Donovan Mcmurray
Developer Relations Engineer
Georgia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDonovan Mcmurray is a Developer Relations Engineer at Google with 11 years of software engineering experience, blending backend API work and Android mobile development. He modernizes integrations and samples—evidenced by contributions to Android camera examples (CameraX/ML Kit QR scanning, MediaStore migration) and upkeep of Google Ads and AdSense client libraries—helping other developers adopt current APIs and best practices. Based in Georgia, Donovan combines hands-on coding with developer advocacy, translating complex API version upgrades and authentication flows into usable samples and tooling. His background includes web development and team training at Birch Communications and an academic foundation from Georgia Tech (MS and BS in Computer Science) plus a Udacity data analysis credential, reflecting both practical product focus and data-oriented problem solving.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Computer Science, Master's degree, Computer Science at Georgia Institute of TechnologyData Analysis, Data Analysis at Udacity
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (28)
kotlin10
apim10
google-api10
lib10
sample-size10
authentication10
user-authentication10
camerax10
ruby10
sample-rate10
php10
api10
android10
sample-data10
googleapis10
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
googleads/google-api-ads-ruby
Aug 2017 - May 2022
Ad Manager SOAP API Client Libraries for Ruby
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:24 releases, 60 commits, 4 PRs in 4 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Donovan's commits primarily focused on updating the DFP API client library to support newer versions (v201708, v201711, v201802, v201805, v201808, v201811, v201902, v201905, v201908, v201911, v202002, v202005, v202008, v202011, v202102, v202105, v202108) of the API. This involved modifying auto-generated code to align with the latest API specifications, as well as fixing build issues. In addition, the user added the support for LineItem.userConsentEligibility. The nature of work is highly related to API version upgrades and ensuring the library's compatibility with the latest features.
api-clientapiadsrubyclient-libraries
googleads/googleads-adsense-examples
Aug 2019 - May 2022
Samples for the AdSense Management API
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:6 reviews, 36 commits, 13 PRs in 2 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Donovan added PHP examples to the repository, specifically for the AdSense Management API, integrating with the google-api-php-client library. Their work involved creating a sample application to run multiple requests against the AdSense Management API. Furthermore, the user's changes included the addition of examples and modifications to authentication and token handling. These changes facilitated the use of the API and demonstrate a focus on backend functionality.
apiadsenseapi-management
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