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    Jake Wharton

    Software engineer at Skylight, known for his contributions to modern Android/Kotlin engineering, including Retrofit and Android KTX.

    #48 Mobile Engineering#23 Open source
    28CiteRank

    How AI engines see them

    Recognized by 3 of 3 measured engines. Updated 2026-11-05

    The recognizing engines agree that Jake Wharton is an Android engineer who created and maintained open-source libraries like Retrofit and contributed to Kotlin adoption and tooling while working at Square, Google, and Cash App. chat_gpt adds that he joined Skylight in 2026. gemini adds his work on libraries such as Picasso, ButterKnife, ActionBarSherlock, and KTX. google_ai_mode adds his involvement with Dagger, Turbine, and Molecule. The most frequently cited domains across the engines are jakewharton.com and github.com.

    • ChatGPTNamed in 11 answers

      Jake Wharton is an engineer known for creating and maintaining open-source libraries that serve as building blocks for Android applications.

      Known for
      • open-source libraries
      • Retrofit
      • Kotlin support for Android
    • GeminiNamed in 6 answers

      Jake Wharton is an Android engineer who authored open-source libraries and helped introduce Kotlin as an officially supported language on Android.

      Known for
      • Retrofit
      • open-source libraries
      • KTX libraries
    • Google AI ModeNamed in 9 answers

      Jake Wharton is a mobile engineer known for authoring open-source libraries and driving Kotlin adoption across the Android ecosystem.

      Known for
      • Retrofit
      • open-source libraries
      • SQLDelight and Turbine
    • PerplexityNamed in 10 answers

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    • #48Mobile Engineeringof 137
      Named in 21 answers
    • #23Open sourceof 86
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