Simon Støvring
Principal IOS Engineer at Framna
Greater Aarhus Area Denmark
Summary
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Top SchoolSimon Støvring is a Principal AI Engineer and longtime iOS specialist with 14 years of experience building developer-focused tools and consumer apps from Denmark’s Greater Aarhus Area. He combines hands-on engineering leadership at Framna with a prolific indie track record—authoring projects like Runestone, Scriptable, Data Jar and UI components such as BSKeyboardControls that showcase deep expertise in text editing, keyboard UX, and cross-device polish. Comfortable across full-stack mobile challenges, he has repeatedly shipped editor-level features (syntax highlighting, caret handling) and solved tricky platform issues in AvatarKit and UIKit. A frequent speaker and open-source maintainer, Simon blends pragmatic product thinking with automation-first workflows and a focus on developer experience. Off-hours he experiments as an aspiring home brewer and espresso obsessive, a personal curiosity that mirrors his iterative, craft-driven approach to software.
14 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Student Matematik/Kemi/Fysik, Student Matematik/Kemi/Fysik at Mariagerfjord GymnasiumMaster's degree Computer Software Engineering, Master's degree Computer Software Engineering at Aalborg Universitet
English, Danish
Github Skills (14)
mobile-application10
objective-c10
uikit10
javascript10
ios10
mobile-development10
ui-design10
iphone9
interface-design9
user-interface9
localization8
swift8
augmented-reality7
tree-sitter7
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
simonbs/Runestone
Nov 2020 - Jan 2023
📝 Performant plain text editor for iOS with syntax highlighting, line numbers, invisible characters and much more.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:28 releases, 34 reviews, 1050 commits in 2 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Simon contributed to the Runestone project by implementing and modifying the core text editor functionality. They added support for character pairs, improved the handling of line breaks, and fixed issues related to caret positioning. Their work touched upon both front-end aspects, such as adding and updating the visual display of text, as well as back-end components by implementing text manipulation and search-related code.
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simonbs/BSKeyboardControls
Jan 2012 - Jul 2016
Put controls above the keyboard on your iPhone or iPad app.
Role in this project:Mobile Developer (iOS)
Mobile Developer (iOS)Contributions:53 commits, 4 PRs, 5 pushes in 4 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Simon primarily focused on developing UI components and optimizing them for both iPhone and iPad, indicating a strong emphasis on mobile app development. Their contributions included the creation and modification of keyboard controls, ensuring proper functionality and responsiveness across different iOS devices. They also addressed bugs and introduced improvements such as localizations to enhance the user experience within the application.
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