Nick Rout
Co-founder CEO at Thrif
Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
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Nick Rout is a founder and engineering leader with a decade of professional experience and over 12 years building digital products across startups and large tech firms. As Co-founder and CEO of Thrif and former Principal Android Engineer at GoDaddy, he blends hands-on mobile engineering with strategic product leadership, particularly around design systems and Material Design. His tenure at Google in Developer Relations for Android/Material Design and contributions to high-profile open-source projects like Jetpack Compose, Accompanist and Material Components show deep expertise in modern Android UI, theming, and developer tooling. Nick’s work often bridges design and engineering—he’s shipped production Android apps, authored sample apps and demos, and contributed UI improvements that propagate best practices across the ecosystem. Based in Cape Town, he brings an engineer-first CEO style and a track record of turning design-led ideas into maintainable, themeable mobile products.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Computer Engineering at University of Cape TownMatric Senior Certificate (6 Distinctions), Matric Senior Certificate (6 Distinctions) at Clifton College
English, Afrikaans
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Github Skills (17)
kotlin10
ui-components10
ui-design10
java10
javas10
material-design10
android10
jetpack-compose10
floatingactionbutton9
front-end-development9
android-library9
uid9
snackbar9
gradlew8
gradle8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
android/compose-samples
May 2021 - Oct 2022
Official Jetpack Compose samples.
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:41 reviews, 28 commits, 9 PRs in 1 year 4 months
Contributions summary:Nick primarily contributed to the UI of the Jetchat application, focusing on adapting to Material 3 theming and fixing related UI issues. They updated and modified existing UI components such as the app bar, input selectors, and dividers, aligning the application's visual elements with the Material 3 design system. The commits also included changes to dependency versions and the implementation of touch input gestures within the testing framework.
jetpack-composeandroid
material-components/material-components-android
Apr 2019 - Apr 2021
[MAINTENANCE MODE] Modular and customizable Material Design UI components for Android
Role in this project:Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:36 commits, 6 PRs, 31 comments in 2 years
Contributions summary:Nick contributed to the `material-components-android` repository by modifying and adding features to Android UI components. They focused on the `BottomSheetBehavior`, implementing the `halfExpandedOffset` feature and adding it to a demo. The user also added support for runtime modifications to `Snackbar`'s text and background tint colors, and implemented enabled/disabled state for the `FloatingActionButton`. Furthermore, the user updated documentation and exposed progress indicator demo to improve the project.
androidmaintenance-modematerial-designui-componentsmaterial-components
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