Simon Schuetz
Senior Software Engineer at Taurus SA
Siegen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Top SchoolSimon Schuetz is a Senior Software Engineer with a decade of experience building high-performance C++/Go/Python systems, blending a PhD in Physics with top-ranked Computer Science and Physics master's degrees. He specializes in abstraction, mathematical modeling, and parallel programming (CUDA, OpenMP, MPI), and has a track record of converting complex physics and engineering problems into robust, well-tested software used in photogrammetry, CFD, and simulation toolchains. Across roles at Pix4D, EPFL and research institutes he has led API and backend design, large-scale refactors, profiling and build/test automation for long-lived codebases. Pragmatic and methodical, he quickly surfaces the core algorithmic bottlenecks and delivers maintainable integrations rather than one-off fixes. Based in Siegen, Germany, he brings both academic rigor and production engineering discipline to R&D and product teams.
10 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Abitur (university entrance diploma), 1.0 (top of class), Abitur (university entrance diploma), 1.0 (top of class) at Max Planck Gymnasium GöttingenDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Physics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Physics at EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne)Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, 1.0 (with distinction, top of class), Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, 1.0 (with distinction, top of class) at The University of Göttingen
German, English, French
Github Skills (40)
ninja9
cmake9
cpp9
package-manager8
database8
blockchain8
sql8
linux8
cryptocurrency8
conan8
cockroachdb7
cosmos-sdk7
golang7
idp7
go7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
zoepetard/hiking-app
Oct 2015 - Dec 2015
Contributions:272 commits in 1 month
taurusgroup/avalanchego
May 2023 - Feb 2025
Go implementation of an Avalanche node.
Contributions:3 reviews, 1 branch in 1 year 9 months
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