Gordon Hayes
Developer Relations
Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolGordon Hayes is a Developer Relations leader based in the Netherlands with a decade of experience bridging developer communities and product teams. Currently Head of Developer Relations at Rive and previously Flutter Developer Advocate at Stream, he specializes in Flutter ecosystem advocacy and developer experience. He combines hands-on engineering—contributing full-stack improvements to notable open-source projects like Stream's stream-chat-flutter—with public-facing content such as the FunWithFlutter initiative. Gordon’s background in information security and data mining gives him a pragmatic lens on secure, data-driven product design. Colleagues know him for turning complex SDK and UI requirements into clear developer workflows and delightful demos. He blends technical depth, community-building, and a knack for shipping tangible SDK enhancements.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Data Mining, Bachelor of Science - BS, Data Mining at North-West University / Noordwes-Universiteit
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Github Skills (18)
flutter-apps10
ui-design10
uid10
front-end-development10
chat-sdk10
flutter-game10
dart10
flutter10
testing9
mobile8
widgets8
mobile-development8
stream6
getstream-io6
chat6
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
GetStream/stream-chat-flutter
Jul 2021 - Dec 2022
Flutter Chat SDK - Build your own chat app experience using Dart, Flutter and the Stream Chat Messaging API.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:63 reviews, 120 commits, 35 PRs in 1 year 4 months
Contributions summary:Gordon primarily contributed to the Flutter-based Stream Chat SDK, focusing on both frontend and backend features. They added features such as an image property to the user model. Moreover, the user implemented features like channel image and name modifications. The commits demonstrate improvements in the user interface, including modifications to the message list and attachment components, and test-related modifications in the user model.
streamflutter-chatstream-chatchat-sdkmessaging
HayesGordon/chatter
Aug 2021 - Jul 2022
Demo chat application using Stream Chat Core
Contributions:43 commits, 6 PRs, 39 pushes in 11 months
chat-demostream-chatchat-applicationchatstream
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