Michael Kwan
Software Engineer at Google
California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Kwan is a software engineer in California with 14 years of experience building mobile and wearable systems informed by a mechatronics background. At Google he has led cross-functional efforts on Wear OS system features—battery saver, theming, system settings—and shipping new Google Photos printing products across geographies, while owning system health and compatibility testing. His career spans end-to-end mobile work from Android client development and Bluetooth device integration to backend APIs and battery-debugging tooling, reflecting both product and low-level systems expertise. Early roles in robotics, fabrication, and embedded automation give him uncommon hands-on hardware empathy that he leverages when debugging device and power problems. Known for reducing battery drain by over half in a major feature and for creating processes that trace regressions, he blends pragmatic engineering with measurable impact.
14 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Applied Science, Mechatronics Engineering, Bachelor of Applied Science, Mechatronics Engineering at University of Waterloo
Github Skills (12)
mobile-application6
golang3
android3
uploader2
tui2
bootstrap-theme1
css1
webserver1
khan-academy1
bootstrap1
color-scheme1
scheme1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
cbhl/azuresky13-images
Apr 2019 - Jul 2024
Contributions:2 pushes, 2 branches in 5 years 4 months
cbhl/azuresky13
Mar 2015 - Mar 2025
My blog. (2013 edition)
Contributions:12 PRs, 58 pushes, 2 branches in 10 years 2 months
my-blogjekyll
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