Mikhael Lopez is a Head of Engineering based in Paris with 12 years building and leading high-performing mobile teams, currently shaping engineering and product delivery at Brut. A former French national karate team athlete, he brings elite discipline and a performance mindset to technical leadership, team development, and cross-functional coordination. He cut his teeth as an Android engineer and open-source maintainer—authoring and improving popular Android UI libraries like CircularImageView and CircularProgressBar—while progressing through hands-on tech lead and manager roles at CANAL+ and Gobeyond Studio. Mikhael combines deep Android architecture expertise (MVI, Rx, Dagger, Retrofit) with pragmatic operational practices: code quality, testing, observability and debt reduction. Known for recruiting and mentoring engineers, he balances strategic ownership of architecture with frequent hands-on contributions and a penchant for coffee, CrossFit, and community-driven tooling.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Ingénieur Informatique, Ingénieur Informatique at EPSI - L'école d'ingénierie informatique
DUT Informatique, DUT Informatique at IUT MONTPELLIER-SETE
Create circular ImageView in Android in the simplest way possible
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android)
Contributions:13 releases, 151 commits, 15 PRs in 8 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Mikhael primarily contributed to the `lopspower/circularimageview` project, a library for creating circular image views in Android. The commits involve substantial code modifications to the `CircularImageView.java` file, incorporating features like border customization (width, color), shadow effects, and the ability to handle different scale types. The user also updated the project for Android Studio compatibility and addressed multiple issues related to image rendering and view measurements.
Contributions:1 release, 90 commits, 6 PRs in 5 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Mikhael primarily contributed to the development of an Android library for creating circular progress bars, as well as a sample application. Their contributions involved modifying the core `CircularProgressBar` class, adding features like indeterminate mode, setting attributes, and implementing animations. They also reworked the sample application in Kotlin, enhancing the user interface and adding functionalities like color customization and progress control via SeekBars.
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