Volker Leck
Principal Mobile Engineer at Zalando SE
Berlin, Germany
Summary
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RockstarVolker Leck is a Principal Mobile Engineer based in Berlin with 14 years of experience building resilient Android applications and mobile platforms. Currently at Zalando, he combines hands-on development with architectural leadership to ship scalable, user-focused features. His background includes senior roles at Gradle and Novoda, where he tackled both platform tooling and app-level challenges. Open-source contributions show depth in mobile and database engineering—from fixing nuanced touch-event bugs in the popular TweetLanes Android client to creating a SQLite analyzer that automates migration analysis and code generation. Known for pragmatic problem solving, he brings a rare blend of UI responsiveness expertise and backend schema design to cross-functional teams.
14 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (13)
javas10
code-generation10
sqlite10
mobile-development10
sql10
android10
database-design10
java10
testing9
user-interface9
github3
git3
git-repository3
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
novoda/spikes
Jan 2014 - Feb 2018
Where ideas & concepts are born & incubated
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Database Engineer
Back-end Developer & Database EngineerContributions:55 commits, 3 PRs, 26 pushes in 4 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Volker's primary contribution revolves around the development of a SQLite analyzer tool, designed to analyze database migrations and generate code. They focused on the initial implementation, including creating and modifying SQL database schema definitions (creating and altering tables and views). Their work also involved developing modular code for the analyzer and integrating testing capabilities. This effort demonstrates a strong understanding of database design and code generation related to database schema.
androidnovodaspikejavaproof-of-concept
chrislacy/TweetLanes
Feb 2013 - Mar 2013
Tweet Lanes for Android
Role in this project:Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:6 commits in 26 days
Contributions summary:Volker primarily focused on bug fixes related to touch event handling within the `TweetFeedItemView` class of the Android application. They addressed issues with link clicks, including implementing action mode activation on long presses, and ensuring proper event timing calculations. Their contributions improved the responsiveness and user interaction of the tweet list, specifically related to link interactions. Several modifications were implemented to correctly manage touch events, particularly `ACTION_UP` events.
kotlinandroidtwitter
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