Alex Forcier
Head Of Android, Tumblr at Automattic
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolAlex Forcier is a seasoned Android engineering leader with 11 years of experience, currently serving as Head of Android for Tumblr at Automattic where he oversees platform health and technical direction. He has a strong track record of building and shipping mobile products—leading the redesign of full-screen media experiences and architecting the WooCommerce and WordPress Android apps—while advocating for Kotlin and robust networking/persistence tooling. Alex pairs hands-on development (notably contributions to Automattic projects like Jetpack and WordPress-Android, improving Story blocks and media playback) with cross-functional leadership across design, product, and backend teams. His background in theoretical physics (MSc, University of Toronto) gives him a methodical, analytical approach to complex engineering problems and system design. Known for mentoring engineers and moving release responsibilities into scalable infrastructure, he blends product-minded thinking with deep mobile technical expertise.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Theoretical Physics, Master of Science - MS, Theoretical Physics at University of Toronto
Github Skills (23)
kotlin10
javascript10
imageio10
image10
wordpress10
java10
android-developer10
javas10
php10
imager10
android-app10
android10
wordpress-plugin10
android-developers10
image-management10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
wordpress-mobile/WordPress-Android
Jan 2015 - Jun 2021
WordPress for Android
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:44 reviews, 1413 commits, 401 PRs in 6 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Alex primarily contributed to the WordPress for Android application, specifically focusing on the "Stories" feature. They implemented functionalities related to Stories, including opening links in an external browser, adding analytics tracking, and setting up the intro screen with a dialog and view model. The user also made code changes to the Reader component to improve the display of Stories, handling image tags and respecting image dimensions.
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Automattic/jetpack
Jun 2017 - Jun 2021
Security, performance, marketing, and design tools — Jetpack is made by WordPress experts to make WP sites safer and faster, and help you grow your traffic.
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:54 reviews, 13 commits, 18 PRs in 4 years
Contributions summary:Alex primarily contributed to the development and enhancement of the Story block within the Jetpack plugin. Their work included implementing new features such as support for post images, improvements to video playback on WP.com, and handling blavatar URLs for site icons. They also addressed playback issues, fixed static previews, and optimized the block's UI and performance. Furthermore, the user made contributions related to Photon and image handling within the Story block.
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