Jonathan Cottrell
Senior Software Engineer at The Walt Disney Company
West Hollywood, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJonathan Cottrell is a Senior Software Engineer with 13 years of experience building large-scale digital media and streaming products, currently shaping consumer platforms at Disney/ESPN. His background spans flagship work on Gmail and YouTube at Google to founding roles at startups like Spacebar and Kairo, where he led mobile-first product engineering and holds a patent from an app he authored. He combines full-stack mastery—from database design and backend systems to polished mobile UIs—with a strong emphasis on developer experience and CI/CD to accelerate team velocity and reliability. Jonathan pairs startup agility with enterprise-grade rigor, having improved product quality and reduced bug volume in production mobile apps. Outside engineering, he’s deeply engaged in his West Hollywood community through civic commissions, the local chamber of commerce, and as a small business co-owner, reflecting a consistent focus on building things that matter.
13 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Physics and Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Physics and Computer Science at McGill University
English, French
Github Skills (43)
unit-testing9
java9
kotlin8
android8
robolectric8
unit-testing-framework8
espresso8
testing8
swiftui6
nodejs6
card6
android-applications6
shader6
bottom6
chrome5
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
joncottrell/mingler
Aug 2020 - Sep 2021
Contributions:4 commits, 2 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 1 month
joncottrell/audiostreams
Jan 2013 - Sep 2017
Contributions:23 commits, 1 push in 4 years 9 months
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