Ken Shimizu
Staff Android Software Engineer, Android Platform
Kailua, Hawaii, United States
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Top SchoolKen Shimizu is a Staff Android Software Engineer with 13 years of experience building robust mobile platforms and full-stack applications. Currently shaping Android platform engineering at Airbnb, he previously led mobile initiatives at Dropbox and played multiple technical leadership roles at Carbon Five. Ken combines hands-on engineering with process implementation and project leadership, driving teams to ship production-quality features and platform improvements. He contributes to open-source front-end projects such as the mulesoft/api-console, where he focused on UI responsiveness and animation bug fixes—illustrating his attention to polish across stacks. Based in Kailua, Hawaii, he brings a pragmatic, user-focused approach to complex Android platform challenges. Collected experience across startups and large tech firms gives him a rare mix of startup agility and enterprise-scale reliability.
14 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Foothill CollegeB.S., B.S. at UC Berkeley
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Github Skills (6)
javascript10
front-end-development10
angularjs10
ui-design9
css9
raml7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
mulesoft/api-console
Feb 2014 - Apr 2014
An interactive REST console based on RAML/OAS files
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:21 commits in 1 month
Contributions summary:Ken primarily contributed to the front-end aspects of the API console, focusing on UI improvements and bug fixes. Their commits address issues related to the expand/collapse behavior of resource groups and the console's visibility. They also worked on fixing animation regressions and improving the overall responsiveness of the UI elements.
ramlrestraml-toolingraml-document
viceversus/dotfiles
Mar 2016 - Apr 2018
Contributions:21 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years
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