Nick Butcher
Software Engineer at Google
London, England, United Kingdom
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Nick Butcher is a seasoned Android software engineer with 14 years of experience designing and shipping polished mobile UIs and composable architectures from London. He blends design sensibility and engineering rigor—working across Jetpack Compose, RecyclerView, and Material Design—to keep apps current with platform changes and accessibility best practices. A prolific open-source contributor, Nick has helped harden and modernize flagship Google projects (Compose samples, Accompanist, and the Google I/O app) by updating tests, refactoring deprecated APIs, and improving performance and UX. His work often tackles subtle compatibility and testing challenges—fixing animation and tinting bugs on older APIs and stabilizing test suites—demonstrating a pragmatic focus on reliability as well as aesthetics.
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Github Skills (29)
kotlin10
page-layout10
layout10
testing10
user-interface10
ui-design10
android-recyclerview10
interface-design10
android-development10
uid10
front-end-development10
android10
android-compose10
jetpack-compose10
recyclerview10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
nickbutcher/plaid
Jul 2015 - Jul 2019
An Android app which provides design news & inspiration as well as being an example of implementing material design.
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:559 commits, 212 PRs, 559 pushes in 4 years
Contributions summary:Nick primarily contributed to the user interface and user experience of the Android application. They improved the About screen by adding multiple pages and an indicator, which improved overall navigation. The user also fixed issues with text display in certain Android versions and implemented drag dismiss functionality, thus enhancing the user experience and the stability of the application. Further contributions were focused on Dribbble shots by improving the user interface and the shared element transition.
jetpack-composeandroidinspirationandroid-appkotlin
android/compose-samples
Oct 2019 - Dec 2021
Official Jetpack Compose samples.
Role in this project:Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:252 reviews, 254 commits, 161 PRs in 2 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Nick made several commits focused on updating and modifying UI components within the Jetpack Compose sample. These commits involved removing obsolete UI elements, refactoring the usage of deprecated APIs like `BaseButton`, and adapting the code to use new features such as `DrawImage` and `textStyle.withOpacity`. The changes reflect a focus on keeping the UI code current with the latest Jetpack Compose standards and best practices.
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