Aaron Alaniz
Tech Lead at Block
Corpus Christi, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolAaron Alaniz is an Android-focused tech lead with 11 years of experience building payments and communications products at companies like Block (Square), Twilio, Pristine.io, and Intel. Based in Corpus Christi, he combines hands-on Android engineering with small-team leadership, driving Square for Restaurants and broader Block initiatives from individual contributor to tech lead roles. His background spans mobile SDKs, high-throughput services, and post-silicon validation—giving him a pragmatic systems-level view uncommon in many mobile engineers. Known for shipping high-impact features remotely, he thrives at the intersection of product-facing mobile work and platform reliability.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Electrical and Computer Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin
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Github Skills (80)
twilio-api10
render10
realm10
nosql-database10
twilio-cli10
compose10
audio10
voice10
api10
sdk10
android-audio10
android-sdk10
java10
android10
webrtc10
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
aaalaniz/video-quickstart-android
Jun 2016 - Feb 2020
Twilio Video (Conversations) Quickstart for Android
Contributions:3 releases, 129 pushes, 103 branches in 3 years 8 months
twiliosmsandroidconversationstwilio-video
aaalaniz/compose-lightsaber
Sep 2023 - Jan 2025
A toy Lightsaber app built with Compose Multiplatform
Contributions:1 review, 56 PRs, 140 pushes in 1 year 5 months
composecompose-multiplatformkotlinkotlin-multiplatform
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