Shelly Gill
Product Engineer at ESRI GLOBAL, INC.
City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolShelly Gill is a Product Engineer with 13 years of experience building GIS-focused mobile and product solutions from Edinburgh, Scotland. She has a long tenure at Esri—spanning Esri UK and Esri Global—where she blends domain expertise in geographical information systems (MSc, University of Edinburgh) with hands-on Android development. Her open-source contributions include enhancing the ArcGIS Runtime SDK for Android samples, adding location-aware search, improved UI panels and direct-call functionality, and modern permission handling. Shelly’s background in environmental science and early research roles gives her a practical, data-driven approach to product engineering that bridges user needs and geospatial technical complexity. Colleagues rely on her to translate complex mapping services into polished, usable mobile features that work reliably in the field.
13 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MSc), Geographical Information Systems, Master of Science (MSc), Geographical Information Systems at The University of EdinburghFoundation Course, Art, Foundation Course, Art at Loughborough College of Art and DesignBSc (Hons), Environmental Science, First Class, BSc (Hons), Environmental Science, First Class at The Manchester Metropolitan University
Github Skills (8)
javas10
android-ui10
mapkit10
android10
java10
geolocation10
gradlew9
gradle9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
Esri/arcgis-runtime-samples-android
Mar 2015 - Apr 2018
ArcGIS Runtime SDK for Android Samples
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:2 releases, 49 commits, 22 PRs in 3 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Shelly primarily contributed to the ArcGIS Runtime SDK for Android Samples repository, focusing on the "Nearby" sample. Their work involved updating the sample to utilize the ArcGIS Online world locator service, allowing searches within the map extent. The user also implemented functionality for displaying detailed information in a panel and enabling users to initiate phone calls directly from the app. Furthermore, they made adjustments to improve the display of map icons and parameter descriptions, with a focus on runtime permission updates.
android-studioarcgis-runtimearcgisgradlenative-development
Esri/arcgis-runtime-demos-android
Mar 2015 - Mar 2018
Demo applications that have been built by the Esri Android SDK development team.
Contributions:39 commits, 11 PRs, 15 pushes in 3 years
android-studiodemo-applicationsgradlenative-developmentandroid
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