Stephen Edwards
Staff Software Engineer at Square
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolStephen Edwards is a Staff Software Engineer with 11 years of experience building Android and backend systems, currently advancing developer-facing products at Square. He has a strong track record in mobile and platform engineering—from modifying AOSP for Smart TV to shipping Android apps and test automation—and recently contributed to Square’s Workflow Kotlin library to harden core state-machine behavior and testing utilities. Based in Hamilton, Ontario, he blends deep practical engineering with thoughtful design, often improving test suites and developer ergonomics across projects like AndroidViewClient. A Waterloo-trained software engineer who later studied theology, he brings both technical rigor and a reflective, systems-level perspective to mentoring and architecture.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Divinity (M.Div.) Theology/Theological Studies, Master of Divinity (M.Div.) Theology/Theological Studies at Wycliffe College, University of TorontoBachelor of Software Engineering Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor of Software Engineering Computer Software Engineering at University of Waterloo
French, Greek
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Github Skills (13)
ui-automation10
kotlin10
unit-testing10
automation10
automations10
workflow-engine10
adb10
python10
android10
unit-test10
testing10
state-machine8
ui-design7
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
square/workflow-kotlin
Sep 2020 - Jan 2023
A Swift and Kotlin library for making composable state machines, and UIs driven by those state machines.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:15 releases, 522 reviews, 108 commits in 2 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Stephen contributed to the Kotlin-based workflow library by modifying core components and testing infrastructure. Their work involved adding guarded setOutput functionality to the `enterState` expression to prevent unintended output wiping. Additionally, they added an explicit worker tag for `RenderTester` and deprecated/refactored usages of `Worker.createSideEffect` in favor of `RenderContext.runningSideEffect`, demonstrating a focus on improving and updating the testing framework. The user also made multiple code adjustments to the testing utilities, including new tests and minor corrections.
kotlin-librarystate-machinesmachinesandroidkotlin
dtmilano/AndroidViewClient
Jan 2016 - Feb 2016
Android ViewServer and ADB client
Role in this project:QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:10 commits, 6 PRs, 9 comments in 22 days
Contributions summary:Stephen's contributions primarily focused on enhancing the test suite for the `androidviewclient` project. Their work included adding and modifying test cases to cover new functionality, particularly related to UI automation features like `pressKeyCode`. They also fixed existing tests and made improvements to ensure the tests ran correctly across various Android environments. This involved adjusting test parameters and logic to improve compatibility.
pythontestingandroid-libraryandroidadb
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