Tomáš Beňo
Senior Android Developer · Slovakia (CET) · [email protected] · GitHub · LinkedIn
I'm a Senior Android Developer with over 6 years of professional experience. Comfortable owning projects end to end, remotely and without supervision.
I'm competent in multiple disciplines, designing in Figma, making websites in Ruby on Rails, managing Linux servers, etc. I'm also interested in agile methodologies of software development and project management.
Professional experience
- ScrumWorks, s.r.o. - Social networking (adult industry)
- Android Developer | Feb 2025 - Apr 2026
- Large consumer platform spanning messaging, video calls, dating, forums, blogs, stories, live events, webcam streaming, chat rooms, payments and payouts, identity verification, and social feeds with image/video sharing. ~245 screens, hundreds-of-thousands of users across multiple countries.
- Video chat — Built peer-to-peer video calling over WebRTC.
- Text-to-speech with AI — Built a Ruby on Rails pipeline that used Claude to identify speakers in written stories, then synthesized them with ElevenLabs so each character's lines were voiced separately.
- Career break - Jan 2024 - Jan 2025
- ScrumWorks, s.r.o. - Social networking (adult industry)
- Android Developer | Aug 2021 - Dec 2023
- One of two developers on the app; owned the architecture.
- Converted a structureless legacy Java codebase to Kotlin and introduced MVVM.
- Career break and short stints - Jan 2020 - Jul 2021
- Spaceti, s.r.o. - PropTech
- Android Developer | Sep 2019 - Dec 2019
- Workplace experience and building intelligence platform - desk and meeting room booking, wayfinding, and occupancy analytics from IoT sensors integrated with building systems.
- Spaceflow, s.r.o. - PropTech
- Android Developer | Feb 2019 - Aug 2019
- Tenant experience app for office and residential buildings - amenity and service booking, building access, and communication between tenants and building operators.
- I was solely responsible for the app during my time there.
- ZENTITY Slovakia, s.r.o. - Software consultancy (finance & telecom)
- Android Developer | Dec 2017 - Jul 2018
- Mobile banking and telecom apps for Erste Group (the George banking platform), ČSOB and T-Mobile.
- Also mentored junior developers.
- 3oSoft, s.r.o. - Software consultancy
- Junior Android Developer | Jul 2017 - Sep 2017
- Retail store management app covering goods delivery and shelf stocking, built in a small team.
- Letter of recommendation from the company owner
- Cleverlance Slovakia, s.r.o. - Software consultancy (finance & telecom)
- Junior Android Developer | Jun 2016 - May 2017
- First job: built a banking app from scratch alongside one senior developer, then worked on further banking and telecom apps.
Personal projects
- android-sample-compose — Small Android project demonstrating architecture and coding style.
- Driving theory exam app (2015–2026) — Practice app for a driving theory exam. Published on Google Play, and earned revenue. It led directly to my first developer role at Cleverlance.
- jellyfin-mobile — Native client for the Jellyfin media server. Kotlin Multiplatform with shared Compose UI and shared code across Android, iOS, and desktop.
Education
- Self-taught in programming, then gained experience on the job.
- Graduated as a Mechanic Mechatronic from Private Technical School Železiarne Podbrezová, Slovakia. A multidisciplinary program joining mechanics, electronics, automation and computer science, with an extended share of practical training.
Skills
- Languages: Kotlin, Java, Ruby, HTML
- Android: Kotlin Multiplatform, Jetpack Compose, Android Views/XML, Coroutines & Flow, Hilt, Room, Retrofit, OkHttp, WorkManager, Navigation, Material Design, Gradle
- Architecture: MVP, MVVM, Clean Architecture
- Backend & web: Ruby on Rails, REST APIs, WebRTC
- AI integration: Claude API, ElevenLabs; shipped LLM and text-to-speech-backed features in production
- Infrastructure: Linux system administration, self-hosting
- Tools: Git, Figma