Caleb Friden
Senior Software Engineer at Airbnb
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolCaleb Friden is a Senior iOS Engineer with 10 years of experience building high‑performance mobile video and real‑time systems, currently focused on playback and developer experience at Twitch. He progressed through multiple engineering levels at Twitch, driving video-health observability, integrating Amazon IVS, and leading Swift rewrites for critical components like Chat. As a former technical co‑founder and CTO of Map2Next, he designed architectures for real‑time data that reduced operational overhead and helped ship a consumer app. His freelance work includes shipping production apps for education, healthcare, and campus transit, demonstrating a knack for pragmatic, user-focused solutions. Based in San Francisco, Caleb blends deep domain expertise in iOS video with product-minded engineering and a playful approach to building delightful experiences. An early advocate for developer ergonomics, he builds tools and utilities that boost team productivity behind the scenes.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science at University of OregonHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Del Oro High School
Spanish, Swedish
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Github Skills (87)
authentication10
automation10
firebase10
firebase-authentication10
push-notifications10
swift10
firebase-database10
android-apps10
firebase-messaging10
android-app10
android10
ios10
firebase-storage10
ai9
database9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
StarLard/HearthstoneKit
Mar 2020 - Oct 2020
An elegant pure-swift SDK for consuming the official Hearthstone API
Contributions:4 releases, 31 commits, 10 PRs in 7 months
swift
StarLard/StormGlassKit
Jun 2021 - Mar 2025
A pure Swift SDK for consuming the official Magicseaweed API
Contributions:5 releases, 2 PRs, 28 pushes in 3 years 9 months
swift
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