David Teixeira
Senior Software Engineer at Google
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Teixeira is a Senior Software Engineer based in Seattle with 6+ years specializing in front-end and web platform engineering, currently contributing to Google’s Flutter team. He brings production-scale experience from Amazon and AWS building frontend frameworks and UI libraries that power large consumer and enterprise products. A strong advocate for usability and accessibility, he focuses on shipping polished web experiences and has deep expertise making Flutter run well on the web, including browser-specific fixes (Safari font handling), rendering improvements, and screenshot/golden-test tooling. David is an active open-source contributor across flagship Flutter repos and Firebase Flutter plugins, proving his ability to navigate complex cross-platform and JS interop challenges. Formerly a Principal Engineer at Tuenti, he pairs hands-on implementation with mentorship and developer-tooling work that accelerates teams. Outside core engineering, he brings a pragmatic, product-minded approach and even a DJ’s sensibility for crafting enjoyable user experiences.
6 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
BSE, Computer Science, BSE, Computer Science at Universidad de Oviedo
Spanish, English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (29)
unit-testing10
javascript10
flutter-plugin10
flutter-apps10
google-sign-in10
webui10
front-end-development10
web-framework10
flutter-game10
web-development10
dart10
firebase10
flutter10
testing9
firebase-authentication9
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
flutter/plugins
Nov 2019 - Nov 2022
Plugins for Flutter maintained by the Flutter team
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:800 reviews, 119 commits, 458 PRs in 3 years
Contributions summary:David primarily worked on the `google_sign_in` plugin, contributing to both its platform interface and core functionality. They refactored the plugin to use the federated Platform Interface, replacing method channels with the federated Platform Interface. The user also focused on supporting web implementations and integrating the Google Identity Services SDK. Their changes included handling specific edge cases such as supporting "infinite" videos and implementing a "Link" example for the web platform.
dartandroidpluginflutter-pluginios
flutter/engine
Aug 2019 - Dec 2022
The Flutter engine
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:748 reviews, 23 commits, 78 PRs in 3 years 4 months
Contributions summary:David primarily contributed to the Flutter engine, focusing on web UI components. Their work involved fixing font loading issues on Safari, which required code changes in font collection handling, and they improved the rendering of rounded rectangles. Furthermore, the user implemented and tested features for screenshot testing, including the ability to capture specific regions, which enhanced golden tests for the web. They also addressed the issue of rendering platform views correctly.
flutterflutter-enginec-plus-plus
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