Pete Schwamb
Technical Lead, Loop at Tidepool.org
Northfield, Minnesota, United States
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Top SchoolPete Schwamb is a technical lead and mobile engineer with 16 years of experience building impactful products, currently leading development of the open-source Tidepool Loop automated insulin delivery app. He combines deep iOS expertise—UI/UX, lifecycle management and Swift compatibility—with full-stack experience from Nightscout integrations to backend and DevOps work earlier in his career. A serial founder and architect, Pete has shipped cloud-based device emulation, computer-vision backends, and wearable sensor prototypes, demonstrating a knack for turning hardware-software complexity into user-focused products. His open-source contributions to LoopKit and related projects show a sustained commitment to diabetes technology and safety, including nuanced UI features for carbohydrate tracking and bolus annotation. Based in Northfield, Minnesota, he brings both hands-on coding and cross-disciplinary leadership to teams that deliver reliable, safety-critical healthcare software.
17 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at University of Minnesota
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Github Skills (34)
healthkit10
javascript10
cout10
ios10
git-submodules10
charts10
swiftui-app10
ui-design10
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xcode10
uid10
front-end-development10
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Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
LoopKit/LoopKit
Oct 2016 - Jan 2023
A set of iOS tools for building closed-loop insulin delivery apps
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (iOS)
Mobile Developer (iOS)Contributions:25 releases, 64 reviews, 695 commits in 6 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Pete's commits primarily focus on adding and modifying code within the "CarbKit" and related UI components of the "LoopKit" project. These changes introduce new features related to carbohydrate tracking, including the ability to annotate insulin doses with a new "automatic" property, along with adding the display of a "wasProgrammedByPumpUI" boolean. These changes directly involve UI modifications, like the addition of a date picker, indicating the user is implementing features, and the related updates to user interfaces and the display of information within the context of diabetes management.
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LoopKit/Loop
Jun 2016 - Jan 2023
An automated insulin delivery app for iOS, built on LoopKit
Role in this project:Mobile Developer (iOS)
Mobile Developer (iOS)Contributions:44 releases, 99 reviews, 1075 commits in 6 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Pete primarily contributed to the iOS application built on LoopKit. Their commits focused on enhancing the user interface, including creating and updating UI elements related to bolus delivery, insulin management, and chart visualizations. The user also addressed retaining cycles, indicating experience with UIViewController lifecycle management. They also made general improvements to improve display quality.
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