Roman Birg
Senior Backend Software Engineer at MNTN
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolRoman Birg is a Senior Backend Software Engineer with 15 years of experience building platform-level systems, APIs, and OS features from the kernel up to user interfaces. Based in Seattle, he led development of a custom Android OS and ecosystem used by over 3.5 million users and scaled an open-source community spanning dozens of contributors worldwide. His background blends mobile systems work—contributions to well-known projects like CyanogenMod/LineageOS launchers and ROM control—with backend reliability engineering, GraphQL, and high-throughput notification systems. He’s delivered full-stack solutions at companies from startups to Microsoft, shipping CI-driven load tests, transactional notification infrastructure, and OS-level features for gaming devices. Known for closing the loop between hardware teams and cloud services, he brings pragmatic problem-solving and cross-stack expertise to complex distributed systems.
14 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science at University of Memphis
English, Russian
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Github Skills (15)
javas10
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android-sdk10
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ui-design10
customisation10
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java10
options-api9
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Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
AOKP/packages_apps_ROMControl
Dec 2011 - Apr 2016
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:300 commits in 4 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Roman primarily contributed to the user interface aspects of the ROM Control application. The commits focused on updating the application to support a range of Android devices, including adding various customization options. The contributions involved UI modifications, preference configuration, and integration with system settings, focusing on features like notification and system behavior.
CyanogenMod/android_packages_apps_Trebuchet
Apr 2014 - May 2016
Trebuchet Launcher
Role in this project:Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:33 commits in 2 years
Contributions summary:Roman primarily contributed to the Trebuchet launcher, focusing on improving its functionality and integration with other CyanogenMod/LineageOS components. Their work included addressing initial wallpaper offset issues, implementing a signing process for builds without test keys, and modifying the metrics sending mechanism. The user reverted a previous change related to metrics and then re-implemented it, demonstrating iteration and problem-solving skills within the Android application development context.
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