Esteban Gehring
Senior Software Engineer at Google
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Top SchoolEsteban Gehring is a Senior Software Engineer based in Zurich with 12 years of experience building scalable full‑stack systems and leading performance-focused engineering efforts. Currently at Google after earlier software engineering roles and running Bithost GmbH as Geschäftsführer, he combines production-grade backend optimization with practical front-end polish. His open-source contributions span high-profile projects like ownCloud core—where he implemented efficient group ID retrieval and caching to speed up LDAP handling—and Angular ecosystem improvements including a popular ngx-mat-select-search component. Comfortable across TypeScript/Angular and PHP backends, he has a track record of shipping bug fixes, improving developer tooling, and enhancing documentation to reduce friction for users. Trained as a physicist at ETH Zürich, he brings a data-minded, pragmatic approach to problem solving and a knack for finding performance wins that aren’t immediately obvious.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
MSc ETH, Physik, MSc ETH, Physik at ETH Zürich
German, French, English, Spanish, Italian
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Github Skills (38)
api-rest10
caching10
javascript10
back-end-development10
restful-api10
typescript10
swagger10
forms10
rxjs10
php10
code-generation10
typo310
performance-optimization10
typescript-types10
angular-material10
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
bithost-gmbh/ngx-mat-select-search
Feb 2018 - Dec 2022
Angular component providing an input field for searching / filtering MatSelect options of the Angular Material library.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:68 releases, 68 reviews, 265 commits in 4 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Esteban primarily contributed to the development of the `ngx-mat-select-search` Angular component. Their work involved initial setup, implementing the search input field, integrating it with the Angular Material select component, and fixing various issues related to styling, functionality, and compatibility. They also refactored examples, enhanced test coverage, and addressed user feedback by implementing features such as a toggle all checkbox and the ability to set the initial search input value.
input-fieldmaterialmaterial2optionsmaterial-design
angular/angular
Dec 2018 - Feb 2022
Deliver web apps with confidence 🚀
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:13 commits, 6 PRs, 58 comments in 3 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Esteban primarily contributed to documentation improvements within the Angular framework. Their commits focused on fixing issues related to the clickable area of top menu items, improving router descriptions, showcasing host listener support, and marking lifecycle methods as "nodoc" to indicate they're internal and not meant for public documentation. These changes likely aim to enhance the clarity and accuracy of the Angular documentation for developers using the framework.
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