 1, 2022 - June 1, 2023

Delivered DriveKey Karai, a Kotlin Android app enabling drivers to offset CO2 emissions by donating to conservation projects. Built sustainable behavior tracking and donation flows; strengthened CI/CD reliability by maintaining unit and instrumentation test coverage for every deployment.

Android & Web Developer at IPS (Integrated Payment Solutions)

August 1, 2021 - April 1, 2022

Built an Android application from scratch replicating an existing web platform for visitor management and cashless payments. Sole mobile engineer on the project; mentored junior developers and contributed across the stack to JavaEE, ReactJS, and NodeJS web applications.

Android Developer at Payzone Bills and Payments Ltd

June 1, 2019 - April 1, 2021

Maintained the Master App for in-store bill payment and top-up services across the UK. Ported the Master App to support new XAC device hardware, including low-level bitwise communication with peripheral hardware. Built a Store Locator app using AngularJS (frontend) and NodeJS (backend).

Android Developer at Trak Global

June 1, 2017 - May 1, 2019

Telematics company — developed and maintained driver-monitoring Android applications. Designed and prototyped a fake-location testing tool for end-to-end QA of GPS-dependent telematics apps. Implemented Azure DNS lookup migration enabling zero-downtime cloud transition for all users. Rebranded and enhanced HughesDrive and contributed to Appy Fleet’s privacy features.

Software Developer at PSG Tecnologia Aplicada

January 1, 2016 - January 1, 2016

Government software maintenance; JasperReports generation.

PHP Developer / Android Developer at Bono Bee

January 1, 2016 - January 1, 2017

PHP performance improvements; developed Android voting app for a legal consultancy.

Android & iOS Developer at Spider Softhouse

January 1, 2015 - January 1, 2016

Android and iOS development of Wide Pay, a payments app on Google Play.

Mobile Developer at Maistec

January 1, 2014 - January 1, 2015

Mobile app maintenance for IONews; internal server-monitoring notification system.