Jose Alba
Software Engineer at Google
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJose Alba is a software engineer at Google with a decade of hands-on experience building and scaling Material Design across platforms including Flutter, Jetpack Compose, iOS and web, work that impacts billions of devices. He contributed notable open-source UI work—helping expand the Flutter Gallery and Material Components for Flutter—focused on accessibility, internationalization, and adaptive experiences. A recent graduate with teaching and research experience, he enjoys explaining computer science via fun, practical examples and runs a YouTube channel and financial blog documenting his journey toward financial independence. With a background spanning government IT to telecom testing, Jose blends production-grade frontend craftsmanship with a pragmatic, minimalist approach to problem solving and travel-inspired curiosity.
10 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, Computer Science at University of EssexComputer Science, Computer Science at Ewha Womans University 이화여자대학교French, French Language and Literature, French, French Language and Literature at Université LavalHigh School, High School at St. Marys High SchoolBachelor’s Degree, Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science at University of Windsor
English, Spanish
Github Skills (12)
material-design10
uid10
flutter-game10
dart10
front-end-development10
ui-design10
flutter-apps10
material-components10
ui-components10
flutter10
localization8
testing3
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
material-components/material-components-flutter
Apr 2020 - Nov 2020
Modular and customizable Material Design UI components for Flutter
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:74 reviews, 13 commits, 37 PRs in 7 months
Contributions summary:Jose primarily contributed to the user interface components within the Flutter framework. They implemented and updated various Material Design UI components, including buttons, cards, text fields, top app bars, dialogs, sliders, and menus, enhancing the user interface's functionality and visual aspects. Furthermore, the user updated existing components and added new Dartpad examples to demonstrate their usage. The commits also focused on material icon implementations with multiple styles.
fluttermaterial-designui-componentsmaterial-componentsmaterial
flutter-team-archive/gallery
Dec 2019 - Aug 2020
Flutter Gallery was a resource to help developers evaluate and use Flutter
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:1 release, 19 reviews, 9 commits in 8 months
Contributions summary:Jose primarily contributed to the Flutter Gallery, focusing on UI and component implementations. Their work includes fixing release issues, adding new demos like Material Banner and Card, and updating existing UI elements. The user also updated translations and localized strings, demonstrating involvement in internationalization efforts. They also removed and added custom sliders.
flutterdart
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