Summary
Richard Banasiak is a seasoned Android engineer with 15 years of professional experience and a two-decade personal history in mobile and systems software, now focused on security development at 1Password. He has led and modernized large-scale Android apps—rebuilding legacy clients with Kotlin, Jetpack, Coroutines/Flow, Compose, and MVVM—while driving migrations to GraphQL, improving CI/CD, and implementing biometric and OAuth2-based authentication. As an engineering lead at Northwestern Mutual he managed a team of 12, established testing and architecture standards, and created an internal alpha program for staged releases. His background spans embedded and systems work (C/C++ daemons, storage appliance software, REST APIs) through enterprise security operations, giving him a rare blend of low-level systems, cloud integrations, and modern mobile architecture expertise. Known for a pragmatic, security-first approach and a taste for tinkering (as his GitHub quip “i void warranties...” hints), he thrives on turning legacy codebases into maintainable, well-tested platforms.
15 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Computer Engineering, BS, Computer Engineering at University of South Florida