Chris Banes
Senior Staff Software Engineer at The Trade Desk
Bath, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolChris Banes is a Senior Staff Software Engineer with 12 years’ experience building and modernizing Android UI platforms for companies like Google, Twitter and The Trade Desk. He combines hands-on expertise in Jetpack Compose and AndroidX with leadership as a technical lead, mentoring teams and driving cross-functional modernization efforts across client UI stacks. A prolific contributor to official Android samples (notably android/compose-samples and user-interface-samples), he focuses on making software “feel” right through pragmatic UI design, window insets/IME handling, and responsive layouts. Based in Bath, UK, he’s known for creating developer-facing libraries and projects (e.g., Accompanist, Insetter) and for establishing processes that improve technical decisions and developer education.
12 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
1st (Hons) Computer Science, 1st (Hons) Computer Science at Aston University
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Github Skills (28)
kotlin10
hugo10
css10
responsive-design10
user-interface10
statusbar10
ui-design10
graphical-user-interface10
uid10
androidx10
front-end-development10
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jetpack-compose10
gradlew10
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Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
android/compose-samples
Apr 2020 - Aug 2021
Official Jetpack Compose samples.
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:4 releases, 207 reviews, 58 commits in 1 year 4 months
Contributions summary:Chris primarily contributed to the `android/compose-samples` repository, which focuses on Jetpack Compose examples. Their work involved updating the JetNews and Jetcaster samples to utilize new Compose APIs and features. These updates included refactoring code to adapt to changes in the Compose framework, updating dependencies, and fixing UI-related issues. The commits demonstrate a focus on staying current with the latest Compose releases and adapting the samples to reflect best practices.
jetpack-composedeclarative-uiandroidjetpackcompose
android/user-interface-samples
Mar 2020 - May 2021
Multiple samples showing the best practices in the user interface on Android.
Role in this project:Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:20 reviews, 26 commits, 26 PRs in 1 year 1 month
Contributions summary:Chris primarily focused on improving the user interface samples within the Android repository. Their contributions included updating build configurations, integrating caching mechanisms, migrating code to AndroidX core, and reverting to ViewBinding for UI element management. They also worked on implementing features related to window insets animation and utilizing AndroidX core libraries. The user demonstrated expertise in adapting UI layouts for different screen sizes and managing input method editor (IME) interactions within the application.
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