Carl Poole
Staff Software Engineer at ABBYY
Texas, United States
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Top SchoolCarl Poole is a Staff Software Engineer and founder with 12+ years building mobile-first and systems software, currently leading work at ABBYY and running Poole Digital from Texas. He specializes in Android and cross-platform mobile engineering, contributing to high-impact open source projects like Ionic Capacitor and its plugins where he improved stability, memory handling, and platform integrations. Carl has shipped production Android libraries with hundreds of thousands of downloads, designed native-web hybrid tooling (Ionic Portals), and operated CI/CD workflows to deploy artifacts to Maven Central. His background spans full-stack services for robotics logistics, large-scale data apps in healthcare, and enterprise Java systems—combining product-minded engineering with a deep practical knowledge of languages from Java and Scala to C/C++ and Swift. A lifelong learner with an MS in Computer Science, he pairs entrepreneurial drive with hands-on debugging and performance work that often surfaces as subtle platform fixes and refactors.
12 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science at University of Maryland Global CampusAssociate's Degree Computer Science, Associate's Degree Computer Science at Northwest Vista CollegeMaster’s Degree Computer Science, Master’s Degree Computer Science at Syracuse University College of Engineering and Computer Science
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Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
ionic-team/capacitor-plugins
Aug 2020 - Nov 2022
Official plugins for Capacitor ⚡️
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:102 reviews, 24 commits, 43 PRs in 2 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Carl contributed to the development of Capacitor plugins, specifically the Clipboard and Geolocation plugins. Their work involved implementing both the web and Android/iOS platform-specific code for these plugins. The user also updated the project dependencies and addressed build issues, showcasing a full-stack understanding of cross-platform mobile development. Furthermore, the user updated plugins and core files to a more recent version.
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ionic-team/capacitor
May 2020 - Nov 2022
Build cross-platform Native Progressive Web Apps for iOS, Android, and the Web ⚡️
Role in this project:Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:111 reviews, 91 commits, 141 PRs in 2 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Carl's contributions primarily involve modifications and refactoring related to the Android implementation of the Capacitor framework. They focused on fixing bugs, such as preventing splash screen flicker and resolving activity result API registration issues. The user also removed deprecated plugins and refactored code for memory cleanup and permission handling. Their work demonstrates a focus on improving the stability, performance, and maintainability of the Capacitor Android platform.
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