Niall Kennedy
Platform API Engineering Lead
- Role
- Staff Partner Engineer, Ios at Google
- Location
- San Francisco, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Niall Kennedy
Platform API Engineering Lead with over 20 years experience on both sides of the API, including designing, implementing, and hosting APIs for customers as well as selecting and consuming APIs in mission-critical apps. As Staff Partner Engineer, possesses diverse background in working for some of the largest developer platforms for consumer-focused companies including Google, Facebook, Twitter, and Microsoft, as well as consulting for WordPress.com, American Express, and Sony.Specialize in building large platforms requiring complex execution across internal teams and ensuring clear alignment of interests with external developers. Collaborate extensively and cross-functionally with executive, product management, engineering, business development, and legal / regulatory teams. Balance leadership skills with robust engineering foundation, product mindset, and external-facing prowess. Passionate about connecting businesses and individuals with the large existing audiences of platforms, leveraging the reach of technology. Ignited by complex challenges, adopting an acute attention to detail balanced with foresight for company vision and strategy when developing solutions. Cultivator of deep, long-term relationships with companies and internal stakeholders; understands the perspectives and goals of stakeholders and earnestly addresses any concerns while making genuine recommendations to improve business processes.
Experience
Staff Partner Engineer, Ios
Jan 2024 — Present · San Francisco, CA, US
Advise Google executives on opportunities to reach, grow, and engage users on iOS through technical solutions and partnerships. Lead projects across multiple Google products to define, measure, and align on platform-level features and functionalities.
Education
UCLA
BA, Economics, Computer Science
Skills
- Social Networking
- Apis
- Wordpress
- User Experience
- Cloud Computing
- Yui
- Product Management
- Internet Strategy
- Webkit
- Javascript
- Html 5
- Ios Development
- Google App Engine
- Python
- Django
- Web Development
- SEO
- Swift
- E-Commerce
- Mobile Payments
- Online Payments
- Php
- Engineering Management
- Mobile Internet
- Software Product Management
- Online Video
- Developer Relations
- Strategic Planning
- Jquery
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