Zachary Wander
Android Engineer at Thumbtack
Bridgeton Township, Pennsylvania, United States
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Top SchoolZachary Wander is an Android engineer with a decade of experience building cross-platform mobile apps and tooling that improves developer productivity. He ships end-to-end solutions—from UX and type-safe data contracts to backend integrations—using Kotlin, Java, Jetpack Compose, React Native and Swift across Android, iOS, macOS, Linux and Windows. Zachary has delivered production features at Shopify and currently builds mobile products at Thumbtack while running a long-standing independent practice focused on Compose Multiplatform. His open-source work ranges from enhancing Android utilities (Tweaker) to fixing UX edge cases on macOS alt-tab clones, showing a pragmatic knack for compatibility and accessibility fixes. Known for clean code, strong typing, and reusable components, he also creates codegen and serialization tools that reduce developer error and accelerate delivery. Based in Bridgeton Township, PA, he pairs product-minded engineering with hands-on full-stack mobile development and a consistent record of practical, cross-platform interoperability.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Software Engineering, 3.8, Bachelor's degree, Computer Software Engineering, 3.8 at Rochester Institute of TechnologyGeorge SchoolBachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Software Engineering, 3.8, Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Software Engineering, 3.8 at Stevens Institute of Technology
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Github Skills (36)
kotlin10
user-interface10
ui-design10
uid10
front-end-development10
android10
swift10
macos10
window-management10
web-application9
develop9
java9
security9
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Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
zacharee/Bifrost
Feb 2021 - Jan 2023
Cross-platform tool for downloading Samsung mobile device firmware.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:98 releases, 634 commits, 61 PRs in 1 year 10 months
Contributions summary:Zachary primarily contributed to the UI of the application. This involved the development of a graphical user interface (GUI) with Kotlin and Compose, including features like UI layout, progress indication, and image display, as well as features for handling the file picker and downloading from an external source. The user also implemented features to check for and download firmware updates, and perform decryption operations on the retrieved data. Finally, they refactored code related to UI and performance fixes to improve the user experience.
firmwaremobilecompose-multiplatformkotlinkotlin-multiplatform
zacharee/Tweaker
Nov 2019 - Jan 2023
Role in this project:Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:21 releases, 2376 commits, 35 PRs in 3 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Zachary primarily contributed to the development of an Android application, as evidenced by changes to Kotlin code files within the `app/src/main/java` directory, including modifications to UI components and preference screens. Their work involved adding and modifying UI elements to the user interface for features, such as custom settings for QS (Quick Settings) tiles, system settings customization, and integrating features related to Android 12. The user also integrated code in a mobile app to allow to use features from third-party apps.
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