Konstantine Prevas
Staff Software Engineer at Google
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolKonstantine Prevas is a Staff Software Engineer in Boston with 19 years building polished user interfaces and interaction-driven products, currently shaping UI systems at Google. Trained in Human-Computer Interaction and Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon, he blends design sensibility with deep engineering expertise to solve subtle usability and performance issues. His open-source contributions to the Android support library—improving RecyclerView fling behavior and smoothing UI interactions—highlight a focus on pragmatic fixes that improve everyday user experience. Across roles from research programming to senior engineering at ITA and Guidewire, he has repeatedly translated HCI principles into production-quality code. Colleagues rely on him for both low-level UI mechanics and higher-level product thinking, making him a go-to engineer for hard-to-observe interaction bugs.
19 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
MHCI, Human-Computer Interaction, MHCI, Human-Computer Interaction at Carnegie Mellon University
Stackoverflow
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iphone
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Github Skills (22)
android-sdk10
android-recyclerview10
java10
android-library10
javas10
androidx10
coregraphics10
recyclerview10
ios9
objective-c9
iphone9
cocoa-touch9
ux-design7
ui-design7
getelementbyid6
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
aosp-mirror/platform_frameworks_support
Mar 2017 - Sep 2018
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:10 commits in 1 year 6 months
Contributions summary:Konstantine contributed to the Android support library, addressing issues related to the RecyclerView's LinearSnapHelper for smooth scrolling and flinging behaviors. Their work included modifications to the logic for calculating target positions during flings, aiming to prevent jumpy scrolling experiences. Additionally, the user merged changes and deprecated methods within the WearableExtender class of the support library. These contributions reflect a focus on improving the usability and functionality of Android UI components.
kprevas/ronin
May 2009 - Feb 2020
Ronin web framework
Contributions:440 commits, 3 PRs, 3 pushes in 10 years 11 months
frameworkweb-frameworkronin
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