Chryssa Aliferi
EXPERIENCE

A decade of building products, leading teams, and shipping software.

From hands-on Android development to leading mobile platforms and SDK teams. Passionate about architecture, developer experience, and building high-performing engineering teams.

Engineering Manager

Current
RudderStack·Full-time
Sep 2023 - Present
2 yrs 7 mos·Remote
  • Ownership of 15+ RudderStack SDKs from development to post-production.
  • Managing the team of developers and working with them to deliver high-quality products.
  • Mentoring, supporting, and conducting regular 1:1s, providing architectural and technical guidance.
  • Set up and led mobile end-to-end testing framework for the engineering organisation.
  • Defining and building a roadmap by collaborating with the product managers.

Head of Mobile

Plum·Full-time
Jun 2019 - Sep 2023
4 yrs 4 mos·On-site
  • Led the Mobile Platform team, overseeing both Android and iOS development.
  • Managed and mentored a growing team, expanding from an initial group to 24 engineers.
  • Accountable for the architecture, tooling, mobile infrastructure, CI/CD processes, design system, security, and performance of Plum's mobile apps.
  • Initiated and kick-started the Android application development for Plum.
  • Led the creation of the Plum Android Design System, adhering to Material Design principles.

Senior Android Engineer

Beat·Full-time
Jun 2017 - May 2019
2 yrs·Athens
  • "Squad launcher", helped 3 new cross-functional squads to kick-off, leading teams to cultivate product-oriented engineering focus.
  • Leading role in cross-functional squads responsible for creating end-to-end features in Payments, Analytics, and Growth missions.
  • Leading Android hiring manager and code reviewer.
  • Led the investigation, proposal, and presentation of the Android projects' modularization.

Android Developer

Beat·Full-time
Mar 2014 - Jun 2017
3 yrs 4 mos·Athens
  • Part of a small mobile team to develop Beat Android passenger and driver apps.
  • Responsible for setting the architectural re-structure of the projects.
  • Successfully developed numerous features, from geolocation services to analytics and integration with 3rd party tools, libraries, and APIs.
  • Direct collaboration with Google to integrate ride-hailing service directly from the Google Maps app.

Junior Software Engineer

Intracom Telecom·Full-time
Apr 2013 - Feb 2014
11 mos·Greece
  • OSS/BSS Department working on Billing systems.
  • Software Architecture design and implementation.

Intern

Intracom Telecom·Internship
Oct 2012 - Mar 2013
6 mos·Greece
  • Distributed System for Log File Analysis (Big Data Analytics) using Apache Hadoop.
  • Creation and installation of the Hadoop distributed environment with local virtual machines.
  • Implementation of a MapReduce algorithm for analysis of IPTV user log files.