Will Larche is an engineering leader and advisor with 11 years crafting cross-platform design systems and shipping high-impact mobile products, notably leading Flutter engineering for Material Design at Google and steering Material You’s rebrand for Pixel. He blends design sensibility (BFA in Musical Theatre) with deep technical chops in iOS and Flutter, driving AI-enabled design toolchains, color personalization, and platform-wide collaborations across billion-user Google apps. A hands-on contributor to material-components-ios (Pesto demo app) who polished UI, safety, and build quality, he excels at turning SWE teams into AI-capable organizations and launching global, distributed teams. Based in New York, he pairs theatrical storytelling instincts with engineering rigor to deliver delightful, human-centered interfaces at scale.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
HS Theatre and Piano, HS Theatre and Piano at Dreyfoos School of Arts
Drama, Drama at New York University
BFA Musical Theatre, BFA Musical Theatre at Boston Conservatory at Berklee
[In maintenance mode] Modular and customizable Material Design UI components for iOS
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (iOS)
Contributions:343 commits, 446 PRs, 239 pushes in 2 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Will primarily contributed to the iOS mobile application, specifically within the "Pesto" demo app, by modifying UI components. Their contributions included adding and modifying attributes to UI elements, such as delegates and strings, as well as addressing build warnings to maintain code quality. The user also made general improvements, including optimizations, ensuring the code's overall safety, and enhancing the app's UI and layout.
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