Anton Danielsson
Principal Engineer at Dirac
Dalarna County, Sweden
Summary
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Top SchoolAnton Danielsson is a Principal Engineer with a decade of experience building products from polished user interfaces down to optimized signal-processing code for niche DSPs. Based in Dalarna, Sweden, he combines hands-on engineering with product-minded leadership, having transitioned from research engineer to product owner and now to principal engineering at Dirac. He contributes to prominent open-source projects like conan-center-index and google/benchmark, focusing on cross-platform build systems, packaging C++ libraries, and portability fixes that reveal a strong command of toolchains and low-level compatibility issues. Known for refactoring legacy builds and resolving cross-building challenges for iOS, Android and Windows, he brings practical expertise that shortens release cycles and improves reproducibility. Beyond typical engineering work, he thrives in agile teams and enjoys bridging the gap between research-grade algorithms and production-ready implementations.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Computer and Information Sciences, General, Master's degree, Computer and Information Sciences, General at Uppsala University
Swedish, English
Github Skills (34)
dependency-manager10
dependency-management10
cpp-library10
debug10
c-language10
multiplatform10
dependency-analysis10
package-management10
conan10
crossbuild10
cross-platform10
cmake10
android-ndk10
cross-compiling10
cprogramming-language10
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
conan-io/conan-center-index
Feb 2021 - Apr 2021
Recipes for the ConanCenter repository
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer / Package Maintainer
Back-end Developer / Package MaintainerContributions:44 reviews, 5 commits, 22 PRs in 2 months
Contributions summary:Anton primarily contributes to the `conan-center-index` repository by creating and maintaining recipes for various C++ libraries. Their work involves fixing cross-building issues, adding options, and applying patches to ensure compatibility with different platforms (iOS, Android, Windows) and build systems (CMake). The user also refactors recipes, removing legacy build tools and updating dependencies, which streamlines the build process. These contributions demonstrate a strong understanding of package management and build system integration within the context of C++ development.
dependenciescpprecipespackage-managerconan-recipe
google/benchmark
Oct 2015 - Oct 2015
A microbenchmark support library
Role in this project:Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:22 commits, 2 PRs, 7 comments in 4 days
Contributions summary:Anton primarily focused on fixing bugs, improving code quality, and ensuring the codebase's portability across different operating systems within the benchmark library. They addressed compiler warnings, corrected data type issues, and refactored code to improve compatibility with the Android NDK. The user also made modifications to system information gathering and wall time calculations, showcasing a deep understanding of the library's internal workings and cross-platform considerations.
cppbenchmarkingbazelsupport-librarymicrobenchmark
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