Michael Scamell
Senior Android Engineer at DuckDuckGo
Leeds, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolMichael Scamell is a Senior Android Engineer with 11 years of experience building consumer-facing apps and leading platform transitions across companies like DuckDuckGo, Blinkist and Sky. He’s shipped major features for high-traffic apps such as Sky Sports (including leading the Germany app launch) and helped teams adopt Kotlin and modern Android patterns. At Blinkist he scaled product-critical Android work for a fast-growing consumer service, and now applies that expertise to privacy-first mobile experiences at DuckDuckGo. Outside of day-to-day engineering he hosts the Android Snacks podcast, distilling weekly Android developer news and signaling a knack for clear technical communication. His background ranges from backend Java work to client-side UX and ad integrations, reflecting a pragmatic full-stack Android mindset. Colleagues rely on him for mentorship, pragmatic tooling choices, and making complex releases feel routine.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science at University of HullDiploma, Access To Higher Education, Diploma, Access To Higher Education at Peter Symonds College
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Github Skills (62)
kotlin10
duckduckgo10
loco10
animation10
kotlin-coroutines10
ffmpeg10
recording10
screen10
kotlin-multiplatform-mobile10
android-app10
nosql-database10
shared-element-transition10
android10
android-application10
jetpack-compose10
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
mikescamell/FPL-Manager-Privacy-Policy
Sep 2018 - Apr 2023
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 7 months
mikescamell/mikescamell.github.io
Feb 2015 - Mar 2016
Contributions:161 pushes in 1 year 1 month
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