Curriculum Vitae
David Cruz Anaya
Engineering Manager·Software Engineer
12+ years building and scaling consumer apps used by millions, and leading the cross-functional team that ships them. I do both: develop people, and develop product.
- London, UK
- British & Spanish
- Open to EM & senior eng roles
Capabilities
Two disciplines, one core
The same foundation, twelve years of shipping, expressed two ways.
Leadership
I grow teams & ship through them
People
- Team management
- Coaching & mentoring
- 1:1s & career growth
- Performance management
Ran 1:1s, growth plans and performance reviews for a team of 4 at Sky.
Delivery
- Agile / Scrum delivery
- Roadmap planning
- Cross-functional coordination
- Stakeholder management
Coordinated product, design and DevOps to ship Sky Go to 10M+ monthly users.
Strategy
- Technical strategy
- Architecture direction
- Engineering standards
- Modernisation
Led the Kotlin Multiplatform and Jetpack Compose adoption across platforms.
Growth
- Hiring & interviewing
- Onboarding & ramp-up
- Graduate coaching
- PSM I certified
Ran the graduate program as Scrum Master, interviewing and onboarding new engineers.
Engineering
I still ship the hard parts myself
Languages
- Kotlin
- Java
- TypeScript
- Swift
- Dart
- JavaScript
Mobile
- Jetpack Compose
- Kotlin Multiplatform
- Android SDK
- iOS / Swift
- Flutter
- Android & Fire TV
Web & Backend
- Next.js
- React
- Ktor
- REST / GraphQL
- PostgreSQL
- Supabase
Craft
- Clean Architecture
- MVVM / SOLID
- TDD & UI testing
- CI/CD · Fastlane
- ExoPlayer / DRM
- Gradle · Docker
Impact
- 12+
- years shipping mobile
- 10M+
- monthly users reached
- 4
- engineer team led
- 40%
- code shared via KMP
- 45%
- fewer crash tickets
- 20k+
- students taught
Experience
Where it came together
A decade across streaming and consumer apps, moving deliberately between building, leading, and managing. I take the seat the team needs, and I never leave the code behind.
Manage peopleLead directionBuild hands-on
- 2026 - PresentBUILD
Senior Software Engineer
Deliveroo
Building and shipping Android features for millions of Deliveroo customers. I use analytics and A/B experimentation to guide product decisions, and help raise engineering standards across the team.
- Dec 2025 - May 2026LEAD
Founder & Principal Engineer
Vectencia Ltd
Founded a mobile and full-stack consultancy. Owned client relationships, solution architecture and delivery, and advised on engineering strategy across broadcast and travel.
- Feb 2022 - Oct 2025MANAGE
Engineering Manager (Mobile) & KMP Team Lead
Sky · via Deltatre
Managed and grew a cross-functional team of 4 (iOS, Android, DevOps): ran 1:1s, performance and growth plans, and owned roadmap and delivery for Sky Go at 10M+ monthly users. Drove the Kotlin Multiplatform (40% code reuse) and Jetpack Compose modernisation the team shipped, and built a device farm for automated QA.
- Jun 2021 - Feb 2022LEAD
Android Developer & Scrum Master
Deltatre · Sky Go
Built Sky Go Android streaming features. Served as Scrum Master for the graduate program, facilitating ceremonies and coaching new engineers.
- Oct 2020 - Jun 2021LEAD
Engineering Lead
Deltatre
Led a small team building streaming apps for Android, Android TV and Fire TV. Cut crash-related tickets 45% through automated testing and code-quality standards.
- Jan 2020 - Oct 2020LEAD
Lead Android Developer
Deltatre
Led delivery of premium streaming apps (WWE, GolfTV, BritBox) to 5M+ combined users. Architected a modular, white-label codebase with ExoPlayer DRM and offline playback.
- Jun 2018 - Dec 2019BUILD
Android Developer
Massive Interactive, then Deltatre
Built the My5 (Channel 5) app for Android and Fire TV (1M+ downloads) and contributed to iOS / tvOS in Swift.
- Nov 2016 - Apr 2018BUILD
Android Developer
IGT UK
Built playMGM casino features, including animated Roulette, and a reusable Material Design component library.
- Oct 2014 - Nov 2016BUILD
HTML5 Game Developer
IGT UK
Built HTML5 games for the Norsk-Tipping lottery platform with cross-browser support across mobile and desktop.
Education and certifications
- 2019
Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I)
Scrum.org
- 2024
OTHM Level 6 Diploma · Business Management
LSBR
- 2020
Kotlin for Android Developers
Antonio Leiva
HNC Level 4 in Computing
Arden University
Beyond the CV
Teaching. Udemy instructor with 20,000+ students across Android courses.
Author. Published author of “You Are Not That Important”.
Open source. Active contributor at github.com/davthecodercom.
Languages. English (fluent) · Spanish (native).
Authorisation. UK and EU citizen, dual UK-Spanish nationality.