Jim Pekarek
Senior Software Engineer at Brilliant.org
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolJim Pekarek is a Senior Software Engineer based in San Francisco with 12 years of mobile-first experience, specializing in Android since 2012 and iOS/Swift since 2017. He has built end-to-end consumer apps and rebuilt cross-platform experiences, advocating Kotlin and Material Design while applying RxJava and pragmatic API collaboration to solve performance and scalability challenges. At BlueCrew he connected thousands of workers to jobs and at Brilliant.org he focuses on educational product engineering that aligns with his passion for science, teaching, and socially responsible organizations. His background in mechanical engineering and early hands-on roles (including top-performing OTR driver and automotive design work) gives him a practical, systems-minded approach to product and UX trade-offs. Colleagues rely on him for shipping polished mobile interfaces that balance delightful UI/UX with robust engineering.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering at Kettering University
Stackoverflow
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android-studio
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android-animation
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debugging
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textview
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android-recyclerview
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layout
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Github Skills (96)
localized10
compose10
exports10
debugging10
android10
jetpack-compose10
kotlin10
modular9
jetpack9
material-components9
ui-components9
android-animation9
material-ui9
strings9
textview9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
Amagi82/FlexibleRatingBar
Apr 2015 - Jul 2015
Contributions:26 commits, 22 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
polygonsresizing
Amagi82/ModularCharacterSheetCreator
May 2015 - Apr 2016
Contributions:411 pushes, 1 branch in 11 months
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