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David Cruz Anaya

About Me

Hi, I'm David Cruz Anaya, a UK-based Senior Android Developer passionate about building beautiful and functional mobile applications. I specialize in Android with Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, and cross-platform development with Flutter.

As a Udemy instructor with over 20,000 students, I share my knowledge through free Android development courses. I'm also a YouTube content creator and an active open source contributor, believing in the power of community-driven development.

Currently at Sky, I craft innovative Android solutions using Jetpack Compose and ensure code quality through rigorous testing with JUnit and MockK.

10+
Years Experience
20k+
Students Taught
100+
Projects

Skills & Technologies

Frontend

ReactNext.jsTypeScriptTailwind CSSHTML/CSSJavaScript

Mobile

AndroidKotlinKotlin MultiplatformCompose MultiplatformFlutterSwiftUIXcodeAndroid Studio

Backend

KtorKotlinPostgreSQLREST APIsGraphQLIntelliJ IDEA

DevOps & Tools

GitDockerVercelAWSDigitalOceanCI/CDLinux

My Journey

2025 - Present

CEO @ Paglipat.com

Create, develop and release Paglipat.com with Kotlin Multiplatform and Compose Multiplatform for mobile and Next.js for Web.

2022 - 2025

Mobile Engineering Manager @ Sky

Led migration to Jetpack Compose for Sky Go, managed cross-functional team delivering features to 10M+ users. Promoted to KMP Team Lead driving 40% code reuse across platforms.

2020 - 2021

Engineering Lead @ Deltatre

Led development of streaming apps for WWE, GolfTV, and BritBox reaching 5M+ combined users across Android and Fire TV platforms.

2018 - 2019

Android Developer @ Massive Interactive/Deltatre

Developed My5 (Channel 5), WWE, ITV & BBC Britbox, GolfTV & Axis. For Android and iOS/tvOS streaming application with 10M+ downloads. Reduced crash rate by 45%.

2016 - 2018

Android Developer @ IGT UK

Developed playMGM casino application with complex animations and secure payment processing. Created reusable component library.

2016

Contractor/Freelancer @ davthecoder.com

I do start to develop and create of mobile apps, backend and website for different Clients.

2014 - 2016

HTML5 Game Developer @ IGT UK (formerly: GTECH/Probability)

Built responsive HTML5 casino games for Norsk-Tipping including MegaMillionFlax and JackpotFlax series.