Dana Silver
Senior Software Engineer at Google
Larkspur, California, United States
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Top SchoolDana Silver is a Senior Software Engineer with 12 years of experience building high-scale developer platforms and SDKs, currently working on Cloud Firestore at Google. She previously led Android SDK development and backend work for Firebase Remote Config, improving reliability and launch cadence for feature flags and cross-platform features. Dana has deep expertise in mobile SDK internals, test automation, and performance-sensitive backend systems, and has contributed to high-profile open-source projects like the Firebase Android SDK and fastlane docs. Her background includes formative roles at Twitter/Fabric and hands-on product work on Courier's in-app messaging SDKs. Based in Larkspur, CA, she pairs systems-level thinking with front-end polish—recently fixing subtle internationalization and token-retrieval bugs that prevented incorrect config evaluations. She holds a BA in Computer Science from Middlebury College and a research thesis in visual analytics that informed her pragmatic, data-driven engineering approach.
13 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Computer Science, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Computer Science at Middlebury College
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Github Skills (20)
firebase-remote-config10
testing10
css10
fastlane10
java10
javas10
android10
apidoc9
responsive-design9
api9
html9
software-design8
google-chrome-extension6
google-chrome6
jquery6
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
firebase/firebase-android-sdk
Jan 2020 - Jan 2023
Firebase Android SDK
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Test Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & Test Automation EngineerContributions:190 reviews, 44 commits, 126 PRs in 3 years
Contributions summary:Dana focused on improving the Firebase Remote Config (RC) Android SDK, making several significant changes. They addressed a critical issue in Remote Config by ensuring the correct retrieval of the Firebase Instance ID (IID) token before fetching configurations, preventing incorrect condition evaluation. Additionally, the user implemented code to properly encode IETF BCP 47 language tags. They also contributed to refactoring the dependency on the Firebase Installations SDK and removing deprecated methods. This user's work is primarily focused on the internal workings and testing of the SDK.
android-sdkfirebasefirebase-databasefirebase-realtime-databasefirebase-functions
fastlane/docs
Aug 2016 - Feb 2017
All the fastlane docs
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:13 commits, 15 PRs, 6 pushes in 5 months
Contributions summary:Dana primarily focused on enhancing the user interface and improving the documentation's visual presentation within the `fastlane/docs` repository. They implemented changes to the CSS, including styling for the side navigation links, tables, and header anchors. Furthermore, the user addressed mobile responsiveness by maintaining the normal badge size on smaller screens and adjusted the codebase to leverage a new CDN for static assets.
fastlane
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