Balz Guenat
Software Engineer at Siemens
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Top SchoolBalz Guenat is a software engineer based in Zurich with 11 years of experience and an MSc in Computer Science from ETH Zurich, currently building tooling, web and cloud solutions for the rail industry at Siemens. He brings four years of domain-specific experience in rail systems combined with a broader background in IT support and embedded/IoT work, illustrated by contributions to the popular QMK keyboard firmware where he added new keyboard models and advanced keymap features. Comfortable across embedded, web and cloud stacks, he focuses on practical tooling that improves developer productivity and operational reliability. Known for bridging low-level hardware-aware engineering with scalable cloud tooling, he blends rigorous academic training with hands-on delivery in safety-critical environments.
11 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science, 5.23, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science, 5.23 at ETH ZurichMatura, Biologie / Chemie / Informatik / Digitaltechnik, Matura, Biologie / Chemie / Informatik / Digitaltechnik at Seelandgymnasium Biel
German, English, French
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (26)
keyboard-input10
qmk-firmware10
firmware10
c1110
keymaps10
remap10
keyboard10
c1710
keyboard-layout10
keymapping10
sys10
customisation10
customizing10
embedded10
atmel9
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
qmk/qmk_firmware
Jan 2017 - Nov 2021
Open-source keyboard firmware for Atmel AVR and Arm USB families
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:2 reviews, 45 commits, 19 PRs in 4 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Balz implemented keymap customizations for a keyboard, including media controls and mod-tap functionality. They also added and modified keymaps for a specific keyboard layout (Planck) and other keyboard models. Furthermore, the user added a new keyboard model (bananasplit) along with its default keymap and configuration files.
rp2040firmwareavratmelkeyboard-support
BalzGuenat/ParallelGumtree
Oct 2015 - Jan 2016
Contributions:71 commits, 52 pushes, 2 branches in 3 months
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