Hi, I’m Andrew Edgar. I’m an Android engineer with six years of experience and a deep focus on Android best practices and industry trends. I’m based in New York and enjoy building robust, scalable mobile apps that deliver smooth user experiences and strong performance. I’m a self-starter who learns quickly, with recent studies and personal project work in Flutter, ML, and AI. I’m an effective communicator and leader with experience managing small teams and driving projects from idea to production.

Andrew Edgar

Hi, I’m Andrew Edgar. I’m an Android engineer with six years of experience and a deep focus on Android best practices and industry trends. I’m based in New York and enjoy building robust, scalable mobile apps that deliver smooth user experiences and strong performance. I’m a self-starter who learns quickly, with recent studies and personal project work in Flutter, ML, and AI. I’m an effective communicator and leader with experience managing small teams and driving projects from idea to production.

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Hi, I’m Andrew Edgar. I’m an Android engineer with six years of experience and a deep focus on Android best practices and industry trends. I’m based in New York and enjoy building robust, scalable mobile apps that deliver smooth user experiences and strong performance.

I’m a self-starter who learns quickly, with recent studies and personal project work in Flutter, ML, and AI. I’m an effective communicator and leader with experience managing small teams and driving projects from idea to production.

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Experience Level

Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Intermediate
Intermediate

Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Android Engineer at Willow Tree
July 1, 2025 - Present
Led development of an AI-powered chat bot for Telus's home and mobile customers (Play Store). Built a chat bot on the Amazon Connect platform to allow users to speak asynchronously with an LLM trained on Telus's policies and terms of service via the MyTelus app. Implemented APIs and webhooks enabling cross-platform conversation flow across multiple platforms.
Android Engineer IV at Method, Inc.
June 1, 2022 - March 1, 2025
Migrated the MySync mobile app (Play Store) to Jetpack Compose / Kotlin and MVVM architecture; overhauled the UI and delivered new features including a rewards marketplace and login via third-party accounts. Migrated to new APIs and implemented a repository pattern to simplify future migrations. Increased unit test coverage from 20% to 60% and led onboarding of new team members.
Android Engineer at Apex Systems
January 1, 2022 - June 30, 2022
Contributed as part of a four-member Android team for a Charter Communications project, delivering new election tracking and ballot planning functionality for the Spectrum News app.
Android Engineer at WeAre8
May 1, 2020 - January 1, 2022
Led development of the Android client for WeAre8 (Play Store) and contributed to features using modern practices and tools (ReactiveX, MVVM architecture, responsive mobile design). Independently built new features including wallet management, notifications, friends, and social media integration. Established automated testing and Play Store deployment processes using GitHub CI/CD and App Center.
Senior Android Developer at WeAre8
May 1, 2020 - January 31, 2022
Led Android development for the WeAre8 Play Store client and contributed to feature development using ReactiveX, MVVM architecture, and responsive mobile design. Built wallet management, notifications, friends, and social media integration. Established automated testing and Play Store deployment processes using GitHub CI/CD and App Center.
Android Engineer at Flowbird
March 1, 2019 - May 1, 2020
Flowbird provides payment and account-based ticketing solutions for parking and public transit. Served as the primary developer of an embedded Android app built in Kotlin for transit-ticketing systems. Built unconventional UIs leveraging Android Jetpack, implemented security and encryption features with SQLCipher, and navigated proprietary, low-level APIs for device peripherals and popular Android libraries. Project Maypole (a location-based messaging app) was nearing completion; it was being rebuilt in Flutter using MVVM with Riverpod, Firebase Cloud Firestore, Firebase Storage, Cloud Functions, AdMob, and Google Places API. CI/CD and deployment were managed via GitHub Actions targeting iOS, Android, web, and MacOS.
Android Developer at Flowbird
March 1, 2019 - May 31, 2020
Primary developer of an embedded Android app built in Kotlin for transit ticketing systems. Created unconventional UIs, implemented security and encryption features using SQLCipher, and navigated proprietary low-level APIs and popular Android libraries.

Education

Master of Social Work (MSW) at Columbia University
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2014
Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) at Temple University
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2013
Master of Science in Social Work at Columbia University
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2014
Bachelor of Social Work at Temple University
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2013

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Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Professional Services, Media & Entertainment, Telecommunications