Lucas Klinker
Head Of Panel at Open Source Contributions
Golden, Colorado, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolLucas Klinker is a seasoned mobile-first engineering leader with 13 years of experience building consumer apps, developer libraries, and data products. As Head of Panel at Sensor Tower he runs end-to-end data collection operations while prototyping product solutions that extract business value from complex datasets. Previously he founded Klinker Apps, earning Google Play “Top Developer” status and shipping highly rated Android apps like Talon for Twitter and Pulse SMS that together reached millions of downloads. A prolific open-source contributor, Lucas maintains popular Android libraries (e.g., TextView LinkBuilder, android-chips) and the open-sourced Talon client, blending UI-focused work with backend and Kotlin refactors. He combines entrepreneurial product instincts, hands-on Android engineering, and experience running user acquisition/support—often surfacing novel datasets and features from direct user feedback. Based in Golden, Colorado, he’s equally comfortable leading teams as he is diving into code to solve tricky UI and data-integration problems.
13 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science and Engineering (BSE), Electrical/Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science and Engineering (BSE), Electrical/Computer Engineering at University of Iowa
Github Skills (15)
kotlin10
mobile-application10
javas10
uid10
user-interface10
mobile-development10
front-end-development10
ui-design10
android10
android-development10
java10
text-processing10
android-sdk9
regular-expression9
git7
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
klinker24/talon-twitter-holo
Oct 2014 - Jul 2018
[Deprecated] The Holo version of my popular Android Talon for Twitter app, 100% open-source
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:1 release, 458 commits, 19 PRs in 3 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Lucas's contributions primarily focused on the development and maintenance of the Holo version of the Talon for Twitter Android application. Their commits involved fixing bugs related to the user interface, such as issues with favorite user notifications and the display of picture grids. The user also added new features and improvements to the app, including support for animated GIFs and the ability to download videos. A significant portion of the work was dedicated to the user interface, with adjustments to the layout and user experience.
androidtwitterjava
klinker41/android-chips
Sep 2016 - Dec 2019
Chips in your AutoCompleteTextView on Android
Role in this project:Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:2 releases, 34 commits, 6 PRs in 3 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Lucas contributed significantly to the `android-chips` project, primarily focusing on improving the RecipientEditTextView component. Their work included fixing merge conflicts, refactoring code, and enhancing the user interface through the implementation of a copy dialog and improvements to contact search layouts. Furthermore, they addressed potential index out-of-bounds errors and added features like accepting HTML pastes and controlling the maximum number of chips created.
androidautocompletetextview
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