Gaétan Zanella
Lead Software Engineer at FABERNOVEL
France
Summary
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Top SchoolGaétan Zanella is a Lead Software Engineer based in France with 8 years of experience evolving from iOS developer to full-stack engineer and now technical lead at Fabernovel. He blends hands-on mobile UI craftsmanship—evident from contributions to the OverlayContainer iOS library that extend UIKit behaviors—with full-stack delivery and team leadership across product-focused projects. Comfortable shipping production mobile components and architecting cross-platform solutions, he has a practical engineering background grounded in a French engineering education (École spéciale des Travaux publics). Known for improving developer-facing UI frameworks and transitions, he brings a pragmatic eye for developer ergonomics and user-facing polish. Gaétan pairs proactive mentorship with a bias for shipping incremental, testable improvements that scale across teams and products.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Diplôme d'ingénieur, BTP, Diplôme d'ingénieur, BTP at Ecole spéciale des Travaux publics, du Bâtiment et de l'IndustrieClasses préparatoires aux grandes écoles, MPSI, MP, Classes préparatoires aux grandes écoles, MPSI, MP at Lycée Lakanal
Github Skills (8)
swift10
ios10
ui-framework10
uiviewcontroller9
uiscrollview9
uikit9
overlay8
overlays8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
applidium/OverlayContainer
Nov 2018 - Nov 2022
Non-intrusive iOS UI library to implement overlay based interfaces
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (iOS)
Mobile Developer (iOS)Contributions:24 releases, 1 review, 312 commits in 4 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Gaétan primarily contributed to the development of the iOS UI library "overlaycontainer," which focuses on implementing overlay-based interfaces. They created extensions for various UI elements, including UIView, UIViewController, and UIScrollView, adding functionality like pinning views to superviews and handling scrolling. The user also developed several UI components, such as views, and a transition delegate for overlay view controllers. Their work demonstrates a focus on UI framework development and enhancing the library's features.
floatingios-uiui-libraryoverlaypanel
faberNovel/DynamicOverlay
Dec 2020 - Nov 2022
A SwiftUI library that makes easier to develop overlay based interfaces, such as the one presented in the Apple Maps app.
Contributions:4 releases, 9 reviews, 134 commits in 2 years
swiftui-librarysheetapple-mapsoverlayswift
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