Summary
Eric Maxwell is a seasoned software engineer with 13 years of hands-on experience building mobile and backend systems for startups and Fortune 500 companies, currently based in Plain City, Ohio. He specializes in Android and Kotlin, having led platform and product efforts at Square and taught Android/Kotlin as an instructor and content creator for Big Nerd Ranch and Caster.io. Eric combines product-minded engineering—launching Square Subscriptions across multiple POS devices—with deep technical stewardship, owning shared mobile libraries and architecture for cross-team use. He’s also an experienced developer advocate and speaker, authoring popular architecture guidance while mentoring engineers and organizing local Android meetups. Outside work he’s a family man and coffee enthusiast, bringing pragmatic curiosity and a knack for translating complex systems into teachable, maintainable solutions.
13 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
High School
BS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at Wright State University