Simon Percic - Head Of Engineering at Zalando

Simon Percic

Head Of Engineering at Zalando

Berlin, Germany

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Simon Percic is a Head of Engineering based in Berlin with 11 years of experience building and scaling cross-functional teams to deliver business-critical products at Zalando and beyond. He has progressed from hands-on Android engineer to leading multiple engineering groups responsible for transactions, checkout and order systems, currently managing ~25 FTEs across backend and platform teams. A pragmatic leader with a strong mobile engineering pedigree, he still contributes to open-source (e.g., improvements to the popular Android uCrop image-cropping library), reflecting a focus on UX and robust client-side architecture. Recognized repeatedly as an outstanding performer, Simon pairs operational excellence with a track record of shipping high-impact, large-scale projects and mentoring engineering managers.

11 years of coding experience

13 years of employment as a software developer

Bachelor of Science (BSc) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BSc) Computer Science at University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Computer and Information Science

Slovenian, English, German

Github Skills (11)

javas10

crop-image10

cropper10

image-cropper10

ui-design10

android10

cropperjs10

java10

image10

rotation9

animation8

Programming languages (2)

JavaKotlin

Github contributions (5)

Yalantis/uCrop

Mar 2016 - Apr 2016

Image Cropping Library for Android

Role in this project:

Mobile Developer (Android)

Contributions:8 commits, 2 PRs, 2 comments in 4 days

Contributions summary:Simon implemented and modified features within the Android image cropping library, `ucrop`. Their contributions focused on enhancing the user interface and functionality of the image cropping activity. Specific changes included adding options to hide bottom controls, fixing rotation-related issues, and updating the sample application. These changes demonstrate a focus on improving the user experience and the library's overall capabilities.

androidjavaimagephotocrop

simonpercic/WaterfallCache

Jul 2015 - Mar 2016

Contributions:88 commits, 60 pushes, 8 branches in 7 months

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