Benjamin Schmid
Embedded Software Engineer at Siemens
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Top SchoolBenjamin Schmid is an embedded software engineer based in Zurich with 11 years of experience building reliable systems across C++, Java, and security-focused backend work. He currently develops C++ software for railway infrastructure at Siemens, after contributing to malvertising protection at Amazon and performance-driven feature work in legacy Java systems. Trained at ETH Zürich with both a BSc and MSc in Computer Science, he pairs strong academic foundations with hands-on experience in safety-critical and high-throughput environments. Benjamin’s background includes teaching algorithms and building control systems for model railways, reflecting a practical knack for translating complex algorithms into operational code. He thrives on optimizing legacy code and delivering robust solutions where correctness and performance matter most. Quietly versatile, he brings a blend of safety-critical domain expertise and web-scale security engineering to multidisciplinary teams.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Computer Science, Master of Science - MS Computer Science at ETH Zürich
German, English, French
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Github Skills (21)
bots10
reddit10
praw10
todoist9
thunderbird9
intermediate9
python9
viper9
verification9
acronym8
oauth8
api8
programming-language7
ludum-dare7
security7
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
SmBe19/uberspace-mailfilter
May 2020 - Sep 2021
Contributions:9 commits, 11 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 4 months
SmBe19/praw-OAuth2Util
Apr 2015 - Nov 2016
Contributions:15 releases, 56 commits, 13 PRs in 1 year 7 months
oauth2oauthpraw
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