Nic Capdevila is a Senior Director of Engineering based in Oakland with 11 years of experience scaling mobile-first products and leading cross-functional teams. At Rockbot he progressed from Android engineer to senior leadership, blending hands-on Android (Java/Kotlin) and backend (Go/PHP/MySQL) expertise with TypeScript/Vue frontend work to deliver a social music platform serving businesses and customers. He’s an active open-source contributor in the Android ecosystem—helping evolve the FragNav library with lifecycle and stability improvements—reflecting a focus on robust architecture and fragment management. Known for building strong teams that solve hard technical problems, Nic pairs technical depth from an MS in Computer Engineering with practical mentorship skills honed teaching guitar and leading diverse engineering projects.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MS) Computer Engineering, Master of Science (MS) Computer Engineering at University of Iowa
An Android library for managing multiple stacks of fragments
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android)
Contributions:24 releases, 379 commits, 66 PRs in 3 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Nic made significant contributions to the `fragnav` Android library, focusing on expanding its core functionality. They added features like support for dialogs and a method to replace fragments. The user also improved the library's internal workings by adding an initialize method for fragment management and refactoring the code to improve stability. These commits demonstrate the user's focus on the lifecycle management and the architectural changes to the library.
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Nic Capdevila - Senior Director Of Engineering at Rockbot