Lukas Schwab
Software Engineer at CloudX
Berkeley, California, United States
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Top SchoolLukas Schwab is a software engineer based in Berkeley with 11 years of experience building backend systems and shipping production services across fintech and infrastructure startups. He’s held senior and lead roles at Robinhood and product-focused engineering positions at Vanta, Indent, and Sequin, and now works at CloudX after a stint consulting on crypto markets for Alpaca. Lukas contributes to open source (notably maintaining arxiv.py, a Python wrapper he refactored and enhanced) and has a track record of improving reliability, documentation, and edge-case handling. His background includes pragmatic systems work—from Docker/Data Lake integrations to upload/transcoding orchestration prototypes—and a knack for turning research-grade ideas into production code. He blends technical depth with cross-functional experience in security, payments, and developer tools, rooted in a CS degree from UC Berkeley. An early founder of civic tech initiatives and a debate coach, he brings strong communication and community-building skills to technical leadership.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Computer Science, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Computer Science at University of California, BerkeleyLincoln High School
English, Spanish, German
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (9)
pdf10
python10
documentation9
urllib8
json6
localtunnel6
bash6
sed6
environment-variables6
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
lukasschwab/arxiv.py
Nov 2015 - Dec 2022
Python wrapper for the arXiv API
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:32 releases, 12 reviews, 113 commits in 7 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Lukas primarily contributed to the development and maintenance of the arXiv.py Python wrapper. Their work included refactoring code, replacing try/except blocks with if/else statements, adding documentation, and fixing the PDF download functionality and URL handling. They also implemented new features like sort order support and addressed issues related to non-exclusive search queries.
pythonarxivarxiv-apipython-wrapperpdf
lukasschwab/bayeshack.org
Mar 2016 - Jun 2018
Contributions:51 PRs, 65 pushes, 41 branches in 2 years 3 months
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