Alan Chiou

Senior Applications Engineer, Android · Tokyo

• Own core Android development for Rakuten Rebates — end-to-end delivery and stability in a high-scale e-commerce app.
• Enforced branch protection and a shared code-review bar across internal and vendor engineers.
• Led an MVVM/MVI modular refactor to decouple legacy code and hold a high crash-free rate through frequent spec changes.
• Tightened automated testing and static analysis so CI/CD catches regressions earlier and debugging cycles shrink.

Lead Android Engineer · Taipei

• Shipped Rakuten ID SDK across Rakuten Taiwan, Rakuten Mart, and Zenkokusuper; modularized it as a shared platform for ECMPD apps to cut duplicate work.
• Integrated Rakuten Push SDK as part of the ID migration.
• Set up Bitrise CI/CD for Zenkokusuper — automated build, test, and Firebase App Distribution across multiple variants.
• Wrote Gradle Convention plugins for multi-SDK / multi-variant build config; mentored junior Android engineers and partnered with the Tokyo tech lead on architecture.

Senior Software Engineer · Taipei

• Built and maintained Zenkokusuper and Rakuten Mart / Seiyu Netsuper (Japan) in Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, Hilt/Dagger, plus KARTE and Adjust — daily English collaboration with Tokyo and India.
• Maintained Taiwan Ichiba and Rakuma Taiwan: Java → Kotlin/Coroutines, Support Libraries → AndroidX, MVVM, and Jetpack Compose.
• Introduced Robolectric / Mockito / MockK unit tests and Retrofit networking standards on those apps.

Android Software Engineer · Taipei

• Shipped Android apps and framework for the Kebbi robot: Nuwa Store, Robot Theater, and Nuwa Player.
• Founded Micro Coding, a Blockly coding app for kids, and Nuwa Backup & Restore for device-to-server backup.

Software Engineer II · Google Taiwan · New Taipei City

• Shipped Android apps across Pixel 3 → Pixel 4, working with Mountain View and London.
• Founded Pixel Tips, preloaded on Pixel 3+; year-end review “Strongly Exceeds Expectations” (2019). Also contributed to Pixel Recorder.
• Lifecycle / ViewModel, Protobuf, Gerrit + Repo reviews, Gradle and Blaze.

Senior Software Engineer

• Built Android apps for HTC Sense 7 → 10, including Home / Launcher, Sense Themes, and BlinkFeed.
• Founded Edge Launcher, the Edge Sense wheel panel on HTC U11 / U11+.
• Focused on RecyclerView architecture, performance, and hard-to-repro debugging.

App Developer · Taipei

• Designed and shipped travel Android apps, including 統一渡假村 and GO旅報, owning architecture and database schema.