Jon Peñalba
Engineering Group Manager at Optibus
Bilbao, Autonomous Community of the Basque Country, Spain
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Top SchoolJon Peñalba is a seasoned software leader with 18 years of experience, currently heading R&D as Group Manager at Optibus and previously managing engineering teams at StubHub. He blends hands-on engineering—particularly Android and full-stack web development—with team leadership, having led mobile projects like ForkHub and PocketHub where he modernized build systems, UI, and code-viewing features. Based in Bilbao, he has a track record of scaling product engineering across international teams and fast-moving marketplaces since his early work at Ticketbis and Sherpa. Jon’s background in computer science from the University of Deusto and early research internships underpin a pragmatic, research-informed approach to problem solving. Notably, he contributes to open-source Android tooling and has experience migrating legacy apps to modern Gradle and Material Design paradigms, reflecting a penchant for practical modernization.
18 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Engineer’s Degree, Computer Science, Engineer’s Degree, Computer Science at University of Deusto
Spanish, English
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Github Skills (18)
mobile-development10
android-development10
java10
mobile-application10
javas10
gradlew10
mobile-ui10
gradle10
webview9
android-webview9
codemirror8
interface-design8
ui-design8
git7
optimization6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
jonan/ForkHub
Nov 2014 - Apr 2018
GitHub client for Android based on the abandoned official app
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:18 releases, 404 commits, 44 PRs in 3 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Jon primarily contributed to the Android mobile application, "ForkHub," which aimed to be a GitHub client. Their work involved adding and integrating Gradle support, updating the CodeMirror library for code editing within the app, and enhancing the app's ability to open GitHub links. They also focused on UI improvements and the migration to the Material Design theme.
androidjavaapkandroid-appgithub-client
pockethub/PocketHub
Nov 2014 - Mar 2015
PocketHub Android App
Role in this project:Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:29 commits, 11 PRs, 6 pushes in 3 months
Contributions summary:Jon primarily contributed to the PocketHub Android app, focusing on build system upgrades, UI improvements, and bug fixes. They updated the project's Gradle configuration, including the introduction of a Gradle wrapper. The user implemented features like opening GitHub links within the app and fixed issues with the SwipeRefreshLayout. They also made improvements to the source code viewer and corrected crashes related to user authentication and Gist loading.
android-app
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