I’m an Engineer transferring into Software Development!

Utilising Python and Kotlin to make Engineering applications and Mobile Apps.

• Kotlin
• Android Studio
• MVVM/MVI architecture
• Adaptive UI Design using Jetpack Compose
• Understanding of Views based design
• Compose Navigation
• Room, Datastore, & SQLite
• Notifications, WorkManager, & AlarmManager
• Testing using JUnit and Espresso
• Animations using Compose & AGSL
• Vector Graphics including Fonts
• Hilt Dependency Injection
• Retrofit 2 & Coil
• Version control using Github
• Wireframing & Design in Figma

Whilst learning to code I have worked full-time as a Highway Engineer! I've always been interested in coding and wanted to take my chance to get more involved with it!

In 2022 I completed the MIT Introduction to Programming with Python course. Throughout 2023 I undertook the Google Android Basics with Compose course in my spare time which I completed on the 30/12/2023 whilst still managing to progress my Highway Engineering career.

Since then I have been constantly learning new development techniques to help further my skills and offerings to potential new employers.

I am currently developing two Android apps and an Engineering application:

• Game Clock

  • A desktop clock app with background animations designed to help gamers and desk-based workers keep an eye on the time and provide a clock in a style that will match their game experience or brighten their day.
  • Custom Animations using Jetpack compose Animations - Launched Effect, Infinite Transitions, Animate Float, Color, Value, etc.
  • Custom Animations using AGSL (Android Graphics Shader Language) I have developed an understanding of how to use custom shaders and how to translate shaders from GLSL to AGSL (which have subtle yet important differences)
  • Custom UI elements such as the toggle row within the Settings menu.
  • User Preferences Repoistory to persist app-wide data and settings such as the last opened clock theme and whether the app is fullscreen.
  • Room database for storing theme specific settings and the alarm repository.
  • Hilt for dependency injection to provide context and helper functions into the Alarm Workers.
  • Notifications for Alarms using NotificationCompat, AlarmManager, and Broadcast Reciever.

• Cloudimals (WIP)

  • A simple app to turn pictures of clouds into animals.
  • Utilises Room to upload the user photo to an AI API, detirmine that it is actually a picture of a cloud and then turn it into the animal of the users choosing.
  • Great for helping visualise cloud animals that one person can see but another might not!

• Sign Foundation Automated design

  • Grasshopper/Rhino to create a 3d parametric model of a sign, signpost, and foundation.
  • Using in-built automation tools to iterate towards the best designs based on carbon costs and structural stability.
  • Viktor to create a python web app to run the automated parametric model.