Ben Weiss
Senior Developer Relations Engineer
Bavaria, Germany
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Top SchoolBen Weiss is a Senior Developer Relations Engineer at Google with 15 years of experience specializing in Android development and performance engineering. He helps shape libraries, samples, and guidance for Android features such as Baseline Profiles, dynamic features, WorkManager, and navigation while also mentoring the Android GDE program. Ben is a hands-on contributor to high-profile Google open-source projects (e.g., the Google I/O app, Now in Android, and performance-samples), where he focuses on modularization, startup optimization, and UI responsiveness. His work blends developer advocacy with deep engineering: he authors baseline profiles, integrates jank logging and tracing, and architects modular app samples to demonstrate best practices. Prior roles across product and engineering teams in Germany give him a pragmatic product-minded approach to developer tooling and sample design. Colleagues know him for turning performance diagnostics into reproducible fixes and clear, consumable guidance for external developers.
15 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Wirtschaftsinformatik, Bachelor of Science - BS, Wirtschaftsinformatik at Fachhochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin
German, English
Stackoverflow
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288answers
6questions
google-maps
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refresh
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android-studio
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apk
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java
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xml
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Github Skills (62)
espresso10
kotlin10
uitest10
performance-monitor10
testing10
navigationbar10
android-sdk10
ui-design10
android-development10
implement10
java10
navigation-drawer10
uid10
javas10
androidx10
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
android/topeka
Oct 2014 - Feb 2020
A fun to play quiz that showcases material design on Android
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:7 releases, 182 commits, 44 PRs in 5 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Ben primarily contributed to the UI development of the Android application. Their work involved creating a sign-in activity, adding avatar images, and implementing new UI elements such as a play arrow widget. They also refactored the existing code by introducing a new Player model and incorporating the ability to persist the sign-in state. Furthermore, the user worked on integrating data binding.
showcasesmaterialandroidkotlinmaterial-design
googlearchive/android-instant-apps
Apr 2017 - Jan 2019
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Role in this project:Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:38 commits, 9 PRs, 18 pushes in 1 year 9 months
Contributions summary:Ben's commits primarily focused on modifying and introducing code related to Android Instant Apps. Their work included refactoring manifest activity declarations, updating dependencies, and introducing new samples, such as the "kotlin-hello" and "service" samples, demonstrating a focus on the specific architecture and features of Instant Apps. The user's contributions involved adapting existing Android code to function within the Instant App framework, incorporating features like cookie management and working with split APKs to ensure a seamless user experience. They also worked on the test suite, which ensured proper functionality through URL addressing and intent validation, verifying the correct behavior of the Instant App samples.
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