Aaron Brager
Engineering Head at DRW
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolAaron Brager is an experienced engineering manager with 13 years building high-performance trading and consumer software, currently leading technology teams at DRW in Chicago. He blends hands-on iOS and front-end development with leadership roles at Brex, PayPal, and ThoughtWorks, driving delivery, quality, and scale across fast-paced environments. Aaron contributes to notable open-source projects—improving iOS libraries like TTTAttributedLabel and tools such as fastlane—and has a track record of practical cross-platform improvements like porting and modernizing Swift code in popular repos. His background at Apple and startups alike gives him a rare mix of product sensitivity and operational rigor for both large organizations and nimble teams. Trained in the humanities with a double major in the history of math & science and philosophy, he brings an analytical, systems-oriented mindset and curiosity to engineering problems. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic technical leader who elevates team performance through thoughtful process and code-level influence.
13 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Double Major: History of Math & Science, Philosophy; Double Minor: Classics, Comparative Literature, Double Major: History of Math & Science, Philosophy; Double Minor: Classics, Comparative Literature at St. John's College
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Programming languages (27)
Github contributions (5)
TTTAttributedLabel/TTTAttributedLabel
Jan 2014 - Jan 2016
A drop-in replacement for UILabel that supports attributes, data detectors, links, and more
Role in this project:
iOS Mobile Developer
iOS Mobile DeveloperContributions:38 commits, 20 PRs, 13 pushes in 2 years
Contributions summary:Aaron primarily contributed to the `TTTAttributedLabel` repository by implementing and improving features related to the display and behavior of attributed text, specifically concerning links and accessibility. Their work included adding functionality for inactive link styling, improving link responsiveness, and integrating support for `UIAccessibilityElement`. They also addressed bugs and refactored code to maintain compatibility and enhance the library's functionality.
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ArtSabintsev/Siren
Jan 2015 - Nov 2017
Notify users when a new version of your app is available and prompt them to upgrade.
Role in this project:Mobile Developer (iOS)
Mobile Developer (iOS)Contributions:40 commits, 4 PRs, 7 pushes in 2 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Aaron primarily focused on porting a Swift version of a notification library called Harpy into the "Siren" project. This involved refactoring code, renaming classes and files, and adapting the functionality for the new codebase. The user also made several improvements to the project, including converting data structures to Swift native collections, and implementing features like daily and weekly checks.
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