Benny Jon
Staff Software Engineer at LinkedIn
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBenny Jon is a Staff Software Engineer based in Seattle with a decade of experience building high-impact mobile products for companies like LinkedIn and Uber. He specializes in Android and iOS engineering, leading architecture migrations to MVVM, designing core app features (video player, onboarding, downloads, Android Auto) and championing accessibility as his org's Android A11y lead. Comfortable across Java, Kotlin, Coroutines, Dagger2 and Jetpack, he pairs hands-on implementation with team leadership—helping set OKRs, prioritize work, and mentor peers. Prior roles include building core trip experiences at Uber and shipping customer-facing financial apps and embedded Android OS features earlier in his career. His background blending product-focused feature work with low-level system integration and QA gives him a pragmatic edge when balancing performance, reliability, and user experience.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, 4.87, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, 4.87 at University of HavanaAssociate of Arts (A.A.), Computer Science, Associate of Arts (A.A.), Computer Science at Miami Dade College
Spanish, English
Github Skills (17)
layout5
swipe-gestures4
android3
ios3
linux2
windows2
snap2
windows-desktop2
slack2
desktop1
color-picker1
electron1
carthage1
macos1
swift1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
benny-jon/searchi
Oct 2018 - Oct 2022
Contributions:31 commits, 31 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 11 months
benny-jon/ComposeAccessibilityBugs
Apr 2023 - Aug 2024
Contributions:22 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 3 months
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