Golnaz Nilieh
Senior Software Engineer at TomTom
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolGolnaz Nilieh is a Senior Software Engineer based in Amsterdam with 17 years of experience building full-stack web and mapping systems, currently shaping map data processing for TomTom’s Map Display, Traffic and Snap-to-Roads APIs. A long-time GNU/Linux and open-source advocate, she has contributed notable front-end and UX improvements to ownCloud/Nextcloud Bookmark apps, including metadata fetching, tag management and safer data handling. Her background spans building production web platforms (PHP/Yii, MySQL), Python-based crawlers, desktop Qt/C++ apps and embedded C for microcontrollers, reflecting a rare breadth across stacks and form factors. She combines hands-on feature delivery with system-level thinking, and has a history of founding and shipping hobby projects like FindMeRecipe.com that showcase an eye for user-focused search and data aggregation.
17 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Software Engineering, BS, Software Engineering at Yazd UniversityAlgorithms, Algorithms at Princeton University (via Udacity)Developing Android Apps, Developing Android Apps at Google (via Udacity)
English, Persian, German, Dutch
Github Skills (13)
html10
ajax10
css10
php10
javascript10
user-interface10
web-development10
front-end-development10
web-application10
webapp10
bookmark10
nextcloud10
sql8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
owncloud-archive/apps
Aug 2011 - Sep 2011
Repo for ownCloud apps. Code here is work in progress and not intended for endusers
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:8 commits in 25 days
Contributions summary:Golnaz primarily contributed to the front-end of the ownCloud apps repository, specifically focusing on the bookmarks application. Their work involved implementing features like adding, deleting, and editing bookmarks, alongside improving the user interface with features like displaying loading indicators and separating tags. The user also made improvements to the data handling by incorporating the `encodeEntities` function, as well as modifying backend scripts for deleting and editing. Finally, the user improved the overall user experience and the organization of the application.
in-progressowncloudwork-in-progress
nextcloud/bookmarks
Aug 2011 - Sep 2011
🔖 Bookmark app for Nextcloud
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:7 commits in 25 days
Contributions summary:Golnaz primarily worked on enhancing the Nextcloud Bookmarks app's functionality. They implemented features for adding, editing, and deleting bookmarks, updating the UI to reflect these actions. The user also improved the user experience by integrating metadata fetching and utilizing visual feedback elements. Furthermore, the user added input validation and improved the tag management system, including database integration for tag storage and retrieval.
owncloudnextcloudnextcloud-bookmarksbookmark-managerbookmarks
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