Josh Skeen is a Senior Software Engineer based in Atlanta with 13 years of experience building and architecting Android applications for audiences from startup MVPs to products serving over a million users. Currently at Square, he blends hands-on Android and Kotlin engineering with teaching and curriculum development from his years instructing at Big Nerd Ranch and other global tech firms. He is an author and speaker on Android/Kotlin topics and brings practical experience modernizing apps, test suites, and developer workflows—evidenced by contributions improving functionality and test coverage on open-source projects like an Alexa framework. His background spans mobile, web, and Rails, giving him a strong full-stack sensibility and a knack for translating complex requirements into maintainable architectures. Colleagues value him as both a technical mentor and a pragmatic executor who elevates engineering practices across teams.
13 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
A framework for Alexa (Amazon Echo) apps using Node.js
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Contributions:33 commits, 21 PRs, 10 pushes in 1 month
Contributions summary:Josh primarily focused on improving the functionality and test coverage of the Alexa app framework. Their contributions included implementing and testing core functionalities, such as session management, card generation, and reprompting. They also refactored the code to adhere to better formatting standards, including linting configuration and code style consistency. Furthermore, the user built test suites to ensure the correctness and reliability of the Alexa app's features, focusing on both intent and launch request handling.
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