Nils Strelow
Software Engineer at Xing-Hiring-National-of group
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Top SchoolNils Strelow is a software engineer based in Zurich with 13 years of experience and a strong foundation from Hasso Plattner Institute (BSc and MSc in IT-Systems Engineering). Currently at Google, he combines backend and mobile expertise with hands-on open-source contributions to notable Flutter projects like chewie and the Parse SDK, where he improved null-safety, refactored imports, and tightened core data structures. He favors clean, maintainable code—removing unnecessary UI containers, adding widget keys, and applying linting and formatting to elevate project quality. Comfortable across full-stack concerns, Nils brings a pragmatic engineering approach grounded in academic rigor and real-world production systems. An unexpected detail: alongside senior engineering work he maintains operational experience since 2014 in data-focused roles, giving him a practical eye for data accuracy and integration.
13 years of coding experience
Bachelor's degree, IT-Systems Engineering, Bachelor's degree, IT-Systems Engineering at Hasso Plattner Institute
English
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Github Skills (14)
flutter-game10
dart10
sdk10
video-player10
flutter-apps10
null-safety10
flutter10
code-formatting9
android9
cassandra9
linting9
http8
sql6
android-recyclerview6
Programming languages (23)
Github contributions (5)
fluttercommunity/chewie
Nov 2020 - Apr 2021
The video player for Flutter with a heart of gold
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer
Mobile DeveloperContributions:17 reviews, 42 commits, 19 PRs in 5 months
Contributions summary:Nils contributed to the Flutter Chewie video player library by modifying example code within the Android project, updating the app's MainActivity.kt. They also refactored the code, applying linting and code formatting to both Cupertino and Material controls. Further contributions included removing unnecessary containers and adding keys for public widgets.
goldheartvideo-playervideoflutter
parse-community/Parse-SDK-Flutter
Jun 2020 - Mar 2021
The Dart/Flutter SDK for Parse Platform
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:9 reviews, 148 commits, 12 PRs in 9 months
Contributions summary:Nils primarily focused on enhancing the Dart/Flutter SDK for the Parse Platform. Their contributions involved refactoring code by utilizing relative imports, fixing HTTP-related changes, removing unused variables, and updating version constants. They also made significant modifications to core data structures, making variables required and ensuring null-safety annotations.
parse-serverdartflutter-sdkparse-sdksdk
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