Tim Sneath
Director, CoreOS And Developer Tools Frameworks at Apple
Issaquah, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolTim Sneath is a seasoned engineering leader who heads CoreOS and developer tools frameworks at Apple, bringing over a decade of experience delivering high-productivity developer tooling and platform integrations under tight deadlines. He combines strategic product leadership with hands-on contributions across mobile, front-end, and native Windows FFI work—having improved Flutter plugins, website UX, and Dart Win32 bindings in notable open-source projects. Known for “herding cats” and building developer-centric workflows, he drives cross-platform compatibility (including Windows support for path_provider) and pragmatic fixes that improve day-to-day developer experience. Based in Issaquah, WA and grounded in a Computer Science degree from the University of Nottingham, he pairs a calm, creative approach with a track record of shipping subtle but impactful engineering improvements.
11 years of coding experience
BSc (Hons), Computer Science, BSc (Hons), Computer Science at University of Nottingham
English, German
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (32)
c-language10
mobile-development10
website-development10
flutter-apps10
wp-api10
com-port10
windows10
winapi10
cffi10
localization10
foreign10
ffi10
html10
flutter-game10
website-design10
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
halildurmus/win32
Mar 2020 - Jan 2023
Access common Win32 APIs directly from Dart using FFI — no C required!
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:146 reviews, 2573 commits, 507 PRs in 2 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Tim has been primarily focused on implementing Windows API bindings directly from Dart, utilizing the Foreign Function Interface (FFI) to avoid using C. They have contributed code to implement structs, handle pointer conversions, and provide interfaces to interact with APIs, for example, IUnknown, ICalendar and ITextView. The user has implemented features for various types of Windows functionality, including the ability to use Windows APIs and interact with the operating system effectively.
windowswin32dartffiflutter
flutter/website
May 2018 - Jun 2022
Flutter documentation web site
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:34 reviews, 67 commits, 87 PRs in 4 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Tim primarily contributed to the Flutter website's front-end, focusing on UI updates and content improvements. They added and fixed links in the footer, updated the site banner with relevant information, and made small tweaks to the Flutter Create landing page. They also updated the 404 page and made minor grammar and punctuation corrections, demonstrating attention to detail in content presentation.
flutterdartweb-site
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