Matthew Runo
Staff Engineer at American Express
Los Angeles, California, United States
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Top SchoolMatthew Runo is a Staff Engineer with 14 years of experience specializing in Android platform architecture and mobile UX, currently leading Android practices and a global team of nearly 50 engineers at American Express in Los Angeles. He progressed from hands-on app development and team leadership at Zappos and Tinder to shaping enterprise-wide mobile tooling, CI, and design consistency for a large-scale financial product. Known for mentorship and technical sponsorship, he bridges product goals and engineering rigor while keeping developer experience front and center. Outside work he blends a curiosity for avionics and nature—“Android and aeroplanes (and fish and frogs)”—which reflects a penchant for both embedded systems thinking and playful creativity.
14 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at Kenston High School, Chagrin Falls, OHUniversity of California Santa Cruz
English
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Github Skills (200)
instrumentation10
detekt10
linter10
gradle-plugin10
lottie10
firebase-test-lab10
groovy10
in-app-billing10
intellij10
signature10
programming-language10
earlgrey10
firebase10
jetbrains10
intellij-plugin10
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
inktomi/cirrus
Aug 2013 - Dec 2016
Contributions:22 commits, 2 PRs, 2 pushes in 3 years 4 months
us-governmentnationalandroid-appsandroid-libraryandroid
shiftconnects/android-location-service
Feb 2015 - Mar 2015
Contributions:16 commits, 6 pushes, 3 tags in 11 days
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