Adam Baso
Principal Software Engineer at Wikimedia Foundation
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAdam Baso is a Principal Software Engineer with 13 years of experience leading engineering teams and shipping user-focused software at the Wikimedia Foundation. He progressed from senior engineer to engineering director and now principal, combining hands-on mobile development—contributing to the official Android Wikipedia app—with strategic oversight of large-scale, community-driven projects. Based in the Twin Cities, he brings a background in security and IT consulting from roles at Symantec, Northrop Grumman, and Wells Fargo, which informs a pragmatic approach to reliability and user safety. Adam cares about software’s power to positively affect the human condition and consistently focuses on practical improvements that improve accessibility and error resilience. He pairs product empathy with operational discipline, mentoring teams to deliver measurable impact across both desktop and mobile experiences. Notably, his contributions include UX fixes and feature work on a globally used open-source app, reflecting an ability to influence software used by millions.
13 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science in Business Management Information Systems, Bachelor of Science in Business Management Information Systems at University of Minnesota - Carlson School of Management
Github Skills (12)
kotlin10
javas10
android-application10
android-app10
android-apps10
android10
java10
wikipedia10
ui-design9
front-end-development9
uid9
coroutines8
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
wikimedia/apps-android-wikipedia
Dec 2013 - Dec 2014
📱The official Wikipedia app for Android!
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:44 commits in 1 year
Contributions summary:Adam primarily contributed to the development of the official Wikipedia app for Android. Their work focused on enhancing user experience and fixing bugs, such as sliding the keyboard down on search result taps. They also implemented features like Wikipedia Zero detection, including displaying toasts, updating the search bar, and intercepting offsite links. Furthermore, the user added basic find-in-page functionality and addressed connection error handling.
commonswikipedia-androidwikimediamediawiki-apiandroid
dr0ptp4kt/dr0ptp4kt.github.io
Dec 2015 - Dec 2019
Contributions:43 pushes in 4 years 1 month
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