I'm Syyam Noor, a Senior Mobile Application Developer based in Yokohama, Japan, with 6+ years of experience building and maintaining large-scale mobile apps used by millions of users. I specialize in Kotlin and modern Android development using Jetpack Compose, Coroutines, Hilt, Room, Retrofit, and Clean Architecture. I also have hands-on experience with React Native and real-time communication technologies like WebRTC. I'm passionate about performance, architecture, and mentoring teams through code reviews and testing. I enjoy collaborating across disciplines to deliver robust features, and I'm currently applying Generative AI and agentic systems to automate developer workflows with Claude AI agents. I also published an IEEE paper in computer vision.

Syyam Noor

I'm Syyam Noor, a Senior Mobile Application Developer based in Yokohama, Japan, with 6+ years of experience building and maintaining large-scale mobile apps used by millions of users. I specialize in Kotlin and modern Android development using Jetpack Compose, Coroutines, Hilt, Room, Retrofit, and Clean Architecture. I also have hands-on experience with React Native and real-time communication technologies like WebRTC. I'm passionate about performance, architecture, and mentoring teams through code reviews and testing. I enjoy collaborating across disciplines to deliver robust features, and I'm currently applying Generative AI and agentic systems to automate developer workflows with Claude AI agents. I also published an IEEE paper in computer vision.

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I’m Syyam Noor, a Senior Mobile Application Developer based in Yokohama, Japan, with 6+ years of experience building and maintaining large-scale mobile apps used by millions of users. I specialize in Kotlin and modern Android development using Jetpack Compose, Coroutines, Hilt, Room, Retrofit, and Clean Architecture. I also have hands-on experience with React Native and real-time communication technologies like WebRTC.

I’m passionate about performance, architecture, and mentoring teams through code reviews and testing. I enjoy collaborating across disciplines to deliver robust features, and I’m currently applying Generative AI and agentic systems to automate developer workflows with Claude AI agents. I also published an IEEE paper in computer vision.

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Experience Level

Expert
Expert

Language

English
Fluent
Urdu
Fluent

Work Experience

Mobile Engineer at Rakuten
June 1, 2024 - Present
Lead Android engineer on Rakuten GORA, a golf course reservation app serving millions of active users across Japan. Owned the full feature lifecycle from design collaboration to production release and post-release support within Agile sprints. Configured and maintained Bitrise CI/CD pipelines with automated build, test, lint, and distribution workflows triggered on pull requests and release branches. Designed custom Claude AI agents and skills to automate developer workflows, including automated code review analysis, HLD document generation, release notes drafting, and technical documentation, significantly reducing manual overhead across the team. Contributed to technical decision-making, architecture discussions, and continuous improvement initiatives across the Mobile team.
Android Developer at Seamless Distribution Systems (SDS)
April 1, 2022 - May 1, 2024
Built and maintained telecom Android apps for multiple enterprise clients, managing separate Flavors and BuildTypes per client configuration. Led RxJava → Coroutines/Flows migration across core modules, improving readability and reducing threading-related bugs. Integrated Bluetooth SDK for POS terminal voucher printing, delivering an end-to-end hardware-software feature. Introduced clean architecture patterns that improved backward compatibility and reduced regression risk across releases.
App Developer at Afiniti Software Solutions
February 1, 2021 - March 1, 2022
Built Speeqr, a VOIP meeting platform with real-time audio/video using WebRTC and UDP/TCP/RTP socket connections. Integrated Firebase (Auth, Realtime Database, Firestore, Cloud Functions) for app telemetry and real-time synchronization. Migrated app to MVVM + Hilt, improving testability and reducing module coupling.
Software Engineer / App Developer at Abacus Consulting
September 1, 2019 - February 1, 2021
Contributed to uPaisa, Pakistan's leading branchless banking app, focusing on UI implementation and feature delivery. Built and maintained cross-platform retail applications using React Native alongside native Android development. Managed full release cycle including testing, ProGuard obfuscation, and Play Store / App Store distribution.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science at COMSATS University, Islamabad, Pakistan
May 1, 2015 - March 1, 2019

Qualifications

Agentic AI and AI Agents
May 1, 2026 - July 3, 2026
Claude with the Anthropic API
April 1, 2026 - July 3, 2026
AI for Medical Diagnosis
July 1, 2020 - July 3, 2026
Introduction to TensorFlow for AI, ML & Deep Learning
April 1, 2020 - July 3, 2026
Neural Networks and Deep Learning
February 1, 2020 - July 3, 2026
UiPath Advanced Training
December 1, 2019 - July 3, 2026
Android Development Course
June 1, 2017 - July 3, 2026

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Telecommunications, Professional Services