Justin Shephard
Senior IOS Engineer at Google
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Summary
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Top SchoolJustin Shephard is a Senior iOS Engineer based in Zurich with a decade of experience building mobile products for startups and billion-dollar brands, currently at Google. He blends a marketing strategist’s attention to user experience with deep iOS engineering skills, having led mobile efforts at ESPN and The Huffington Post and co-founded a marketing platform earlier in his career. Justin contributes to high-profile open-source work like material-components-ios, improving RTL support, accessibility, and component layouts. Comfortable bridging creative direction and technical implementation, he frequently connects design, branding, and engineering to deliver polished multi-channel experiences. His background in civil engineering and art informs a pragmatic yet design-forward approach to product development. Colleagues describe him as a resource-maximizer who elevates teams by turning marketing insight into technical execution.
9 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at ElkinsCivil-Engineering, Art, Art History, Civil-Engineering, Art, Art History at Vanderbilt UniversityOnline Coursework, Computer Science, NA, Online Coursework, Computer Science, NA at Stanford University
English, French, Spanish, German
Github Skills (9)
mobile10
material-design10
objective-c10
uid10
ios10
front-end-development10
ui-design9
swift9
accessibility9
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
material-components/material-components-ios
Jun 2016 - Sep 2017
[In maintenance mode] Modular and customizable Material Design UI components for iOS
Role in this project:
iOS Mobile Developer
iOS Mobile DeveloperContributions:5 releases, 133 commits, 57 PRs in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Justin primarily contributed to the Material Components for iOS library by addressing issues and implementing improvements within the iOS framework. Their contributions included fixing RTL support, adding accessibility features, and implementing layout constraints. The user also updated examples and fixed issues related to component layout.
objective-cmaterial-componentsmaterialmaintenance-modecustomizable
ShepJGoogle/material-components-ios-1
Dec 2016 - Sep 2017
Contributions:68 pushes, 38 branches, 22 tags in 8 months
materialcustomizableiosmaterial-designmodular
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