Personal details

Guilherme P. - Remote mobile app developer

Guilherme P.

Based in: 🇧🇷 Brazil
Timezone: Brasilia (UTC-3)

About

Senior Flutter Engineer with 7+ years of experience building and scaling high-performance mobile applications and games from concept to live operations. Delivered and scaled products reaching 12M+ downloads worldwide, including 5M+ download titles and award-winning products, including Google Play Best of 2021 and Indie Games Fund 2023 selections. Deep expertise in Flutter rendering internals, modular architecture, asynchronous state management, and performance optimization for production-scale environments.

Work Experience

Co-founder & Senior Flutter Engineer
Blu Studios | Jan 2019 - Present
Dart
Firebase
Fastlane
CI/CD
Performance Optimization
Flutter
Firestore
Clean Architecture
RESTful API
Codemagic

Co-founded and led engineering for a mobile product studio that built and scaled applications reaching 12M+ global downloads. Owned end-to-end development of multiple production mobile apps from concept to release, serving millions of active users. Collaborated closely with product, design, and analytics teams to iterate on user experience, improve retention, and ship high-impact product features. Architected scalable Flutter mobile platforms enabling rapid product iteration while maintaining strong performance and reliability across Android and iOS devices.Key engineering contributions:

  • Designed scalable mobile architecture supporting large feature surfaces, including real-time updates, hierarchical data structures, and offline-capable client synchronization.
  • Implemented complex UI systems, including dynamic lists, real-time updates, and highly interactive interfaces, while maintaining consistent frame performance.
  • Reduced ANR rate from ~30% → <2% through deep production debugging, including memory profiling, thread analysis, and rendering pipeline optimization.
  • Reduced APK size by 45% through asset pipeline redesign and build configuration optimization.
  • Improved D1 retention from ~25% → ~40% through performance improvements and analytics-driven product iteration.
  • Designed Firestore data models and scalable backend infrastructure supporting millions of users with optimized read/write strategies.
  • Implemented Flutter platform channels and native plugins in Swift and Kotlin for performance-critical platform integrations.
  • Built CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment workflows using CodeMagic, Fastlane, and Firebase App Distribution.
  • Performed advanced mobile performance debugging, including UI/Raster thread profiling, frame budget analysis, and memory leak detection.
Desktop Engineer
VX Case | Jan 2018 - Jan 2019
HTML/CSS
Angular
TypeScript

Developed desktop applications using TypeScript, Angular, and VTEX. Built reusable UI components, improving maintainability and scalability. Collaborated with senior engineers to integrate frontend and backend systems. Contributed to performance improvements and design consistency.

Projects

Magic Sort - Indie Games Accelerator 2024 Winner
Firebase
A/B testing
Performance Optimization
Flutter
Clean Architecture
RESTful API
Hybrid casual puzzle game developed in partnership with Wildlife Studios. Selected for the Google Play Indie Games Accelerator 2024 program, with 1M+ downloads and live-ops driven monetization systems. Architected high-performance Flutter UI enabling smooth gameplay on low-end Android devices. Built monetization pipelines using Firebase Remote Config and A/B testing, improving engagement and revenue performance. Architected and stabilized a high-performance Flutter codebase optimized for low-end Android devices, focusing on rendering efficiency, memory footprint reduction, and frame stability through deep profiling and refactoring. Implemented event-driven state management and feature isolation to support scalable Live Ops releases.
Rabit - Google Play Best of 2021
Node.js
Firebase
Performance Optimization
Flutter
Firestore
Clean Architecture
RESTful API
Gamified habit tracker that reached 5M+ downloads and selected for App of the Year 2021 Google Play. Developed engagement systems including push notifications, streak logic, and Firestore sync Implemented retention features improving long-term user engagement Built animated UI systems optimized for Flutter performance

Education

Universidade Católica do Salvador
Bachelor's degree・Software Engineering
Jan 2017 - Jan 2019
SENAI CIMATEC
Technical Course・Computer Networks
Jan 2017 - Dec 2018