Benjamin Augustin
Principal Engineer at ATG Entertainment
England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolBenjamin Augustin is a Principal Engineer and people-first leader with 13 years of software experience and a decade of hands-on mobile engineering expertise, currently focused on engineering leadership, mobile DevOps and Developer Experience. He scaled mobile teams and platforms at Novoda—growing Glovo’s mobile organisation from 8 to 80 engineers—while implementing automated releases, observability, cloud builds and remote caching to enable continuous deployment. Known for bridging technical excellence and product outcomes, he has led greenfield Android projects (The Times) and deep platform work across retail, media and streaming clients. Benjamin’s background spans low-level C++ research to shipping polished Android UIs and navigation features in open-source spikes, revealing a rare blend of R&D curiosity and pragmatic delivery. Based in England, he brings a collaborative, exploration-driven approach that prioritises empowering engineers as the lever for organisational success.
14 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Computer Science, Master's degree Computer Science at INSA Lyon - Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon
French, English, Japanese
Github Skills (8)
kotlin10
javas10
android10
java10
testing10
architecture9
ui-design9
architectures9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
novoda/spikes
May 2016 - May 2018
Where ideas & concepts are born & incubated
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:82 commits, 63 PRs, 108 pushes in 2 years
Contributions summary:Benjamin contributed significantly to the development of the TodoApp within the `novoda/spikes` repository, focusing on the implementation of UI elements and related testing. They worked on refactoring the TodoApp from google samples and also added functionality for the edit confirmation screen. Additionally, the user was responsible for integrating navigation features within the application. Their work demonstrates a focus on building the UI and related components of the Android application.
androidnovodaspikejavaproof-of-concept
novoda/bonfire-firebase-sample
Jun 2016 - Oct 2016
An app to discuss your favourite emojis. This is a sample app built with Firebase.
Contributions:9 commits, 5 PRs, 13 pushes in 4 months
firebasenovoda
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