Danilo Pérez
Mobile Engineer at Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá
Panama
Summary
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Top SchoolDanilo Pérez is a Mobile Engineer with over a decade of hands-on experience and an 18-year trajectory in building Android and cross-platform apps, encrypted sync engines, and scalable backend integrations. He combines a Ph.D. in Software Engineering with practical product impact—having re-architected apps at Automattic to boost MAU by ~142% and built encryption-aware sync that reduced support tickets. Danilo has led mobile and backend architecture work across startups, enterprise projects and national election systems (biometric voter verification), demonstrating strong reliability and security focus in production. He contributes to notable open-source efforts such as Automattic’s Simplenote Android, improving UI, tests, and user-facing features. As a part-time professor in Panama, he blends research-driven static analysis expertise with mentoring and applied engineering, making him equally comfortable in deep technical design and hands-on delivery.
12 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D. in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Ph.D. in Computer Science, Software Engineering at Iowa State UniversityMaster Science in Computer Science, Compiler and Programming Tools, Master Science in Computer Science, Compiler and Programming Tools at Rochester Institute of TechnologyBachelor of Systems and Computing Engineering, Bachelor of Systems and Computing Engineering at Universidad Tecnológica de PanamáPostgraduate Certificate in Higher Education, Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education at Universidad del Istmo, Panama
Spanish, English
Github Skills (5)
kotlin10
android-development10
android-recyclerview9
recyclerview9
ui-design8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
Automattic/simplenote-android
Jul 2021 - Nov 2022
Simplenote for Android
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:135 reviews, 542 commits, 75 PRs in 1 year 4 months
Contributions summary:Danilo primarily contributed to the Simplenote Android application by implementing features and addressing issues related to the user interface and testing. Key contributions include adding UI tests for RecyclerView element counts, incorporating a new collaborators menu, and improving the overall format of the activity tests. The user also addressed bugs like the incorrect showing of the no tags view and added new functionality to the app, such as an account deletion preference and improvements on the UI.
android
danilo04/nqueens-game
Jun 2025 - Jul 2025
Contributions:14 PRs, 25 pushes, 6 branches in 7 days
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