Gerriet Backer
Principal Software Engineer at ellamind
Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolGerriet Backer is a Principal Software Engineer based in Bremen with over a decade of experience building software, teams, and organizations, blending hands-on coding with leadership and mentoring. He works across C++, Python, and TypeScript and has driven architecture and delivery as Head of Software and Leiter Softwareentwicklung, as well as in multiple freelance and startup roles. Gerriet has a strong academic foundation—holding a PhD in Computer Science—and a background spanning computer science, mathematics and psychology, which informs his pragmatic, human-centered engineering practices. He contributes to mobile open-source projects (notably iOS camera UI and CoreML integration work) and focuses on elevating code quality and sustainable engineering practices for AI systems at scale.
10 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science at University of HamburgMathematics and Computer Science, Mathematics and Computer Science at Technische Universität BerlinPsychology, Psychology at Technische Universität Braunschweig
German, English
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Github Skills (10)
swift10
ios10
user-interface10
ui-design10
unit-testing8
homebrew6
php6
python6
pipenv6
virtualenv6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
dokun1/Lumina
Feb 2018 - Jan 2020
A camera designed in Swift for easily integrating CoreML models - as well as image streaming, QR/Barcode detection, and many other features
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (iOS)
Mobile Developer (iOS)Contributions:17 commits, 7 PRs, 12 comments in 1 year 11 months
Contributions summary:Gerriet primarily focused on enhancing the UI and user interaction aspects of the iOS camera application. Their work involved adjusting button layouts and visibility, particularly concerning safe area guides and screen sizes, and adding a feature to handle tap events. They also refactored and improved the button layout logic, utilizing newer iOS features for a more streamlined design. Finally, the user implemented logging functionality and test cases.
coreml-modelscamerastreamingcoremlswift
gerriet/ConferenceNotes
May 2019 - Jun 2019
Contributions:12 commits, 12 pushes in 1 month
notesconferences
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