Craig Russell
Android Developer
City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Summary
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RockstarCraig Russell is an experienced Android developer with 12 years delivering polished mobile experiences from his base in Edinburgh, Scotland. He contributes to high-profile open-source projects like the DuckDuckGo Android app, where he has driven UI/UX improvements, refactors, and features such as custom URL handling and “add to home” functionality. Comfortable as a remote worker, Craig blends hands-on feature implementation with thoughtful codebase modernization to improve maintainability and user onboarding. He’s equally focused on pragmatic UX details—long-press menus and onboarding flows—as on underlying architecture, making him a strong choice for teams seeking both product-minded and technically rigorous Android engineers.
12 years of coding experience
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Github Skills (24)
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Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
duckduckgo/Android
Nov 2017 - Jan 2023
DuckDuckGo Android App
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:19 releases, 836 reviews, 721 commits in 5 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Craig primarily contributed to the development of the DuckDuckGo Android app, focusing on a variety of features related to web browsing and UI. They refactored the codebase, replaced components, and worked on functionalities like custom URL scheme handling and the addition of the “add to home” feature. The user implemented various UX improvements, adding a new onboarding experience for the app and enhanced the long-press menu options.
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CDRussell/DuckDuckGoPersonalFork
Jun 2018 - Dec 2023
This is not the official DDG app; this is a fork used for ultra experimental work and hack days
Contributions:27 releases, 2 PRs, 40 pushes in 5 years 7 months
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