Kevin Grant
Senior Engineering Manager at PayPal
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKevin Grant is a Senior Engineering Manager with 12+ years building consumer Android products and leading cross-functional mobile teams. He has progressed from early Android engineering roles to managing product-aligned orgs at PayPal, Lattice, Peloton, and Tumblr, combining deep platform expertise with hands-on shipping experience. Kevin balances technical leadership and product intuition—having pioneered advanced Android animations and led high-impact features like Tumblr’s mobile-first posting and GifMaker launches. He also founded Garden Gives, demonstrating an interest in mission-driven products and end-to-end ownership beyond corporate settings. Comfortable across Android, React/React Native, and backend services, he’s known for mentoring engineers and stepping into design or sprint leadership when teams need it. Based in New York, he brings a pragmatic, startup-honed approach to scaling teams and shipping polished consumer experiences.
12 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science & Engineering Disabilities Research Lab, Computer Science & Engineering Disabilities Research Lab at University of Nevada, Reno
Github Skills (95)
custom-view10
bottom10
android10
pattern9
android-apps9
ruby9
automation9
ios9
chrome-extension9
autoplay9
boilerplate9
java9
fastlane9
avatar8
kotlin8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
kevinthecity/GradlePluginExample
Nov 2014 - Nov 2014
Contributions:33 commits in 4 days
kevinthecity/BottomBar
Sep 2016 - Dec 2017
Contributions:12 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 3 months
navigationmimicsview-componentmaterialandroid
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