Gil Birman
Software Engineer at Square
Bella Vista, Arkansas, United States
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Top SchoolGil Birman is a senior software engineer with 12 years of experience specializing in iOS and front-end web engineering, currently building product and infrastructure at Square. He previously shipped native iOS features at Airbnb and led front-end architecture and training at iSeatz, blending Swift/Objective-C expertise with React, Flux, and isomorphic app design. Gil is an active open-source contributor—his iOS work on the widely used react-native-maps project added Google Maps support and refactored marker components to enable custom markers. Comfortable across mobile, web, and backend stacks, he moves between hands-on implementation and higher-level architecture. Trained at Johns Hopkins in computer science and business, he brings product-minded engineering and a history of freelance product development and design to cross-functional teams. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic solutions that bridge UX, platform constraints, and long-term maintainability.
12 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Johns Hopkins University
English, Spanish
Stackoverflow
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javascript
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lodash
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css-transitions
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requirejs
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Github Skills (25)
ios10
react-native10
angular-service10
angularjs10
javascript9
css-transitions9
facebook9
requirejs9
facebook-graph-api9
front-end-development9
modal-dialog9
databinding9
react9
swiftui9
swift9
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
react-native-maps/react-native-maps
Jul 2016 - Dec 2016
React Native Mapview component for iOS + Android
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (iOS) & Front-end Developer
Mobile Developer (iOS) & Front-end DeveloperContributions:23 commits, 49 PRs, 84 pushes in 5 months
Contributions summary:Gil primarily contributed to the React Native Maps project, focusing on iOS-specific implementations and feature enhancements. They addressed bug fixes and improved compatibility, most notably by adding support for Google Maps on iOS and resolving marker-related issues. Furthermore, the user refactored the AIRGoogleMapMarker component to use a DummyView, creating an example for custom markers while also bumping the React Native version.
reactreact-nativeios-androidandroidmapview
gilbox/react-native-masked-view
Jun 2015 - Jun 2017
Contributions:18 commits, 15 pushes, 3 branches in 2 years
maskedreactview-componentmasked-view
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