João Costa
Senior Android Developer at Chess.com
Porto, Porto, Portugal
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Top SchoolJoão Costa is a senior Android developer with 14 years of experience building and shipping native apps, currently contributing to Chess.com after a multi-year tenure at Forza Football. He has published or helped publish five Android apps and led Nap, a notification manager he created and maintained end-to-end, demonstrating product-minded ownership across development, design, support, and social presence. Comfortable working remotely and independently his whole career, he brings strong self-motivation, initiative, and a knack for shipping polished mobile experiences. His background includes building Todoist at Doist and co-creating Chant, giving him deep familiarity with consumer-facing Android product cycles and third-party client constraints. Trained with a Master’s in Computer Software Engineering from FEUP, he blends rigorous academic foundations with practical, long-term product stewardship. Beyond coding, he emphasizes product impact and user-focused design, often wearing multiple hats to take ideas from concept to Play Store release.
14 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Computer Software Engineering, Master's degree Computer Software Engineering at Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto
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Github Skills (78)
material-components10
realm10
nosql-database10
realtime-database10
database10
android-api10
java10
maintenance-mode10
android10
audio-files10
timepicker9
image-loader9
ui-components9
android-dialog9
material-design9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
Leao/CodeColors
Oct 2015 - Mar 2023
Contributions:84 pushes, 1 branch in 7 years 5 months
Doist/DateTimePicker
Apr 2015 - Dec 2017
Port of Android API 22 date and time pickers for 16+ APIs
Contributions:11 commits, 1 PR, 25 pushes in 2 years 7 months
android-apitimepicker
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