Summary
Daniel Duan is a Senior Software Engineer with a decade of experience building iOS apps and client architecture, currently focusing on SwiftUI at Apple after impactful stints shaping design systems and app infrastructure at Lyft. Programming since age 12, he blends deep mobile engineering expertise with an appreciation for clean design and open-source practice, reflected in a long-running personal site (duan.ca). His background includes hands-on work across startups and large companies, from drchrono to Apple, and early research into energy-efficient encryption during his university days. Based in Sunnyvale, he pairs practical shipping experience with a curiosity for system-level tradeoffs that inform elegant, maintainable client-side architectures.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at Texas State University
Pre-Engineering, Pre-Engineering at Austin Community College
English, Chinese, French