Jacek Łyp
Senior Software Engineer at DuckDuckGo
Cracow Metropolitan Area Poland
Summary
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Top SchoolJacek Łyp is a Senior Software Engineer with 11 years of experience building high-quality iOS apps, currently driving product and platform work at DuckDuckGo from his base in Kraków. He has a strong background in mobile engineering across scaling consumer products—progressing from junior roles at Brainly and Base CRM to senior and staff positions at Zendesk before joining DuckDuckGo. His contributions to the well-known DuckDuckGo iOS app show a practical focus on UI polish, security (HTTPS upgrades), performance, and useful features like widgets and improved download/file previews. Comfortable in both hands-on coding and shaping app-level decisions, he pairs an MS in Software Development with a track record of shipping reliable, user-focused iOS experiences.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Engineer's degree, Computer Science, Engineer's degree, Computer Science at Politechnika Krakowska im. Tadeusza KościuszkiAGH University
English, Polish
Github Skills (10)
swift10
ios10
user-interface10
ui-design9
wkwebview9
http8
networking8
obj7
debugging7
objective-c7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
duckduckgo/iOS
Dec 2021 - Jan 2023
DuckDuckGo iOS Application
Role in this project:
iOS Mobile Developer
iOS Mobile DeveloperContributions:16 releases, 157 reviews, 104 commits in 1 year 1 month
Contributions summary:Jacek primarily contributed to the DuckDuckGo iOS application, focusing on various aspects of the app's functionality. Their commits show a focus on UI improvements, bug fixes, and feature enhancements, including the implementation of new menu labels and icons, and the introduction of a widget education screen. The user also worked on HTTPS upgrades and AMP code extraction, which indicates a concern for security and performance. They also addressed download handling and file previewing.
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futuresimple/CLCascade
Jan 2015 - Aug 2019
Contributions:1 PR, 6 pushes, 2 branches in 4 years 7 months
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