David Albers

Currently

Android Developer at Acorns

Since February 2022 · Remote in Chicago, IL

Customized Gradle and CI pipeline to decrease test time by 75% and total CI usage by 50%
- Converted Acorn's screenshot testing framework to use JVM-based testing with Roborazzi
- Added AffectedModuleDetector to only test affected modules
Lead effort to replace cache singleton with Apollo Kotlin's normalized cache
- Refactored cache singleton usage in View to use MVVM with Apollo
- Created extensive docs on using caching and how to refactor View architecture
Release manager for the weekly release rotation
- Automated release management so devs no longer ran custom release scripts
Added metrics for flaky tests and used it to fix common issues
- Went from 20% CI runs failing due to flaky tests to near-zero
Improved instrumented test framework stability so it could be used as a release check
Used Datadog to track custom metrics and built custom dashboards for feature teams

Android Developer at Expedia

January 2018 – February 2022 · Chicago, IL

Integrated a new GraphQL API using Apollo Android
- Migrated lodging LOB from REST to GraphQL
- Built new features across lodging, homescreen, and trip LOBs using GraphQL
Helped bring Expedia's design system to Android
- Wrote design system tokens and code for system's Android library
- Built custom Views adhering to the system
Core team member on a project that combined the design system & API to build a library of reusable server-driven UI (SDUI) components
- Created proofs-of-concept and later implemented solutions for library architecture
- Set up publishing of library on Jenkins then later migrated it to GitHub Actions (GHA)
- Helped onboard teams of contributors to the project
Wrote blog posts and gave presentations to other devs about design system, GraphQL, and SDUI library on Android
Wrote integration tests using Robolectric, helped convert existing code to MVVM

Android Developer at First Orion

November 2016 – December 2017 · Little Rock, AR

Software Engineer at CymSTAR

January 2016 – November 2016 · Tulsa, OK

Modified A-10 Simulator for added functionality and bug fixes
Debugged and solved issues caused by upgrading real-time OS (VxWorks) on simulator
Implemented additional constraints for scheduling genetic algorithm in C

Software Intern at InvoTek

August 2011 – January 2016 · Alma, AR

Created accessible user interfaces by providing alternative access methods such as eye-tracking
Implemented Bluetooth communication in apps and developed custom Views in Android