Lorenzo Leonini
Professeur HES Assistant at Université de Neuchâtel
Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
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Top SchoolLorenzo Leonini is a software engineer and academic with 12 years of professional experience, currently teaching computer science and cloud computing at HE-Arc and the University of Neuchâtel. He blends functional programming enthusiasm with hands-on cloud architecture, having designed IoT sensors and AWS-based backends, APIs and scalable media processing systems during long consultancy engagements. As a former CTO and IT Digital Manager, he has led small engineering teams, driven agile delivery, and managed migrations and API deployments for enterprise clients like TAG Heuer and Swisscom. His profile combines deep academic credentials (PhD in Computer Science) with practical system-building across Python, Java, Scala and AWS, reflecting both research rigor and production experience. An understated strength is his cross-domain fluency—from microengineering beginnings to distributed systems and video transcoding—enabling him to bridge hardware, backend services and teaching effectively.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Phd, Computer Science, Phd, Computer Science at University of NeuchâtelHigh School Diploma, Science, High School Diploma, Science at Gymnase cantonal de La Chaux-de-FondsDemi-licence, Microengineering, Demi-licence, Microengineering at University of Neuchâtel / EPFL
French, English, Italian, German
Github Skills (36)
space-partitioning10
python10
usb10
vt10010
terminfo10
go10
kitty10
golang10
window-manager10
opengl10
firmware9
gpu9
avr8
assembly8
atmel7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
lleonini/qmk_firmware
Sep 2018 - Jun 2022
keyboard controller firmware for Atmel AVR and ARM USB families
Contributions:18 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years 9 months
controllerfirmwareavratmelusb
ADM42/adm42
Jun 2024 - Apr 2026
ADM42 keyboards official repository
Contributions:3 releases, 28 pushes, 4 branches in 1 year 10 months
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