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I'm Rodrigo Lopez, a Solutions Mobile Architect and Senior Android Developer with 18+ years of experience delivering end-to-end mobile and backend solutions for major enterprises, including Scotiabank, RBC, Disney/HULU, and Bell. I thrive on turning complex requirements into clean architecture, robust code, and scalable systems. Based in Toronto, I am available for immediate on-site work and ready to lead cross-functional teams, mentor developers, and deliver high-quality mobile and backend solutions using Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, Android SDK, Java, Spring Boot, and Python-based tooling.…I'm Rodrigo Lopez, a Solutions Mobile Architect and Senior Android Developer with 18+ years of experience delivering end-to-end mobile and backend solutions for major enterprises, including Scotiabank, RBC, Disney/HULU, and Bell. I thrive on turning complex requirements into clean architecture, robust code, and scalable systems. Based in Toronto, I am available for immediate on-site work and ready to lead cross-functional teams, mentor developers, and deliver high-quality mobile and backend solutions using Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, Android SDK, Java, Spring Boot, and Python-based tooling.

Rodrigo Lopez

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I'm Rodrigo Lopez, a Solutions Mobile Architect and Senior Android Developer with 18+ years of experience delivering end-to-end mobile and backend solutions for major enterprises, including Scotiabank, RBC, Disney/HULU, and Bell. I thrive on turning complex requirements into clean architecture, robust code, and scalable systems. Based in Toronto, I am available for immediate on-site work and ready to lead cross-functional teams, mentor developers, and deliver high-quality mobile and backend solutions using Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, Android SDK, Java, Spring Boot, and Python-based tooling.…I'm Rodrigo Lopez, a Solutions Mobile Architect and Senior Android Developer with 18+ years of experience delivering end-to-end mobile and backend solutions for major enterprises, including Scotiabank, RBC, Disney/HULU, and Bell. I thrive on turning complex requirements into clean architecture, robust code, and scalable systems. Based in Toronto, I am available for immediate on-site work and ready to lead cross-functional teams, mentor developers, and deliver high-quality mobile and backend solutions using Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, Android SDK, Java, Spring Boot, and Python-based tooling.

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I’m Rodrigo Lopez, a Solutions Mobile Architect and Senior Android Developer with 18+ years of experience delivering end-to-end mobile and backend solutions for major enterprises, including Scotiabank, RBC, Disney/HULU, and Bell. I thrive on turning complex requirements into clean architecture, robust code, and scalable systems.

Based in Toronto, I am available for immediate on-site work and ready to lead cross-functional teams, mentor developers, and deliver high-quality mobile and backend solutions using Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, Android SDK, Java, Spring Boot, and Python-based tooling.

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Spanish; Castilian

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Work Experience

AI Engineer | Quantitative Python Architect & Algo Trading Lead at Caishen Capital Group

January 1, 2026 - Present

Designed and architected an end-to-end Python-based Momentum Trap strategy for Gold (XAU/USD), implemented Model Context Protocol (MCP) for LLM tooling, built a Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipeline with vector embeddings, and integrated ForexConnect and MQL5 Expert Advisors for live trading. Engineered a scalable algo-trading infra on AWS EKS with Terraform; built data ingestion pipelines, backtesting with walk-forward optimization, risk management with dynamic sizing and exposure controls, and observability dashboards for live P&L and trade audits.

Solutions Mobile Architect / Android Team Lead (Contract) at Scotiabank via TechMahindra

June 1, 2024 - Present

Architected end-to-end mobile banking solutions from scratch using Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, and Clean Architecture for 2M+ users. Led design lifecycle, introduced Hilt for DI and Ktor for API communication, implemented Kotlin Multiplatform shared logic, built Android WebView and React micro-frontends with secure JS bridge. Built backend microservices with Java 21, Spring Boot, and PostgreSQL; mentored 8 developers; achieved 85%+ code coverage.

Solutions Mobile Architect / Senior Java Developer (Contract) at Disney (HULU / Disney+)

June 1, 2023 - June 1, 2024

Architected backend and mobile API layer for streaming platforms reaching 150M+ users. Designed GraphQL Apollo Federation and REST APIs; implemented Kotlin backend microservices with Ktor; built Jetpack Compose Android client modules; processed 20B user events daily via Kafka; IaC with Terraform on AWS EKS; Netflix Spinnaker for multi-cloud CD; mentored junior developers.

Senior Android Developer / Java Lead (Contract) at Dick's Sporting Goods

June 1, 2022 - June 1, 2023

Led end-to-end migration from monolithic architecture to microservices using Java, Spring Boot, and Kafka; defined Kotlin/Jetpack Compose Android client architecture; introduced Kotlin Multiplatform for shared data models; implemented JUnit 5 test suites, and optimized SQL via JPA/Hibernate to reduce load.

Mobile Solutions Architect / Senior Android Developer (Contract) at VividSeats

June 1, 2020 - June 1, 2022

Architected ticket marketplace platform on AWS EKS using Kotlin, Java, Spring Boot and React; built Jetpack Android client with MVVM; designed event-driven inventory updates using Kafka; owned the architectural design cycle from requirements through implementation; mentored 5 developers on Clean Architecture and Kotlin best practices.

Technical Lead / Solutions Architect (Contract) at OCS (Ontario Cannabis Store)

February 1, 2018 - June 1, 2020

Designed mobile-first architecture from scratch, including REST APIs, authentication, and Android client delivery; mentored 4 junior developers and led a team of 8 migrating legacy apps to Java/Spring Boot; designed high-availability solutions on OpenShift and Azure Kubernetes Service.

Solutions Architect / Team Lead (Contract) at Bell Canada

April 1, 2017 - February 1, 2018

Engineered secure authentication architecture using OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect; delivered Kotlin Android modules with Jetpack Navigation and Retrofit; built a high-performance processing framework with sub-millisecond latency; implemented Dead Letter Queue frameworks with AMQP to prevent data loss.

Senior Android Developer (Contract) at Clearbridge Mobile

April 1, 2016 - April 1, 2017

Architected and delivered native Android apps from scratch using Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, and MVVM; mentored junior developers and promoted TDD practices.

Senior Developer (Contract) at Rogers Mobile Media

April 1, 2015 - April 1, 2016

Architected Android client modules using Kotlin and Jetpack components for media streaming; developed Java and Kotlin Spring Boot backend services.

Technical Lead Developer (Contract) at RBC Bank

June 1, 2013 - June 1, 2015

Architected mobile banking API infrastructure on OpenShift from design through production; established Android development standards in Kotlin using Jetpack components and MVVM; established TDD practices with JUnit and Mockito; developed initial iOS features in Objective-C, later migrated to Kotlin Multiplatform.

Technical Lead / Architect (Contract) at AppClubby, WutzWhat, IMAX, Fixmo, Novx Systems, Start8 Corp, DocZone Corp

January 1, 2007 - January 1, 2013

Consistently architected end-to-end solutions from scratch across multiple engagements; designed full system architecture and mentored junior developers on Java, Kotlin, and mobile best practices.