Paul Blundell
West Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolPaul Blundell is a Staff-level Android engineer and Google Developer Expert with 14 years of hands-on experience building mobile products and libraries from prototype to production. He has led engineering and Android teams at Novoda, M-KOPA Solar and Twitter, blending technical leadership with day-to-day coding and architecture decisions. Known for a hacker’s ethos—“check the code, it don't lie”—he contributes to incubator-style repos such as novoda/spikes, where he implemented features like in-app billing and modularized app components. Based in West Lancashire, Paul pairs product-minded engineering with mentorship, having reviewed Udacity students’ Android code and run developer teams. He brings deep platform expertise across app architecture, build tooling and monetization flows, and a track record of shipping robust Android experiences in both startups and large organizations.
14 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Computing, Computing at University of Lincoln
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (47)
debugging10
mobile-development10
github10
android-intent10
android-fragments10
java10
javas10
android10
xml10
android-studio10
google-play10
android-layout10
dialog9
colors9
twitter9
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
novoda/spikes
Oct 2013 - Jun 2018
Where ideas & concepts are born & incubated
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:8 releases, 91 commits, 53 PRs in 4 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Paul contributed to an Android application within the repository, initially importing core files and configurations, including a Gradle wrapper and an initial MainActivity. Subsequent commits refactored the MainActivity and moved code into a dedicated PlaceholderFragment. Later commits integrated in-app billing features, adding buttons, purchase flows, and consumption logic utilizing the IAB helper library.
androidnovodaspikejavaproof-of-concept
blundell/DayDreamTut
May 2013 - Feb 2015
Contributions:6 commits, 2 PRs, 1 push in 1 year 9 months
kotlinandroiddaydream
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