Nikolas Bravo
Senior Software Engineer at Google
Stony Stratford, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolNikolas Bravo is a senior software engineer at Google London with 10 years of experience building scalable systems and leading development teams. He designs software architectures, mentors engineers, and thrives in collaborative environments that adopt new technologies. A notable open-source contributor, he has worked on Robolectric, the Android unit testing framework, extending shadow classes and enhancing Android/Java test tooling while refining build processes. Earlier in his career he co-founded Taruca Lab and held roles including Google Software Engineer II/III, contributing to on-device Android threat detection and Play Protect client work. He holds an Engineer’s Degree and a Master’s Degree in Computer Software Engineering from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, and has taught and mentored at UC Chile, reflecting a strong commitment to education and team growth. Based in the UK, he brings a blend of hands-on development, architecture design, and leadership to deliver reliable, long-term software solutions.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Engineer’s Degree, Computer Software Engineering, Civil Engineer of Industries, Diploma in Computer Software Engineering, Engineer’s Degree, Computer Software Engineering, Civil Engineer of Industries, Diploma in Computer Software Engineering at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
English, Spanish, German
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Github Skills (9)
unit-testing10
javas10
robolectric10
android10
java10
scripting9
shell9
script9
sh9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
robolectric/robolectric
Jan 2016 - Oct 2019
Android Unit Testing Framework
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:58 commits, 36 PRs, 14 comments in 3 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Nikolas contributed to the Robolectric project by modifying Java test files and shell scripts, and by adding code related to android and Java. Their work includes merging branches, updating test classes, and modifying build scripts. They also extended Shadow classes and fixed related issues to ensure Robolectric functions correctly.
testing-frameworkrobolectrictestingunit-testing-frameworkandroid
ngbravo/robolectric
Jan 2016 - Nov 2018
Android Unit Testing Framework
Contributions:5 PRs, 188 pushes, 63 branches in 2 years 10 months
testing-frameworktestingunit-testing-frameworkandroidunit
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