Scott Slater

About

Having been at this for quite some time now, my priorities have shifted to a "self-care first" model. To that end I am most actively looking for businesses who are implementing (or considering implementing) a reduced workweek model. Aside from that, I am an accomplished Android developer who is a stickler for all things "best practices"-related. I take great care and pride in delivering top-notch products and look forward to finding opportunities where that is in full balance with mental and emotional well-being.

Experience

• Senior Android Engineer · Underdog Sports, Inc.01-01-2023

  Senior Android Engineer for the Underdog Fantasy Sports app. Responsible in part for all aspects of the app: Maintenance of existing code, refactoring of existing code to make use of the latest coding practices, and implementation of new features. Underdog Fantasy Sports makes use of some of the latest Android coding practices including, but not limited to: Kotlin, Coroutines/Flow, Jetpack Compose, Retrofit, Moshi, Hilt, Coin and Navigation.

• Owner · Codepunk, LLC11-01-2016

  Role: Owner of consulting company specializing in Android development. Project: Android consultant with Grindr. Updating the core chat feature of the app as well as updating the architecture to use the MVI Software Architecture Pattern along with Jetpack Compose. Project: Android consultant with Art+Logic. Helped to deliver reliable, maintainable apps to a variety of clients. Project: Sole Android Developer with IGIST Studios on an app that combined an e-book with gamified elements designed to get children introduced to (and excited about) tech and coding. Project: Senior software engineer at Airtime Media, Inc. (airtime.com). Involved in the visual/ architectural overhaul of the Airtime app for Android, a social video chat app. Project: The official iOS / Android app of the CancerCon Cancer Summit for Young Adults, sponsored by Stupid Cancer. Sole designer/developer of the CancerCon Cancer Summit for Young Adults app, as a donation to the I’m Too Young For This! Cancer Foundation.

• Senior Android Engineer · Peloton Interactive, Inc.04-01-2020 – 05-01-2021

  Senior developer on Peloton’s mobile app for android and “Home” (Connected Fitness) applications. Added features to Peloton’s Android app, which historically would allow users to monitor their accounts and subscriptions; but increasingly would also allow users to participate in actual sessions from biking and running to yoga and weightlifting. Impact: Encouraged a move towards Google-oriented Jetpack best practices, use of MVVM, Coroutines, and simplification of the codebase in order to increase productivity while adding new features and enhancements. Helped to move the codebase away from React Native and towards native Android.

• Senior Software Engineer · Meta Platforms, Inc. (formerly Facebook, Inc.)03-01-2015 – 10-01-2016

  Facebook for Android, Local module. The Local team was tasked with providing users with a platform for discovering and sharing nearby places. Impact: Served as tech lead/Senior developer. Converted a very outdated user experience to one that was more modern (incorporating elements of Material Design) and more streamlined, with powerful filtering options as well as the ability to save places for later interaction. Participated in forging the direction the new user experience would take, and took the lead in adapting designs for iOS into a Material-compliant experience.

• Director of Android Development · Citymaps, Inc.06-01-2013 – 03-01-2015

  Citymaps mobile application for Android and iOS. Citymaps was a social mapping application that allowed the user to connect and collaborate with other users in order to build and share custom maps of businesses and other places of interest. Impact: Sole developer of the Citymaps app for Android. Sole decision- maker for all architectural considerations, instrumental in adapting an existing iOS app to an Android-specific look and feel adhering to Android guidelines.

Education

• Drew UniversityBachelor's Degree, Computer Science, Music Composition

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