Daniel Landau
Director Of IT And Software Engineering at Kuva Space
Helsinki, Finland
Summary
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Top SchoolDaniel Landau is a Helsinki-based software leader with 13 years of experience who currently heads IT and software engineering at Kuva Space, bringing hands-on engineering to satellite development. He co-founded Memocate and previously built space-software at Reaktor Space Lab, combining deep computational physics roots (M.Sc.) with practical expertise in high-performance and embedded systems. Daniel is an active open-source contributor focused on both front-end UX improvements (Nextcloud Contacts) and back-end compatibility and reliability (GSConnect for GNOME), demonstrating a rare full-stack fluency across UI, service logic, and performance tuning. His background includes HPC optimization, CUDA/C++ porting, and performance analysis from roles at Cray and research institutions, enabling him to bridge scientific computing and product-grade software. Colleagues describe him as an operator who still ships code—optimizing experience and removing deprecated cruft while keeping user-facing features snappy and reliable.
12 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
M.Sc., Theoretical physics, M.Sc., Theoretical physics at Helsinki University
Finnish, Swedish, French, Hebrew, English
Github Skills (15)
gnome-shell10
gobject10
contact-list10
debug10
javascript10
front-end-development10
gnome10
angularjs10
gjs10
ui-components10
nextcloud9
css8
html8
open-source7
carddav6
Programming languages (27)
Github contributions (5)
GSConnect/gnome-shell-extension-gsconnect
Dec 2020 - Oct 2022
KDE Connect implementation for GNOME
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:13 releases, 26 reviews, 35 commits in 1 year 10 months
Contributions summary:Daniel primarily contributes to the `gsconnect/gnome-shell-extension-gsconnect` repository by fixing bugs and improving compatibility. They addressed issues related to GJS compatibility, corrected errors in the notification system, and removed deprecated code. These changes involve modifying core service components, UI elements, and device-related logic, demonstrating a focus on maintaining and improving the extension's functionality. The user also contributed to the connectivity report plugin.
gnome-shell-extensiongjslinuxgnomegnome-shell
nextcloud/contacts
Dec 2016 - Jan 2017
📇 Contacts app for Nextcloud
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:16 commits, 1 PR, 29 comments in 18 days
Contributions summary:Daniel primarily contributed to the front-end development of the Nextcloud contacts app. Their work involved implementing and modifying UI components, such as the contact list and group views. They also focused on improving the user experience by addressing performance issues and optimizing the display of contacts. Additionally, the user made modifications to the Angular application, including adding new features like showing contact counts in the sidebar.
contactsvcardnextcloudcarddavcontacts-app
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