Manuel Gallego is a Senior Software Engineer with 13 years of hands-on experience building high-quality Android applications, currently contributing to Accedo.tv after a long tenure at Plex where he progressed to Senior Staff Software Engineer. He specializes in Java and Kotlin, Jetpack Compose UIs, and robust multithreaded code using coroutines and flows, with a strong emphasis on unit and integration testing. Manuel pairs technical rigor with a designer's sensibility, collaborating closely with UX teams to deliver intuitive and attractive interfaces. He has an academic background teaching Android development and telecommunications engineering, bringing both practical product experience and pedagogical clarity to complex problems. An active open-source contributor, he improved the FadingActionBar Android library by refactoring its API and fixing cross-device rendering issues—demonstrating attention to backwards compatibility and developer ergonomics. Based in Colmenar Viejo (Madrid), he seeks opportunities to apply his mix of engineering leadership, maintainable architecture, and visible UI polish.
13 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Ingeniero, Telecomunicación, Ingeniero, Telecomunicación at Universidad de Alcalá
Android library implementing a fading effect for the action bar, similar to the one found in the Play Music app
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android)
Contributions:118 commits in 1 year 3 months
Contributions summary:Manuel primarily contributed to the Android library `fadingactionbar`, implementing features and addressing bugs related to the action bar's fading effect. Their work included adding callbacks to the action bar's background drawable to fix rendering issues across different devices and supporting light action bar themes. Furthermore, the user refactored the codebase to support a fluent API, streamlining the process of integrating and configuring the fading action bar within Android activities and fragments. The contributions demonstrate a focus on enhancing the library's functionality and flexibility.
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Manuel Gallego - Senior Software Engineer at Accedo.tv