Johanna Wald
Software Engineer, AR at Google
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolJohanna Wald is a software engineer specializing in AR and 3D computer vision, with over eight years of hands-on experience and a PhD in Computer Science from TUM focused on 3D scene understanding. She moved from applied AR roles at Metaio and Wikitude to research-driven positions at Google X, where she built scalable, robust 3D semantic mapping for Everyday Robots, and now contributes to AR systems at Google. Known for bridging academic rigor with production code, she excels at turning cutting-edge research into efficient, maintainable software. A strong communicator and creative problem-solver, she thrives in cross-disciplinary teams tackling challenging perception problems. Based in Munich, she brings a rare combination of long-term AR/VR commitment and practical robotics experience that benefits real-world spatial computing projects.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Reykjavik UniversityDiploma in Computer Science, Computer Science, Diploma in Computer Science, Computer Science at Universität SalzburgBachelor of Science (B.Sc.), MultiMediaTechnology, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), MultiMediaTechnology at Fachhochschule Salzburg - University of Applied SciencesDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at Technical University of MunichMurdoch University
German, English
Github Skills (2)
depth-estimation10
3d-reconstruction9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
WaldJohannaU/RIO10
Aug 2020 - May 2022
Contributions:21 commits, 2 PRs, 7 pushes in 1 year 9 months
WaldJohannaU/3RScan
Sep 2019 - May 2022
3RScan Toolkit
Contributions:1 review, 21 commits, 4 PRs in 2 years 7 months
depth-estimation3d-reconstruction
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