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Tyler Henry

@tylerhenry

Senior Software Engineer at DIRECTV who rewrote the Android TV rules engine, retiring over 18,000 lines of legacy rendering code.

United States

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At DIRECTV, I develop the Android TV launcher for Gemini and Gemini Air. I rewrote the rules engine behind action buttons across content pages, replacing fragmented legacy logic and retiring the XML renderer after the Jetpack Compose replacement went live.

I built a Java/Kotlin event client for DIRECTV’s migration from Adobe Analytics to AWS Kinesis, enabling parallel reporting and staged validation. I also led client-side Netflix and Apple TV+ subscription activation, including a remotely configurable framework for adding providers.

As second-in-command to the development lead, I run the team during lead absences and contribute to planning and architecture discussions. In independent work, I built and deployed more than 100 websites and web applications; I also build and run ComedyBuff, an audio streaming app for stand-up comedy.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Senior Software Engineer

Current

DIRECTV

Jun 2022 - Present (4 years 4 months)

Develop DIRECTV's Android TV launcher application for Gemini and Gemini Air, spanning customer-facing features, partner integrations and shared client libraries. Serve as second-in-command to the development lead, owning client features, integrations and testing.

Kotlin Java Jetpack Compose Android TV AWS Kinesis Adobe Analytics Amazon Personalize REST APIs Junit MockK Robolectric Compose Test Appium TestNG Gradle Jenkins New Relic Agile Scrum

Current

ComedyBuff

Current

Personal project

Build and run an audio streaming app for stand-up comedy with queues, playlists and stations. Design and maintain PostgreSQL schemas, relationships, indexes and migrations supporting the content catalog, user collections and listening history.

PostgreSQL GraphQL Frontend Development Production Deployment

Independent Full-Stack Developer

Self-directed projects

Sep 2020 - May 2022 (1 year 8 months)

Designed, built and deployed more than 100 websites and web applications, typically using TypeScript and React/Next.js. Implemented Node.js backend APIs with Express.js, GraphQL and Apollo Server.

TypeScript React Next.js NodeJS ExpressJS GraphQL Apollo Server PostgreSQL Stripe HTML CSS

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Temple University

Bachelor of Science, Biology

Grade: 3.39

Activities and societies: Undergraduate research assistant, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, 2015-2016: behavioral neuroscience experiments and data analysis.

Bachelor of Science in Biology from Temple University, graduated in 2016 with a GPA of 3.39. Served as an undergraduate research assistant at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine from 2015 to 2016, conducting behavioral neuroscience experiments and data analysis.