Michael Evans
Staff Software Engineer at WillowTree
Miami, Florida, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Evans is a Staff Software Engineer with 11 years of experience building and maintaining Android and cross-platform mobile applications, currently driving engineering work at WillowTree from Miami. He has deep hands-on expertise in Kotlin, Xamarin (iOS and Android), Android TV and Fire TV, and has supported major consumer and enterprise clients including Pepsi, Regal Cinemas, Johnson & Johnson BabyCenter, Wyndham Rewards, and Synchrony Bank. Known for evolving long-running support contracts into stable, production-grade releases, he blends feature delivery with ongoing maintenance and platform modernization. His work on Arborvi leveraged the Firebase suite, highlighting a practical grasp of cloud-backed mobile architectures and realtime services. At WillowTree he has progressed from senior to staff engineer, signaling both technical depth and leadership in mobile engineering. Outside of work he keeps an active GitHub presence, reflecting a continuous focus on craft and community.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Herndon High SchoolBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at James Madison University
English, Spanish
Github Skills (87)
lightning-network10
bitcoin-core10
cryptocurrency10
p2p10
bolt10
falcon10
lightning10
staging10
bitcoin10
spec10
injection10
cryptography10
blockchain10
compliance10
kotlin-multiplatform9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
evansmj/lightning
Nov 2023 - Mar 2025
Core Lightning — Lightning Network implementation focusing on spec compliance and performance
Contributions:2 PRs, 38 pushes, 6 branches in 1 year 4 months
evansmj/cln-application
Nov 2023 - Mar 2025
Contributions:7 PRs, 132 pushes, 23 branches in 1 year 4 months
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