Dylan Kirkby
Engineering Team Lead at Alloy.ai
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Top SchoolDylan Kirkby is an Engineering Team Lead based in Vancouver with 11 years of experience building full-stack web applications and front-end infrastructure, specializing in React and developer productivity. At Alloy.ai he leads engineering efforts while previously driving major front-end improvements at Yelp that cut error rates by over 50% and build times by 95%. He combines hands-on coding with leadership—shipping mission-critical systems at HockeyData, rebuilding e-commerce portals in React, and contributing to open-source Android tooling like RedReader by improving message notifications and robustness. Known for quickly ramping in unfamiliar domains, Dylan focuses on durable, testable systems and developer ergonomics that scale with product needs. He holds a Computer Engineering degree from UBC with top academic performance and a track record of translating vague requirements into reliable, production-ready solutions.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Engineering, 91.7% In-Major Average., Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Engineering, 91.7% In-Major Average. at The University of British Columbia
English, French
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Github Skills (9)
javas10
android-application10
alarmmanager10
notification10
android-app10
android-apps10
broadcast-receiver10
android10
java10
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
QuantumBadger/RedReader
Oct 2014 - Nov 2014
An unofficial open source Android app for Reddit.
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:60 commits in 1 month
Contributions summary:Dylan focused on enhancing the RedReader Android application, specifically implementing features related to message notifications. Their contributions include creating a new message checker, integrating it with the alarm system to periodically check for new messages, and refining the notification messages. The user also refactored the code to use common utilities and preferences for a more robust and user-configurable notification system. Additionally, the user addressed bug fixes and optimized the application.
androidandroid-appkotlinandroid-applicationreddit-client
alloytech/sqlacodegen
Jun 2020 - Apr 2023
Automatic model code generator for SQLAlchemy
Contributions:1 review, 4 PRs, 3 pushes in 2 years 10 months
code-generationpythonsqlalchemyflaskcode-generator
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