Jose Figueroa
Software Engineer at Google
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJose Figueroa is a Software Engineer in New York with eight years of experience specializing in Android, UI, and design systems, currently contributing to Material Android at Google. He combines a designer’s eye for color and interaction with strong engineering discipline, improving core Material components and Jetpack libraries used broadly across the Android ecosystem. Past roles span data-driven frontend work—helping build prize-winning public health visualizations like MortalityMinder and COVIDMinder—and hands-on prototyping for text-mining and web-scraping solutions in enterprise settings. Known on GitHub for thoughtful contributions to material-components-android and androidx, he focuses on subtle UX details like icon states, collapsing text alpha, and system inset integration that materially improve real user experiences. He enjoys tackling numerical problems that help everyday people, blending data sensitivity with production-quality mobile engineering.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Associate of Science - AS, Computer Science, 3.97, Associate of Science - AS, Computer Science, 3.97 at LaGuardia Community CollegeBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, 3.60, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, 3.60 at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Github Skills (14)
composeforweb10
javas10
material-design10
compose-web10
android10
android-compose10
compose10
android-development10
java10
material-components10
testing10
ui-design9
front-end-development9
uid9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
androidx/androidx
Jan 2022 - Jan 2023
Development environment for Android Jetpack extension libraries under the androidx namespace. Synchronized with Android Jetpack's primary development branch on AOSP.
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:89 commits in 1 year
Contributions summary:Jose primarily contributed to the androidx/androidx repository, focusing on Android Jetpack extension libraries within the androidx namespace. The commits demonstrate the implementation of benchmark tests for the BottomSheet and modifications to the SwipeDismissBox and associated tests. This shows a focus on enhancing, and testing material design components within the Android ecosystem.
jetpack-composejetpack-androidsynchronizednamespaceandroid
material-components/material-components-android
Aug 2021 - Feb 2022
Modular and customizable Material Design UI components for Android
Role in this project:Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:1 release, 21 commits, 4 PRs in 5 months
Contributions summary:Jose made several contributions focused on improving the Material Design UI components for Android. This included updating the icon state in the `MaterialButton` class to reflect changes, ensuring collapsing text alpha in the `AppBar` is user-definable, and adding margin flags to the `BottomSheetBehavior` for system inset bars, enhancing the bottom sheet's integration with system UI elements. The user also addressed related issues and rolled back a change.
material-componentsmaterialandroidcustomizablematerial-design
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