Mark Mangliers
Senior Software Engineer at Kunz, Leigh & Associates
Lansing, Michigan, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMark Mangliers is a Senior Software Engineer with 11 years of experience building Java-based backend microservices and end-to-end delivery pipelines for cloud-native platforms like OpenShift and Kubernetes. He has a consistent track record at insurance and automotive firms—most recently at Kunz, Leigh & Associates and multiple roles at Auto-Owners Insurance—where he focused on reliable CI/CD, observability, and production-ready deployments. Comfortable across frameworks and the full software lifecycle, he pairs pragmatic engineering with automation to accelerate delivery and reduce operational friction. An active contributor to open-source mobile tooling, he has improved Android RecyclerView behavior in the StickyHeaders library, demonstrating attention to UI performance and layout edge cases not typically visible in a backend-focused profile. Based in Lansing, Michigan, he brings a blend of systems thinking, hands-on coding, and teaching experience from his time as a university TA to mentor teams and improve developer workflows.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at Michigan State University
Github Skills (5)
javas10
recyclerview10
android-recyclerview10
android10
java10
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
ShamylZakariya/StickyHeaders
Jul 2016 - Jun 2017
Adapter and LayoutManager for Android RecyclerView which enables sticky header positioning.
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:7 commits, 2 PRs, 4 comments in 11 months
Contributions summary:Mark primarily contributed to the `stickyheaders` Android library, fixing bugs and improving its functionality. Their work involved addressing issues related to header visibility, collapsed sections, and layout behavior, ensuring smoother animations and data handling within the RecyclerView. The commits demonstrate a focus on optimizing the adapter and layout manager for efficient rendering.
android-recyclerviewlayoutmanager
mmangliers/MonsterHunter4UDatabase
Feb 2015 - Feb 2018
Contributions:40 PRs, 116 pushes, 6 branches in 3 years
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