About

Ahmed Zafar is a software developer with over 4.5 years of experience in native and cross-platform development. He is currently working as a Senior Flutter Developer for Yallamotor team which is part of Bayt.com. Ahmed has an extensive experience of developing innovative and complex Android and iOS apps. He is passionate about keeping his hands dirty in coding, designing solutions, code review, and most of all, all kinds of tech work. Ahmed has a keen desire to learn new technologies and share knowledge and ideas with others. His expertise lies in languages like Java, Dart, Kotlin, and JavaScript, and he is proficient in platforms and frameworks like Android SDK, Apple MapKit, TVMLKit, EventKit, StoreKit, CloudKit, and PushKit. He is also well-versed in architecture like LiveData, Room, RxDart, DataBinding, JBDC, and WidgetBindings. Ahmed has a deep understanding of design patterns like Singleton, BloC, Adapter, MVC, MVP, MVVM, and Providers. He is experienced in SDLC methodologies like Agile/Scrum and Waterfall, and source control systems like GitHub, Git, and Bitbucket. Ahmed is skilled in using libraries like Android Support Library and Material Design, databases like Firebase and SQLite, image loading tools like Glide and Picasso, network call tools like Retrofit and OKHttp, and parsing tools like JSON, XML, and HTML. He has also worked with Google services like Maps, Location, Navigation, Directions, Routes, Places, and Street View, and Firebase services like Real-time database, Firestore, Authentication, Storage, Crashlytics, and Cloud Messaging. Ahmed has integrated social media platforms like Google+, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn, and implemented push notifications using FCM and GCM. Ahmed's specialties include working with Stateful and stateless widgets, FutureBuilder, StreamBuilder, ListView, Providers, and BloC in Flutter. He is skilled in responsive design for mobile and tablets, custom UI components, animations, gestures, media player, audio and video streaming, offline data storage and syncing, AsyncTask, Threads, Services, Broadcast Receivers, Alarm Manager, Pendingintent, JobSchedular, Home Screen Widgets, and working with Camera, GPS, Accelerometer, Proximity, and Orientation. Ahmed is also experienced in Flutter Plugin Development and Customization, Method channel and Event channel Expert, and Native code calling from Flutter and also writing native code for both iOS