Alexander Nohe is a Senior Developer Relations Engineer at Google with 12 years of experience bridging developer needs and product teams across Firebase, ChromeOS, and GIS domains. He combines hands-on full-stack engineering—contributing to notable open-source projects like Bubblewrap that help PWAs reach the Play Store—with deep GIS expertise from earlier roles at Esri and a master's in GIS Management. At Firebase he focuses on security and developer UX, having integrated AppCheck and ReCaptcha into codelabs and updated Flutter/Firebase tutorials and tooling. Comfortable in languages from C# and Python to Java and C++, he frequently translates complex platform APIs into practical docs, samples, and CI-friendly tooling. Colocated in Mountain View, he pairs product-focused DevRel with a history of shipping developer-focused build and publishing improvements that streamline app distribution.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree GIS Management, Master's degree GIS Management at Salisbury University
courses Computer Science, courses Computer Science at Stanford University
Proof of concept developer code and samples to help be successful with all ArcGIS developer products (Python, NET, JavaScript, Android…). The repository is designed to be an exchange for sharing coding conventions and wisdom to developers at all skill levels.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Contributions:122 commits, 104 PRs, 73 pushes in 2 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Alexander contributed to both front-end and back-end aspects of the project. Their work involved updating an ArcScript VBA Macro into a C# ArcMap Desktop Addin, demonstrating proficiency in C# and .NET. They also worked on updating a Python script for ArcGIS Online, shortening the inputs and creating an ArcGIS Online class, showcasing skills in Python and web application interaction. Furthermore, there's evidence of Java and C++ code samples in ArcObjects for various tasks, indicating broad experience with ArcGIS development across multiple languages.
Bubblewrap is a Command Line Interface (CLI) that helps developers to create a Project for an Android application that launches an existing Progressive Web App (PWAs) using a Trusted Web Activity.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Contributions:1 release, 72 reviews, 113 commits in 1 year 5 months
Contributions summary:Alexander primarily focused on enhancing the `bubblewrap` CLI, with changes related to the Android build process. Their contributions included modifying the build process to generate app bundles by default and incorporating a ChromeOS-only build option. They also added a version code prompt for new app versions, integrated a Google Play publishing feature by creating a library to communicate with GPP, and improved the project's build process and user experience.
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