Senior Android Software Engineer
- Agentic Tooling and Android development
Natalie
Waxler
Senior Engineer with 20 years experience of developing and leading mobile applications and a background in cloud software. Expertise in Kotlin, Java, Android, Coroutines, and MVVM/MVI along with professional experience with iOS, Swift, GraphQL, and AWS. Skilled in app architecture, performance optimization, and testing strategies. Additional cross functional leadership experience in program management and as a people manager.
Work history
Senior Android Software Engineer
- Lead Android engineer for UI powering beverage system at 6,000+ companies and over 20,000 devices
- Architect and owner of legacy to modern codebase migration using Data Binding, Retrofit, Dependency Injection
- Drove Jetpack Compose adoption on next gen UI from technical specification to initial framework implementation
- Managed a front end team of 2-4; overseeing sprint planning, mentorship, and hiring of interns
Mobile Software Developer II
- Built and launched Vacation Rental app for Android/iOS, used by property owners in 100+ countries
- Delivered multiple features to Tripadvisor’s flagship app with 100M+ users
- Partnered with large team of engineers to rebuild Viator’s iOS app using MVVM, reactive Swift, and GraphQL
Technical Program Manager II
- Led Information Security transition Amazon official policies, raising compliance rating from D to B+
- Owned AWS capacity monitoring, budgeting, and reporting for entire subsidiary
- Coordinated warehouse robotics feature design and delivery for a medium sized software team
Software Developer II
- Designed and delivered platform features for both legacy on-premise stack and SaaS platform
- Authored white papers which clarified scope and technical risk during the transition to AWS
Software Developer
- Responsible for end-to-end UI development on the Text Messaging team
- Represented the Messaging team during company wide rearchitecture, ensuring feature parity
Java Platform Developer
- Developed core improvements to proprietary app streaming framework, enabling compatibility 100+ devices
- Built a web-based automation system for testing, approval, and production delivery, reducing release time
J2ME Games Developer
- Delivered 10+ mobile game porting projects, including high-profile clients (Sony, NBC)
- Developed and shipped original mobile game Star Shuffle, from concept to production release
Education
Hampshire College
Amherst, MA · May 2005
Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science — Game Implementation and 3d Programming