Guillaume Laurent, Developer in Cannes, France
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Guillaume Laurent

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Software Developer

Cannes, France

Toptal member since December 13, 2018

Expertise
CObjective-CXcodeiOSMacOSUIKitSwiftC++LinuxCore DataAgileJavaRxSwiftSQLiteRubyiBeaconKotlinSpriteKit
Bio

Guillaume has been a software engineer for over two decades which initially began with an extensive and lengthy experience on Unix/Linux systems and C++. He then moved onto the macOS/iOS ecosystem in 2011 because it felt more vibrant and interesting. Along with a wealth of professional experience, Guillaume brings pragmatism and excellent organizational and communication skills.

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

Xcode

The most amazing...

...project I've worked on is a culinary app with a very beautiful UI which was briefly #1 in its App Store category

Work Experience

iOS Engineer

2019 - PRESENT
Symphony
  • Maintained a secure communications application and the delivery to high-profile customers in the banking and finance sector.
  • Transformed the current app to a Swift-based redesign.
Technologies: Swift, Objective-C

Freelance iOS Developer

2017 - 2018
Culibo
  • Contributed to the development and maintenance of a healthy cooking iOS app using Swift and RxSwift.
  • Implemented the new onboarding sequence.
  • Refactored the notification system to enable a feature for ingredient availability.
  • Implemented a UI redesign of the recipe and ingredients screen.
Technologies: RxSwift, Swift, Realm, UIKit

Freelance iOS Developer

2016 - 2017
Fenotek
  • Contributed to the development of an app driving an internet-connected doorbell.
  • Integrated a third-party video-chat library using Swift.
  • Implemented a data-transfer module between the app and the doorbell using Bluetooth.
  • Implemented or maintained most of the app's UI using Swift.
  • Rewrote an obsolete Objective-C library for a server API using Swift and a Promise-based library.
Technologies: Bluetooth, Swift, UIKit

iOS Developer

2015 - 2016
Orange
  • Maintained Orange's Mail app.
  • Transitioned a code versioning system from Bazaar to Git.
  • Rewrote the main message table view display to properly handle messages changes.
  • Rewrote code—from Objective-C to Swift.
  • Prototyped a new login procedure using RxSwift.
Technologies: RxSwift, Swift, Objective-C

Freelance macOS Developer

2015 - 2015
Tayasui
  • Ported the code of a Sketch drawing iOS app to macOS.
Technologies: Objective-C

iOS Developer

2011 - 2015
Intellicore
  • Participated in the development of several iOS apps of various sizes; ranging from one developer to a team of more than ten.
  • Acted as the main UI developer of a high-end culinary app in Objective-C.
  • Led the development of an educational app for schools using iBeacons in Swift.
  • Worked as the main UI developer on a versatile museum guide app.
  • Supported the development of several TV-related apps for cable top boxes.
  • Prototyped a race car app displaying the cars' positions on a track using SceneKit and Swift.
Technologies: SpriteKit, iOS SceneKit, iBeacon, UIKit, Core Data, Swift, Objective-C

Software Engineer

2009 - 2011
Amadeus
  • Maintained a large C++ library for handling airline bookings.
  • Helped transition a code versioning system from CVS to Mercurial.
Technologies: Oracle, C++

Java Developer

2007 - 2009
INRIA
  • Contributed to the development of a Java framework to help parallelize applications for cloud deployment.
Technologies: Java

Dubsmash

I participated in the maintenance and development of Dubsmash, a video-based social network. Implementation of new features, maintenance of the UI according to new specs, implementation of new UI tests.

Penn Mutual

I developed an iOS app in Swift for customers and clients of the company. The app is a wrapper around their website, with a special handling for some specific requests.

Culibo

I contributed to a healthy cooking app.

Simple Music Note Workout

http://telegraph-road.org/noteworkout/
An app to help beginner musicians learn the notes on their instrument, sight-read, and train their ear.

MessagesHistoryBrowser

http://www.telegraph-road.org/MessagesHistoryBrowser/
This is a macOS app to browse and search through your messages app history.

Alain Ducasse Mon Grand Livre de Cuisine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSjPS_e8ztk
A gastronomy app for Alain Ducasse Editions; this app is no longer available in the App Store.

Mail Orange

https://apps.apple.com/fr/app/mail-orange-messagerie-email/id580161193?l=en-GB
I worked on the official mail application for Orange subscribers, focusing mainly on maintenance and bug fixes as part of a team of four developers. I also added small new features to update the app in response to changes in the server API.
1991 - 1993

Master's Degree in Computer Science

Université Nice Sophia Antipolis - Nice, France

Libraries/APIs

iOS API, RxSwift, SpriteKit

Tools

Xcode

Languages

Objective-C, C, Swift, C++, Java, Ruby, Python 3, Kotlin

Frameworks

UIKit, Combine, SwiftUI, Core Data, iOS SceneKit

Platforms

MacOS, iOS, Linux, Oracle, Android

Paradigms

Agile, Mobile Development

Storage

Realm, MySQL, SQLite

Other

Bluetooth, iBeacon

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