Alex Vanyo
Software Engineer at Google
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolAlex Vanyo is a seasoned Android software engineer with 13 years of experience, currently building platform-level features at Google from San Francisco. He specializes in Jetpack Compose and adaptive UI, contributing to high-profile Android projects like androidx, accompanist, compose-samples, and Now in Android, where his work spans UI implementations, testing infrastructure, and API-level system UI handling. Known for meticulous attention to detail, he balances pixel-perfect layouts with pragmatic engineering trade-offs and continuous learning. His contributions include modernizing Wear OS samples (Java→Kotlin, coroutines) and improving ui-test device configuration coverage, demonstrating both front-end craftsmanship and test automation depth. Colleagues value his ability to refactor and adapt large codebases while keeping an eye on accessibility, locale, and multi-window/device scenarios.
13 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at Blaine High SchoolBachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
English, Spanish
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Github Skills (31)
kotlin10
uitest10
page-layout10
mobile-development10
layout10
jetpack10
androidviewbinding10
testing10
test-framework10
wearos10
ui-design10
android-development10
compose10
binding10
uid10
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
android/nowinandroid
Dec 2021 - Jan 2023
A fully functional Android app built entirely with Kotlin and Jetpack Compose
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:358 reviews, 116 commits, 156 PRs in 1 year 1 month
Contributions summary:Alex primarily contributed to the Now in Android application by modifying Kotlin and Jetpack Compose code. Their work includes replacing buildSrc with a version catalog, implementing the For You initial screen, replacing accompanist/insets, adding test dispatchers, and adding news resource cards. They also refined the For You screen and made updates to improve the background and navigation colors, along with other UI and dependency updates.
jetpack-composemodularizationstateflowandroidcompose
android/wear-os-samples
Jun 2021 - Feb 2022
Multiple samples showing best practices in app and watch face development on Wear OS.
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:204 reviews, 290 commits, 141 PRs in 7 months
Contributions summary:Alex primarily focused on converting Java code to Kotlin and updating the codebase to utilize modern Android development practices within the Wear OS samples repository. This included replacing `findViewById` with ViewBinding, adopting Java.time APIs, and migrating from Handler to coroutines. Furthermore, they made improvements to code styling and testing, indicating a focus on code maintainability and modernization.
wearandroidwear-osfacewatch-face
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