Bryan Herbst
Principal Engineer at Target
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBryan Herbst is a Principal Android engineer based in Minneapolis with 12 years of experience building and leading flagship mobile teams at Target. He progressed from hands-on Android development to leading rewrites from React Native to native Kotlin, owning major guest-facing experiences like Target’s Gift Registry and social savings app. Known for blending deep platform expertise with pragmatic delivery, he architects scalable Android solutions while mentoring cross-functional teams. Bryan’s career roots include consulting and early engineering roles at Nerdery, giving him a strong product-first perspective and an ability to bridge agency and enterprise practices. He holds a BS in Computer Science from the University of Minnesota and brings a rare combination of long-term retail domain knowledge and modern mobile engineering craft.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
University of Minnesota Twin CitiesDiploma, Diploma at Irondale Senior High School
Github Skills (66)
image-viewer10
http-client10
robotics10
kotlin-android10
jvm10
java10
android-app10
android10
asynchronous10
kotlin10
typesafe10
async9
fragment-transitions9
memory-leak-detection9
custom-fonts9
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
bherbst/bryanherbst.com
Sep 2016 - Jan 2023
Source code for my website
Contributions:18 reviews, 102 commits, 22 PRs in 6 years 4 months
bherbst/QuickReturnFooterSample
Aug 2015 - Jan 2018
Sample application demonstrating a quick return footer
Contributions:6 commits, 2 PRs, 5 pushes in 2 years 5 months
reactsample-applicationfooterandroid
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