Laurin Brandner
PHD Student at ETH Zürich
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Summary
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Top SchoolLaurin Brandner is a Swiss PhD student at ETH Zürich with 12 years of software engineering experience, specializing in iOS development and reactive systems. He has shipped production mobile UI components—such as a custom image picker replicating iMessage behavior—and contributed core operators to the widely used ReactiveCocoa framework, showing comfort across UI and low-level reactive abstractions. His career spans startups and research environments, including internships at SwiftKey and roles at Ubique and Pallon, blending product delivery with academic rigor. Based in Zurich, he pairs a strong foundation in computer science from École Polytechnique and ETH with hands-on accessibility and edge-case hardening experience that improves real-world reliability.
12 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at École PolytechniqueMaster's degree, Computer Science, Master's degree, Computer Science at ETH ZürichMatura, Biochemistry, Matura, Biochemistry at Alte Kantonsschule Aarau
German, English, French
Github Skills (16)
reactivecocoa10
uid10
uikit10
swift10
functional-programming10
user-interface10
ios10
front-end-development10
ui-design10
reactiveswift10
interface-design10
accessibility9
algorithms8
algorithm8
data-structures8
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
lerboe/ImagePickerSheetController
Sep 2014 - Jan 2019
Replicate of the custom photo action sheet in iMessage
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (iOS)
Mobile Developer (iOS)Contributions:342 commits, 22 PRs, 124 pushes in 4 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Laurin primarily contributed to the development of a custom image picker sheet component. Their work focused on implementing UI elements, including a preview gallery with horizontal scrolling and a selection indicator. Furthermore, the user refactored parts of the UI, added accessibility features, and fixed edge cases to enhance user experience and reliability of the component.
actionsheetimessage
ReactiveCocoa/ReactiveCocoa
May 2015 - May 2015
Cocoa framework and Obj-C dynamism bindings for ReactiveSwift.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:19 commits, 1 PR, 8 comments in 12 days
Contributions summary:Laurin primarily contributed to the ReactiveCocoa framework by adding and modifying operators for Signals and SignalProducers. Their work involved implementing `zipWith` and `combineLatest` operators for both Signals and SignalProducers, along with associated supporting functions. The commits demonstrate changes to the core functionality of the framework, specifically the addition of new operators for combining and manipulating signals and producers. The user also addressed code style and documentation issues, maintaining the framework's quality.
reactiveswiftreactivecocoaswift
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