Edward Ditler
Senior Software Engineer at ELCA Group
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Summary
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Top SchoolEdward Ditler is a Senior Software Engineer based in Zurich with 8 years of experience blending research-grade problem solving and hands-on full-stack development. He progressed from a computational chemistry PhD and academic research to leading public- and private-sector projects at ELCA, taking solutions from offer writing through architecture, implementation and go-live. Edward contributes to open-source tooling—improving both front-end UX and back-end APIs for projects like the self-hostable knowledge repo Archivy—reflecting a focus on usable, extensible systems. He brings a rare mix of scientific rigor and pragmatic delivery, plus experience tutoring and mentoring across STEM and web development that helps bridge technical and non-technical stakeholders.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Science, Computational Chemistry, Doctor of Science, Computational Chemistry at University of ZurichMaster of Science - MS, Interdisziplinäre Naturwissenschaften, Master of Science - MS, Interdisziplinäre Naturwissenschaften at ETH Zürich
Github Skills (12)
javascript10
knowledge-management10
knowledge-graph10
python10
notepad10
flask-ask9
flask9
apidoc9
api9
html9
css9
cli3
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
archivy/archivy
May 2021 - Sep 2022
Archivy is a self-hostable knowledge repository that allows you to learn and retain information in your own personal and extensible wiki.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:6 reviews, 8 commits, 11 PRs in 1 year 4 months
Contributions summary:Edward contributed to the front-end and back-end functionality of the Archity project. They primarily worked on improving the user interface by modifying the HTML templates, CSS styles, and JavaScript behavior of the application. The user also addressed back-end improvements by modifying the API and adding new functionality such as updating the frontmatter. This work included adding features such as tag autocompletion.
pythonarchivynote-takingknowledgeproductivity
edditler/cp2k
Jan 2020 - Mar 2023
Quantum chemistry and solid state physics software package
Contributions:48 pushes, 10 branches in 3 years 2 months
physicschemistryquantum-computingsolid-state-physicssolid-state
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