David González
Senior Android Engineer at DuckDuckGo
London, England, Belgium
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Top SchoolDavid González is a Senior Android Engineer with 13 years of hands-on experience building and leading mobile teams, currently driving core features at DuckDuckGo from London. He combines deep Android architecture and testing expertise—demonstrated by contributions to android/architecture-samples—with product-focused delivery of privacy-forward features in the widely used DuckDuckGo Android app. As a former Lead Android Engineer and Technical Product Owner, he excels at improving cross-team workflows, sprint execution and stakeholder communication while remaining an active coder. A seasoned speaker who presents at conferences like Droidcon and Google DevFest, he brings community visibility and advocacy to engineering leadership. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic refactors, analytics-aware implementations, and thoughtful theming and UX work that balance user needs with maintainability.
13 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Spanish, English, Catalan
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (17)
kotlin10
mobile-development10
mvp10
ui-design10
android-development10
java10
mobile-application10
javas10
uid10
front-end-development10
android10
android-recyclerview9
android-test9
android-testing9
recyclerview9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
malmstein/yahnac
Nov 2014 - Sep 2016
Yet Another Hacker News Android Client
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:5 releases, 629 commits, 43 PRs in 1 year 9 months
Contributions summary:David primarily focused on the development of the Android application, malmstein/yahnac. Their contributions involved implementing basic UI elements such as tabs, and color schemes. They also worked on building core components of the application, including the creation of a default card fragment, the main navigation adapter, and integrating Firebase for application functionality. Additionally, the user implemented a RecyclerView for displaying data, along with adding functionalities to display new stories.
androidyet-anotherkotlinnewsandroid-client
duckduckgo/Android
Feb 2020 - Jan 2023
DuckDuckGo Android App
Role in this project:Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:982 reviews, 403 commits, 844 PRs in 3 years
Contributions summary:David primarily contributed to the development of the DuckDuckGo Android app, specifically focusing on implementing new features and addressing bugs related to image downloads, UI elements, and the management of VPN features, including code for recent app details screen. They also worked on improvements for the app's theming system and refactored some settings screens. The commits show involvement in adding and updating pixel tracking for various actions within the app, demonstrating knowledge of analytics integration and user behavior tracking.
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