Geoff Powell
Senior Android Engineer at Cash App
Saint Petersburg, Florida, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolGeoff Powell is a Senior Android Engineer with nine years of hands-on experience building mobile products for gaming and consumer finance, currently shipping features at Cash App from Saint Petersburg, Florida. He pairs a deep Android engineering background with a master's in Information Assurance, bringing a security-minded approach to app design and system reliability. Geoff has improved accessibility tooling in the popular Paparazzi Android rendering library, adding overlays and tests that make UI snapshots more useful for inclusive design. His career spans startups and enterprise teams—Vivid Seats and Lextech—and includes freelance work that kept him close to app-level problem solving. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic solutions that balance user experience, accessibility, and platform constraints.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master's Degree, Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance, 4.0, Master's Degree, Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance, 4.0 at Lewis University
German
Github Skills (6)
accessibility10
android-test10
javas10
android-testing10
android10
java10
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
cashapp/paparazzi
Dec 2020 - Jan 2022
Render your Android screens without a physical device or emulator
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android) & Accessibility Specialist
Mobile Developer (Android) & Accessibility SpecialistContributions:316 reviews, 20 commits, 213 PRs in 1 year 1 month
Contributions summary:Geoff primarily contributed to improving the accessibility features of the Paparazzi Android testing library. Their work involved adding a `RenderExtension` to overlay accessibility information on rendered UI snapshots. The user implemented a new `AccessibilityRenderExtension` which highlights and labels UI elements that are important for accessibility. Furthermore, they addressed font scaling issues and added tests to verify the correct rendering of accessibility features.
renderemulatorandroidphysical
geoff-powell/Tidy
Nov 2023 - Mar 2024
Cleanup your family's life with this simple app
Contributions:14 reviews, 119 PRs, 226 pushes in 3 months
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