Ricardo Sanchez-saez
Staff Software Engineer at Apple
Los Angeles, California, United States
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Top SchoolRicardo Sanchez-saez is a Staff Software Engineer with 15 years of experience specializing in native Apple platform development using Swift and Objective-C, currently working on visionOS at Apple. He has a strong background in building delightful, maintainable user experiences for health and AR applications, having led iOS integration of C++ computer vision and 3D rendering at Snap and contributed to research-focused mobile apps at Apple Health. Ricardo is an active open-source contributor with practical improvements to frameworks like cocos2d-objc, ResearchKit, and DTFoundation, and has applied his language skills to enhance Spanish localization for TotalFinder. His academic roots in pattern recognition and NLP inform a data-driven approach to UI and systems design, and he brings an uncommon blend of research rigor, game-engine graphics experience, and polished native UI craftsmanship.
15 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree in Audiovisual Communication Film-making, Bachelor's Degree in Audiovisual Communication Film-making at Universitat de ValènciaUniversitat Politècnica de València
English, Spanish, Catalan
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Github Skills (22)
objective-c10
ios10
ui-design10
spanish10
uid10
localization10
coco10
front-end-development10
html10
game-development10
cocos2d-x10
finder9
unit-testing9
swift9
uiscrollview6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
ResearchKit/ResearchKit
Apr 2015 - Jul 2018
ResearchKit is an open source software framework that makes it easy to create apps for medical research or for other research projects.
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (iOS) & UI Developer
Mobile Developer (iOS) & UI DeveloperContributions:866 commits, 141 PRs, 1005 comments in 3 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Ricardo's commits focus on modifications to the ResearchKit framework's UI elements, primarily involving the implementation of constraints and layout adjustments. These changes include improvements to the appearance and layout of the scale slider view, homogenization of constraint code, and improvements to the layout of existing components like the legend view in the pie chart. Furthermore, the contributions encompass the removal and adjustment of existing views and code, as well as the addition of more sophisticated and dynamic visuals for improved user interaction within the iOS application.
open-source-softwareresearchkitmedicalsoftware-framework
binaryage/totalfinder-i18n
Oct 2010 - Jun 2011
Localization for TotalFinder
Role in this project:Localization / Internationalization Specialist
Localization / Internationalization SpecialistContributions:22 commits in 8 months
Contributions summary:Ricardo primarily focused on translating and improving the Spanish localization files for the TotalFinder application. Their contributions involved translating interface text, updating content in HTML files, and correcting typos. The user also made layout improvements to the Spanish licensing information, demonstrating attention to detail and a focus on providing an accurate and user-friendly localized experience.
translationinternationalizationfinderlocalizationi18n
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