Dan Downey
Senior Software Engineer at Squarespace
Dublin, Dublin 1, Ireland
Summary
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Top SchoolDan Downey is a Senior Software Engineer based in Dublin with 11 years of experience focused on Android and mobile SDK development, currently building products at Squarespace after shaping Zendesk’s mobile SDKs. He combines hands-on engineering with a passion for mentoring — volunteering with CoderDojo and tutoring college labs to help learners grasp design, problem solving, and internet safety. Comfortable across the mobile stack, he brings practical PLC/HMI experience from early electrical work, which gives him an unusual systems-oriented perspective on embedded and user-facing software. Known for reliable delivery and clear technical guidance, he blends product-minded engineering with a track record of helping others grow.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
BSc Honours in Computing, Computing, 1:1, BSc Honours in Computing, Computing, 1:1 at National College of IrelandLucan Community College
English
Github Skills (26)
kotlin10
android-sdk10
java9
android9
android-project7
api6
rest-api-documentation6
rest-api5
sdk5
rest5
api-documentation5
image4
zendesk4
android-library4
chat4
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
danthedrummer/SpeedrunBrowser
Sep 2017 - Mar 2023
An Android app for viewing random speedruns from the speedrun.com leaderboards. Using this project to practice Kotlin and learn RxJava
Contributions:16 PRs, 41 pushes, 19 branches in 5 years 7 months
leaderboardsrxjavaandroidandroid-appkotlin
zendesk/connect-android-sdk
Jun 2018 - Aug 2019
Contributions:2 releases, 44 commits, 29 PRs in 1 year 1 month
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