Brian Gardner
Senior So at ProAndroidDev
Savannah, Georgia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBrian Gardner is a Senior Android engineer with 14 years of experience building mobile products and mentoring peers, currently shaping payments and platform features at Square from his base in Savannah, Georgia. Previously he spent nearly a decade at Big Nerd Ranch as an Android developer, instructor, team manager and solution architect, translating complex app requirements into teachable, production-ready solutions. As an editor for ProAndroidDev he helps curate and elevate Android best practices, reflecting a genuine passion for teaching developers alongside shipping code. His career blends hands-on implementation, developer education, and team leadership—making him as comfortable delivering pull requests as he is leading workshops. Known for turning practical Android patterns into repeatable learning experiences, he quietly accelerates teams by codifying hard-won lessons into clearer guidance.
14 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Georgia Institute of Technology
Github Skills (15)
android-screen10
android9
unit-testing9
android-sdk8
bootstrapping8
android-unit-testing8
java8
robolectric8
sdk7
ui-testing7
kotlin7
hermit6
ai5
mobile5
jetpack-compose2
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
BrianGardnerAtl/Configuration
Mar 2015 - Mar 2026
Contributions:1 PR, 8 pushes, 6 branches in 11 years 2 months
BrianGardnerAtl/paparazziSplit
Mar 2023 - Aug 2024
Render your Android screens without a physical device or emulator
Contributions:132 pushes, 30 branches, 3 comments in 1 year 5 months
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