About Ara
Lead Mobile & Full Stack Engineer with 10+ years of experience
building production-grade apps used by millions of users across
fintech, health tech, media, and travel.
I help companies ship high-quality mobile products end-to-end
from architecture decisions to App Store release. I work across
the full stack when needed, so you don't need to hire three
people to get one product built.
What I deliver:
- Flutter & React Native apps for iOS and Android (cross-platform)
- Native iOS (Swift) and Android (Kotlin) when performance demands it
- Full stack support — React, Node.js, PHP/Laravel backends
- AI integration — LLM features, on-device ML, OpenAI/Gemini APIs
in production apps
- Team leadership — I've led teams of up to 10 engineers and can
manage delivery end-to-end
Recent work includes:
- Wio (Abu Dhabi digital bank) — Flutter fintech app,
AI-powered KYC and spending insights
- Statas FM — music analytics platform, millions of
Spotify/Apple Music users
- European Broadcasting Union — mobile platform for
international media professionals
I work on a B2B basis, fully remote, CET-compatible timezone.
Available for both project-based contracts and longer-term
engagements.
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Russian
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent
Hebrew
Basic
Remote only
Primarily works remotely
Experience
- WioMobile EngineerJanuary 2025 - June 2026 (1 year and 5 months)Wio is a digital bank in Abu Dhabi offering banking, payments, and investing through a fully digital platform. As Mobile & AI Engineer, I built and maintained core features of the Wio Flutter app across iOS and Android in a regulated fintech environment. I developed an LLM-powered spending insights engine using natural-language summarization, and an AI-assisted KYC onboarding flow with document scanning and validation. I worked closely with security and compliance teams to meet banking-grade standards, and kept the Flutter codebase clean and modular as the app scaled.
- Alps2AlpsMobile & AI DeveloperJanuary 2024 - December 2024 (11 months)Led mobile development for a transport marketplace across 400+ European ski destinations, introducing an LLM trip assistant, on-device ML notifications, and an AI itinerary summarizer.
- Statas FMMobile Team LeadFebruary 2024 - December 2024 (10 months)Led the mobile team for a music analytics app with millions of Spotify and Apple Music users. I spearheaded AI features including an LLM-powered listening insights engine and a vector similarity recommendations module. I integrated OpenAI' s API for the Seasonal Recap experience and established team practices around prompt versioning and safe AI feature flagging. I also oversaw architecture, mentored developers, and managed release cycles.
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Education
- Masters in Information technology managementArmenian State University of Economics2013Masters in Information technology management