Fred Sladkey
Software Engineer at Google
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolFred Sladkey is a software engineer with 11 years of experience, currently building services at Google and fluent in Kotlin, Python, and TypeScript. He blends a creative background in music and audio engineering with pragmatic full‑stack experience, having shipped client-facing systems and platform work from The Muse to Android Jetpack contributions. At App Academy he taught and retooled curriculum for hundreds of students, a sign of both technical depth and strong communication skills. His open-source work includes stability and feature improvements to the high-profile androidx/androidx project, particularly around camera video and Material3 components. Based in Cambridge, MA, Fred enjoys collaborating on tough problems and brings an engineer’s ear for quality and polish to software systems.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Music (B.M.), Music Production and Engineering, Bachelor of Music (B.M.), Music Production and Engineering at Berklee College of MusicWeb Development, Web Development at App Academy
English
Stackoverflow
108reputation
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Github Skills (19)
kotlin10
java10
javas10
android10
android-jetpack10
testing9
multiplatform9
camerax9
material-design8
build-automation8
api-design8
html6
react6
http6
browser6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
androidx/androidx
Jun 2021 - Jan 2023
Development environment for Android Jetpack extension libraries under the androidx namespace. Synchronized with Android Jetpack's primary development branch on AOSP.
Role in this project:
Software Engineer
Software EngineerContributions:211 commits in 1 year 7 months
Contributions summary:Fred contributed to the androidx/androidx project by addressing various issues, including bug fixes and code improvements, with a particular focus on the camera video and material3 components. Their work involved fixing defects, enhancing code quality, and ensuring the proper generation of API files. The commits reflect involvement across multiple components and contributions for ensuring stability and feature parity.
jetpack-composejetpack-androidsynchronizednamespaceandroid
fsladkey/facebark
Nov 2015 - Jan 2017
Contributions:135 commits, 93 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 2 months
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