Nicholas Bransby-williams
Founder at GitLive
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolNicholas Bransby-williams is a founder and seasoned mobile-first engineering leader with 13 years of experience building consumer and platform products from early-stage startups to production. He co-founded and led engineering at Laundrapp and Sooqini and now runs GitLive, blending hands-on development with company building. His background spans native mobile (iOS, Symbian, J2ME) to modern full-stack work, including contributing to a Kotlin-first Firebase SDK that adds Android and JavaScript integrations and npm publishing support. Known for shipping award-winning apps and tackling device fragmentation early in his career, he pairs pragmatic product instincts with deep implementation experience. Based in London, he brings a rare combination of startup grit, cross-platform technical depth, and a track record of turning mobile UX challenges into deliverable products.
13 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BSc) Computer Science at University of the West of EnglandBachelor of Technology (BTech) Computer Programming, Bachelor of Technology (BTech) Computer Programming at Uxbridge College
English
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Github Skills (13)
kotlin10
firebase-authentication10
javascript10
multiplatform10
firebase-database10
firebase10
firebase-functions10
serialization9
data-serialization9
gradle8
gradlew8
npm7
python6
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
GitLiveApp/firebase-kotlin-sdk
Oct 2019 - Aug 2022
A Kotlin-first SDK for Firebase
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:19 releases, 191 reviews, 316 commits in 2 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Nicholas contributed to the development of a Kotlin-first SDK for Firebase, primarily focusing on integrating Firebase features for Android and Javascript. Their work included adding support for Firebase Database, Authentication, and Functions, as well as implementing correct handling of JavaScript modules. Additionally, the user made improvements by incorporating serialization support for more robust API interactions. Finally, they updated and maintained build configurations to publish the project's npm packages.
firebase-databasefirestorefirebase-firestorefirebase-functionsfirebase
nbransby/dialogue-builder
Jan 2017 - Jul 2018
Contributions:6 releases, 83 commits, 80 pushes in 1 year 6 months
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