Malachi de Ælfweald
Staff Engineer/Architect
- Location
- 97027, Gladstone, Oregon, US
- malachid@gmail.com
- Phone
- 503.307.1597
- Website
- https://malachid.com
Experience
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Staff Developer - Architecture at TextNow
Cloud-based phone carrier that believes communication belongs to everyone.
Highlights
- Jul 2022 - Jan 2025: Staff Developer, Architecture. Working more cross-functionally with iOS, BE, SRE. Using Snowflake for data analysis. Testing how we could utilize LLM, Rust, Kotlin Multiplatform.
- Jan 2020 - Jul 2022: Staff Software Developer. Android. Broader representation throughout the org; driving process changes and transition to Github Actions, Embrace, Gradle Enterprise. Participate in vendor negotiations and contract renewals.
- Jun 2019 - Jan 2020: Senior Software Developer. Team leadership, mentorship, driving refactors to Kotlin, Coroutines, Jetpack Compose, Retrofit/Wire, Room, Nexus.
– present
Global Integrity
QTel is a highly secure communications platform that provides encrypted, end-to-end voice, messaging, and video.
Highlights
- GitLab CI/CD for SDKs, Android, iOS, Desktop (Linux, Windows, Mac)
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Senior Android Engineer at New Frontier Nomads
The Nomads are a tribe who build world-class products and lean software development teams for early-stage start-ups and enterprise giants.
Highlights
- Nov 2018 - Dec 2018: Created an Android curriculum for teaching an on-site classroom.
- March 2016 – Oct 2018: NFL Mobile and NFL Fantasy Football Android apps.
- July 2015 – Jan 2016: Chico’s Android app. Trained internal Android team.
- May 2015 – July 2015: Business development for ecoCR – working out requirements and expectations for their Android app.
- Jan 2015 – May 2015: Vivoom's Android app. Trained internal Android team.
- Sept 2014 – Jan 2015: NFL Now app for Android.
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Principal Engineer at Upsight, Inc.
User lifecycle management platform
Highlights
- Co-Authored the merger of the PlayHaven and Kontagent SDKs into a new Upsight SDK. See [TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2013/12/11/kontagent-playhaven/) for information on the merger.
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Sr. SDK Developer - Android at PlayHaven
Mobile gaming monetization platform
Highlights
- Redesigned their Android SDK from the ground up (supporting IntelliJ, Eclipse, Maven, Buildr, Ant, Grape, Grails, Leiningen, SBT and Unity)
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Founder and Lead Architect at Golden Spiral Software, LLC
A front-end application for a niche social network
Highlights
- Was listed on Top 10 of Social Paid Apps on Google within 7 months of starting development.
- Remained on the Top 10, almost without exception, until removed in May 2013.
- When we left Google Play, we had 30k users driving over 3 million page views per month
- Approached by multiple OEMs for permission to test our app on their hardware
- Approached by multiple app stores for permission to host our app
- Made as much of the app open source as we were legally allowed to when we shut the business down
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Software Engineer/Architect at Sharp Labs of America
U.S. research and development (R&D) subsidiary for Sharp Corporation of Japan
This was my second time at Sharp Labs. During this tour, I worked for both the Consumer Systems and Technology and the Mobile Communication Technologies teams.
Highlights
- On the Consumer Systems and Technology team, I was focused on Remote Presence. I developed remote diagnostic and reverse control capabilities into tablets and for information display panels. I created the drop-in access nodes and GWT-based server software. I prototyped custom OEM tablets for carriers and vendors. I managed third party vendors; including NDAs, customs importation, deliverables and training.
- On the Mobile Communication Technologies team, I was focused on creating OEM Android handsets for carriers. In this role, I modified the Android framework and applications to meet carrier specifications. This included some modifications down at the RIL, but was usually higher in the framework. I was also jointly responsible for setting up the vSphere build cluster, continuous integration, repositories and upstream merge plan with the parent corporation in Japan.
