Joe Birch
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Staff Engineer at Buffer, Google Developer Expert for Android
England, United Kingdom
Résumé
Jobs
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Staff EngineerBufferJun 2025 - Current (1 year 3 months)- Senior Engineer IIBufferJan 2020 - Jun 2025 (5 years 6 months)
- Senior EngineerBufferSep 2017 - Jan 2020 (2 years 5 months)
- CAndroid InstructorCasterIOJun 2017 - Feb 2020 (2 years 9 months)
- Engineer IIIBufferJul 2016 - Sep 2017 (1 year 3 months)
- PhotographerFreelance photographyApr 2015 - Apr 2016 (1 year 1 month)Working on freelance photography briefs for Pret a Manger social marketing campaigns.
- Android DeveloperRibotJun 2013 - Jul 2016 (3 years 2 months)Part of a small team of Android Developers, working closely with both UX/UI designers and iOS developers in-order to craft beautiful mobile apps!
- yAndroid DeveloperyouraccompanistSep 2012 - Jul 2013 (11 months)Developer for a commercial Android Application in the area of musical tuition. The application makes use of in-app billing and many other aspects of the android framework.
- EContent ManagementEuroSkiJun 2009 - Jun 2011 (2 years 1 month)Website Content Management and Maintenance
Education
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- MComp Computer Science, Computer ScienceUniversity of BrightonJan 2009 - Jan 2013 (4 years 1 month)Covered topics in the areas of: Android Development, Java, Specification - Validation and Verification, Advanced Computer Systems Architecture, Distributed Systems Principles, Research Methods, Client - Server Computing, Specification and Refinement, Rigorous Object-oriented Modelling, Computer Graphics Algorithms, Real-time Systems and Concurrency, Object Orientated Design and Development, Web and Network Management, Object-oriented Software Design and Implementation, Specification and Reasoning, Computer Systems Architecture, Models of Machines and Computation, Languages and Machines, Operating Systems, User-centred Design for Interaction, Programming, Databases, Web Design and Development, Internet Applications, Requirements Analysis, Hu
- BSc Mathematics with Education, EducationUniversity of BrightonJan 2008 - Jan 2009 (1 year 1 month)Masters in Computer Science
Projects (professional or personal)
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- PPret a Manger Social Media CampaignSep 2015 - Current (11 years)Shot a weekends worth of photos in London for the Pret social media sites.
- PPret a Manger Social Media CampaignJul 2015 - Current (11 years 2 months)Shot a weekends worth of photos in London for the Pret social media sites.
- PPret a Manger Social Media CampaignJun 2015 - Current (11 years 3 months)Shot a weekends worth of photos in London for the Pret social media sites.
- ''Pret a Manger' Social Media CampaignMay 2015 - Current (11 years 4 months)Working with Byte London, I shot a large set (over a whole weekend in London) for the ongoing 'Colourfull' social media campaign for Pret a Manger.
- ''Pret a Manger' Colourfull CampaignApr 2015 - Current (11 years 5 months)Working with Byte London, I shot a large set of photos for Prets Colourfull social media campaign.
- ''Pret a Manger' Food Tour CampaignMar 2015 - Current (11 years 6 months)Shot a small set of photos for the Food Van Tour social campaign, used on various Pret a Manger social media accounts.
- YYourMD (New features implementation)Sep 2014 - Current (12 years)View case study at http://ribot.co.uk/case-studies/yourmd/
- GGoogle PlaybookNov 2015 - Jun 2016 (8 months)Developed the Playbook application for Google as a team of 4 developers - get the app here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.secrets
- MMemrise Android App (Phase 1 - Initial Launch)Jul 2014 - Nov 2014 (5 months)Complete rebuild of the original Memrise app, built as part of the team of 3 android developers at ribot.
- YYourMD (Phase 1 - Features and Bug Fixes)Feb 2014 - Apr 2014 (3 months)View case study at http://ribot.co.uk/case-studies/yourmd/
- HHarris & Hoole Android App (Phase 2 - Payments Integration)Dec 2013 - Apr 2014 (5 months)View the case study at http://ribot.co.uk/case-studies/harris-and-hoole/
- HHarris & Hoole Android App (Phase 1 - Initial Launch)Jun 2013 - Oct 2013 (5 months)View the case study at http://ribot.co.uk/case-studies/harris-and-hoole/
Awards
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- BThe Richard Blencowe Memorial PrizeBRIGHTON UNIVERSITYBest student performance at Masters Level MComp
- BMerit ScholarshipBRIGHTON UNIVERSITYScholarship received for recognition of academic performance on the course
Publications
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- MExploring Google Eddystone with the Proximity Beacon APIMedium AugGoogle recently announced the release of their cross-platform BLE Beacon format. Here we look at what we can do with it and how to use this new API to manage our beacons.
- MExploring the new Android Permissions ModelMedium JulThe approach to permissions for both users and developers is changing with Android M. Here we take a look at how they’ve changed, how this affects the user experience and what we need to do to implement this new model.
- MExploring the new Android Design Support LibraryMedium JunThis new library introduces several new components previously not available out-of-the-box. Here we take a brief look at what they are, what they do and how we can implement them.
- MExploring Chrome Custom Tabs on AndroidMedium SepAlongside Android Marshmallow, we saw the announcement of the Custom Tabs library for Android. Let’s take a look at what this new library does and how we can use it to provide an improved User Experience when web content is displayed within our applications.