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// Senior Android Engineer · 11+ years

JoelDenke

Platform · Architecture · Consulting

Programmer since age nine. Over a decade building Android at the highest level — from solo greenfield projects to 600 million daily listeners at Spotify.

Developer Profile
Online
Location
Eksjö, Sweden
Speciality
Android Platform
Experience
11+ Years Android
Architecture
Expert
Users reached
600M+
Available via
Coody.io ↗
Languages
Kotlin · Java · C++
Kotlin pioneer
Sweden · 2015
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Experience

A decade of craft

Spotify
Nov 2025 – Present
Android Engineer II · via Coody
Engineering the Android platform behind music for 600 million+ listeners worldwide. Contributing to large-scale systems, performance, and architecture across one of the world’s most-used apps.
► CurrentPlatform600M usersKotlin
Truecaller
Aug – Nov 2025
Senior Android Developer · Remote
Part of a greenfield initiative on Truecaller’s global caller ID platform — Jetpack Compose from day one, clean architecture at scale, and rapid feature delivery in a fully remote setup.
ComposeArchitectureRemote
Paf
Mar 2024 – Jul 2025
Senior Android Developer
Architected multiple white-label gaming apps from scratch. Built end-to-end CI/CD pipelines, a shared design system adopted across products, and mentored a growing Android team.
White-labelCI/CDDesign System
Glooko
May 2023 – Jan 2024
Senior Android Developer · Göteborg
Full BT, NFC and USB hardware stack. Deep native work via NDK/JNI in C++ for medical device connectivity. Built real-time sensor data sync for Dexcom and Medtronic devices.
BT / NFC / USBNDK / JNIC++Medical
Kivra
Aug 2020 – Oct 2022
Senior Android Developer · Stockholm
Led Android architecture at Sweden’s leading digital mailbox service — payments, content delivery, and Compose migration. Drove GraphQL adoption, CI/CD with GitHub Actions, and grew the Android team through recruitment.
GraphQLPaymentsCompose
SBAB Bank
Apr 2019 – Aug 2020
Senior Android Developer · Stockholm
Shipped features across SBAB’s consumer banking app covering savings, mortgages, and insurance. Served as security lead for the Android codebase and drove recruitment alongside feature delivery.
BankingSecurityArchitecture
Avanza Bank
Jun 2014 – Apr 2019
Lead Android Developer · Stockholm
Built Avanza’s Android app from scratch. Among the first in Sweden to adopt Kotlin and Material Design. Led hiring, migrated the entire codebase, achieved top Play Store ratings. Stocks, funds, dividends, loans, payments.
LeadKotlin PioneerFintech4+ years
Technical profile

Skills & Capabilities

Core Android
Kotlin
Jetpack Compose
Architecture
Coroutines / Flow
NDK / JNI / C++
BT / NFC / USB
Platform & Tooling
CI/CD Pipelines
GitHub Actions
Design Systems
GraphQL
Mentoring
Recruitment
AI Tools Used Daily
Claude / Claude Code
Primary AI pair programmer used full-time both professionally and personally. Architectural reasoning, code generation, debugging and automated refactoring at scale.
AnthropicAgentic codingClaude Code
GitHub Copilot
In-editor autocomplete and inline suggestions. Used extensively for boilerplate, test generation and quick refactors inside Android Studio and VS Code.
GitHubAndroid StudioInline
Gemini
Google's LLM for Android-specific queries, Jetpack documentation deep-dives and code review. Integrated via Android Studio AI assistant for context-aware suggestions.
GoogleAndroid StudioGemini API
OpenAI Codex / ChatGPT
Used for broad problem-solving, architecture discussions and code translation. Particularly useful for comparing approaches across platforms and languages.
OpenAICodexChatGPT
By the Numbers
10+
Years
600M
Reached
7
Products
11+
Android
JVM
Expertise
27+
Years coding
Industry Domains
Music Streaming
2022–25
Caller ID / Telecom
2025
Gaming / Casino
2024–25
Medical / Healthtech
2023–24
Digital Mailbox
2020–22
Banking / Fintech
2014–20
Investments / Stock
2014–19
Get in touch

Let's build
something extraordinary

Consulting assignments, senior Android roles and architecture engagements across Sweden and remote.