Braden Farmer
Staff-Level Engineer (Android TV Fire TV Lead) at Angel Studios
Saratoga Springs, Utah, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBraden Farmer is a staff-level Android engineer with 12 years of experience specializing in Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, and large-screen TV apps, currently leading Android TV and Fire TV efforts at Angel Studios. He has driven high-impact initiatives—like implementing RevenueCat for TV in-app purchases, bootstrapping a Kotlin Multiplatform foundation, and optimizing Compose performance with Baseline Profiles—that helped Angel’s apps reach over a million downloads and industry-leading store ratings. Braden contributes to notable open-source projects such as RetroArch, where he improved Android build processes, storage access, and audio handling for Play Store compatibility. His background spans fintech, healthcare, and entertainment, and he maintains several FOSS projects that extend Android to large-screen and PC-like experiences. Colocated in Saratoga Springs, Utah, he blends hands-on implementation, mentoring, and occasional product management to ship polished, performant apps across Google TV, Fire TV, Samsung, LG, and Xbox platforms.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Information Systems & Technology, Information Systems & Technology at Weber State UniversityInformation Systems & Technology, Information Systems & Technology at Utah Valley University
Github Skills (10)
javas10
gradlew10
android-development10
java10
gradle10
libretro9
c119
rc9
c179
arch9
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
libretro/RetroArch
Aug 2020 - Jun 2022
Cross-platform, sophisticated frontend for the libretro API. Licensed GPLv3.
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:2 reviews, 30 commits, 37 PRs in 1 year 10 months
Contributions summary:Braden focused on enhancing the Android build process and core functionality of the RetroArch frontend. They implemented support for Play Store builds using Play Feature Delivery, integrating Java and Gradle for core management. Their contributions included fixing issues with Android audio properties, external storage access, and file browser integration, as well as decoupling dependencies for compliance. The user also implemented features for proper symlink generation and cleanup.
frontendlibretrocretroarch
farmerbb/AppNotifier
Jan 2020 - Apr 2021
Restore Google Play's missing app update notifications
Contributions:10 releases, 49 commits, 7 PRs in 1 year 2 months
google-play
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