Ben Russell
Mobile Software Engineer at approppo GmbH
Bern, Bern, Germany
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Top SchoolBen Russell is a Mobile Software Engineer based in Bern with nine years in software and over seven years focused on Android development. He has delivered production Android apps across healthcare and startup environments, working as an in-house developer and freelancer for companies including approppo GmbH, couchbits GmbH, AMBOSS, and MIAMED. Ben combines a games-technology background (BSc First Class Honours) with practical mobile engineering, which gives him a knack for performant, user-focused interfaces and immersive UX details. He’s experienced across the full mobile stack and comfortable moving between product-driven teams and short-term contracts to ship features quickly. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic problem-solving and for bridging design intent with robust, maintainable Android implementations.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Games Technology, First Class Honours, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Games Technology, First Class Honours at University of the West of EnglandWadebridge 6th Form
English, German, Swahili
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Github Skills (37)
realms9
counter8
converter7
android-application6
obfuscation6
unit-converter6
android6
kotlin6
crashlytics6
sceneform6
android-lifecycle6
fragment-lifecycle6
arcore5
flutter-inappwebview5
continuation4
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
Knotworking/Numbers
Mar 2017 - Nov 2022
Unit converter and item counter
Contributions:55 commits, 8 PRs, 48 pushes in 5 years 8 months
resolveunit-converterunititemrealms
Knotworking/TEAR
Aug 2021 - Nov 2022
Contributions:28 PRs, 58 pushes, 32 branches in 1 year 3 months
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