Fran Montiel is a Staff Software Engineer based in Málaga with over a decade of deep Android and mobile engineering experience, now focusing on technical leadership and architecture. He has progressed from hands-on Android development and freelance project ownership to leading mobile teams and operations, shaping tech stacks and promoting clean architecture across Kotlin Multiplatform, React Native, Flutter and occasional iOS work. Known for mentoring engineers and driving quality, he also contributes to open-source Android tooling—improving the PersistentCookieJar library with bug fixes, tests and ProGuard rules. Comfortable across client-facing roles and technical delivery, he blends strategic decision-making with a developer-first mindset informed by a master's in mobile telecommunications.
10 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Master's in Computer Science Applied to Mobile Telecommunications, Master's in Computer Science Applied to Mobile Telecommunications at Universidad de Málaga
A persistent CookieJar implementation for OkHttp 3 based on SharedPreferences.
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android)
Contributions:26 commits, 6 PRs, 22 pushes in 1 year 3 months
Contributions summary:Fran primarily contributed to improving the `persistentcookiejar` library for Android. Their work included fixing issues related to `SerializableCookie`, such as adding a `serialVersionUID` and closing streams. They also enhanced testing by adding new test cases and improving the test setup. Furthermore, the user added ProGuard rules to the library and added a method to clear session cookies.
Contributions:6 releases, 13 reviews, 85 commits in 3 years 9 months
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