Erik André
Backend Engineer at Meta
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolErik André is a seasoned Backend Engineer based in London with 13 years of professional experience and a strong foundation in Android development. He transitioned from senior Android roles at Badoo and Facebook to backend engineering at Meta, bringing deep platform-level insight into scalable mobile and server-side systems. Notably, he has contributed to the widely used Facebook Fresco image library, adding keyframe animated image support and device-fallback mechanisms that improved cross-device image handling. Erik combines low-level mobile optimization expertise with backend engineering practices, making him adept at bridging client and server concerns for performance-critical applications. He holds an M.S. in Computer Science and Engineering from Lund University and often blends practical engineering with open-source contribution.
13 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
M.S Computer Science and Engineering Computer Science, M.S Computer Science and Engineering Computer Science at The Faculty of Engineering at Lund University
English, Swedish, German
Github Skills (5)
javas10
android10
image-processing10
java10
fresco10
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
facebook/fresco
Dec 2016 - Jan 2019
An Android library for managing images and the memory they use.
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:3 releases, 51 commits, 10 PRs in 2 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Erik contributed to the Fresco Android library by implementing and integrating features related to image display and management. They added support for keyframes animated images, including a showcase example and fallback mechanisms for older devices. Their work involved modifications across multiple files, including the core library, showcase examples, and configuration classes.
memoryimageandroid-libraryandroid
badoo/Chateau
Mar 2016 - Apr 2017
Contributions:30 commits, 4 PRs, 15 pushes in 1 year 1 month
chatandroidandroid-appkotlinimproving
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