About us

20 years · 99.9% crash-free · monthly releases for 7 years · 30+ developers trained · 5 countries

Bitdesal was born from a simple idea: good engineering shouldn’t be reserved for big companies.

We started out building software and training development teams. Along the way, we kept seeing the same thing: businesses that are great at what they do and have good clients, yet lose hours every week to hand-made quotes, paperwork going back and forth, and tasks nobody should have to do twice. They don’t lack the will. What they lack is someone who understands how they work and gives them a tailored solution, at a price they can afford.

That’s why we exist: to cut the red tape and give that time back to what really makes a business grow.

We are qualified computer engineers, and we approach every project as an engineering problem: first we understand the process, then we design the solution, and only then do we build it, with tests and with documentation your team can follow.

AI is one of our tools, and a very powerful one, but it isn’t the goal. The goal is for your business to work better.

Team

Caye Ruiz

Caye Ruiz · Founder

Software engineer with 20 years of experience in Spain, Switzerland and Finland. Caye led Android development for Kivra Finland for seven years and founded Bitdesal in 2025.

Ramiro Santamaría

Ramiro Santamaría · AI automation and IT

IT professional with experience in Spain, the United States and Australia, in mobile and web app development and in IT and network security operations. He specializes in AI agent orchestration.

Caye's work experience

  1. Independent Android Consultant

    Bitdesal · Elche, Spain

    Oct 2025 – Present

    • Senior Android architecture and code-quality consulting; product continuity for Kivra Finland through their growth phase.
    • AI-integrated workflows (code review, scaffolding, documentation) to speed delivery and onboarding.
  2. Lead Android Developer

    Kivra Oy · Espoo, Finland

    May 2019 – Sep 2025

    • Built the Finnish Android app end-to-end (Payments, Login, Offline Documents, Shared Inboxes).
    • 99.9%+ crash-free, monthly releases over 7 years; 100K+ downloads, 4.3★.
    • Features and reviews for Kivra Sweden (1M+ downloads); mentored a junior to senior.
  3. Senior Software Developer

    Optiscan Group · Helsinki, Finland

    May 2017 – May 2019

    • Maintained critical Java solutions for industrial-logistics clients.
    • PoC AI package-scanning (OCR + computer vision) for a new product line.
  4. Senior Web Developer & Competence Coach

    Frosmo Oy · Helsinki, Finland

    Jan 2015 – May 2017

    • Created the Competence Coach team; led 4 coaches supporting 30+ developers.
    • Technical onboarding for 15–20 major new clients per year.
  5. Lead Android Developer

    Sankarimedia Oy · Helsinki, Finland

    Jul 2013 – Dec 2014

    • Technical roadmap for the nightlife and events platform (Finland and Spain; 4★).
    • CI/CD and automated testing from scratch; Node.js and Angular contribution.
  6. Founder & CTO

    Awimbawe · Madrid, Spain

    Nov 2011 – Jun 2013

    • Mobile-first startup; owned web and mobile delivery.
    • Nightlife product that opened the Finnish market — continued at Sankarimedia.
  7. Software Engineer (Lead)

    Sicpa Security Solutions · Madrid / Lausanne

    Jul 2009 – Jun 2013

    • One of 5 founding engineers of the Spanish hub (grew 5 → 100+).
    • Standardized web-app framework for the private-sector division.
    • High-speed Track & Trace for major clients (anti-fraud, national and international scale).
  8. Solution Architect

    Entropia Oy · Helsinki, Finland

    Dec 2006 – Jun 2009

    • Proprietary Info Network for 3 private airlines and a security firm.
  9. Web Developer

    Comeks Oy · Helsinki, Finland

    May 2007 – May 2008

    • Features for the flagship SMS-visualization web app.

Education

M.S. in Computer Science (Software Engineering)

Universidad Alfonso X el Sabio — Villanueva de la Cañada, Spain

2000 – 2006

Skills

Kotlin & Android

Expert Kotlin, Java and production Android development.

Jetpack Compose

Modern UI with Compose, Coroutines and Flow.

Architecture

Clean Architecture, MVVM, and SDK and API design.

Testing & delivery

Automated testing, BDD and CI/CD (GitHub Actions, Jenkins).

AI-assisted engineering

Workflows from prototyping and specs to scaffolding, review and docs.

Mentoring & leadership

Team scaling and coaching of 30+ developers.

Languages

  • Spanish (native)
  • English (C1)
  • Valencian/Catalan (B1)
  • Finnish (B2)

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