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Senior Android Engineer · San Francisco, CA

Daniel Nugent

Senior mobile engineer with deep Android expertise, building polished, production-ready Kotlin products with strong product judgment and dependable execution.

I’ve been shipping mobile software since 2010, turning product ideas into production-ready Android experiences through clear scope, modern architecture, and close collaboration with product and design.

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About

I’m a senior mobile engineer with deep Android expertise, focused on turning product ideas into polished, production-ready experiences. I work closely with product and design, from early tradeoff discussions through implementation, testing, and release.

Android is my core specialization, and I’ve also contributed significantly to iOS development. My approach balances delivery speed, product quality, and long-term maintainability through pragmatic architecture and AI-assisted workflows that improve planning and iteration speed while keeping engineering standards high.

Recent Work

Shipped Android product work from recent production releases.

Hatch Baby Edit Playlist Android screen with queued sounds and save playlist button.

Hatch Baby · Android

Edit Playlist

Implemented playlist editing for a Hatch Baby Android release using MVI architecture. A single immutable UI state drove the feature, while a layered architecture built around use cases and repositories kept the ViewModel focused and the Add and Edit flows easier to reason about and test. The result was a stable shipped experience with a clean foundation for future iteration.

Tech Stack

  • Kotlin
  • Jetpack Compose
  • Coroutines
  • Flow
  • MVI
Restore 3 Manage Routines Android screen showing routine carousel and recommendation cards.

Restore 3 · Android

Routine Swap

Built a routine swap flow for Restore 3 to let users change routines without breaking schedule constraints or losing structure. The implementation used explicit state transitions, along with a layered architecture built around use cases and repositories, to keep the flow clear, reliable, and easy to maintain. It shipped as a polished first release and established a strong base for future routine management improvements.

Tech Stack

  • Kotlin
  • Compose
  • Flow
  • ViewModel
  • MVI
  • Analytics Instrumentation

Career Highlights

Senior Android and mobile engineering experience across consumer product teams, platform modernization efforts, and high-scale operator deployments.

  1. 2020-2025

    Senior Mobile Engineer · Hatch Baby Inc

    Shipped Android and iOS features in close partnership with product and design. Modernized Android with Kotlin, Coroutines, Flow, and MVVM/MVI to improve maintainability and release quality.

  2. 2019-2020

    Senior Software Engineer · Bluecrew

    Delivered Android features in a 100% Kotlin codebase and led a major rewrite from MVP to MVVM across most of the app.

  3. 2018-2019

    Senior Software Engineer · Turo

    Developed Android features in Kotlin and Java and partnered on a major redesign of a vehicle delivery flow.

  4. 2015-2018

    Software Engineer to Tech Lead · Open Garden

    Worked on Android feature development for FireChat, then moved into a co-tech lead role while contributing to a peer-to-peer SDK and a cryptocurrency-based utility app.

  5. 2004-2015

    Software Engineer · Birdstep Technology

    Led Android development for a WiFi Offload system app pre-installed on over 10 million devices for a major U.S. mobile operator. Earlier work included desktop WWAN software using Visual C++, Qt, and WebKit.

Contact

For Android product and platform roles focused on execution, architecture, and user experience, email me.