Ben Kadel
Principal Mobile Engineer at Vay
Berlin, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolBen Kadel is a Principal Mobile Engineer based in Berlin with 11 years of hands-on experience building and scaling Android apps across the UK and Germany. He has progressed from systems and hybrid web development into senior Android and platform engineering roles at companies like The Very Group, Babbel, GetYourGuide, and now Vay, often owning both feature delivery and platform reliability. Ben combines deep practical knowledge of Android internals with a curiosity-driven learning habit—he spends much of his free time exploring new technologies and runs an aspiring tech/dev YouTube channel. Known for maintaining and evolving consumer-facing apps (e.g., contributions to The Very Group’s and My Very Android app ecosystems), he brings a pragmatic, product-focused approach to mobile platform challenges. His background in games programming and early systems work gives him a rare blend of performance-minded engineering and user-centric feature design.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree Computer Games Programming, Bachelor’s Degree Computer Games Programming at University of Staffordshire
Github Skills (130)
git-repo10
adb10
python9
bash9
automation9
android-developer9
android-jetpack-compose9
tabletop9
ios9
kotlin9
android-developers9
android-app9
android9
cli8
android-apps8
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
Kardelio/myvimplugin
Dec 2019 - Jun 2021
Contributions:10 commits, 20 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 6 months
Kardelio/git_series
Oct 2019 - Aug 2020
youtube git series yall!
Contributions:10 commits, 1 PR, 5 pushes in 10 months
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