Benedikt Hirmer
Mentor
(9 reviews)
US$18.00
For every 15 mins
24
Sessions/Jobs
ABOUT ME
Senior Software Engineer with 10+ years of experience (former Apple)
Senior Software Engineer with 10+ years of experience (former Apple)
Hello, I'm Benedikt, a former Apple Lead Software Engineer. I've experience in building desktop & mobile apps, systems engineering, backend, and AI in fast-paced environments that span across different teams and hold many stakeholders. At my time at Apple, I was leading the Media Mining team where we developed innovative, ground-breaking, consumer-facing products like Memories that run on billions of devices worldwide.
I'm happy to mentor and guide you to get the challenges you're facing today (or tomorrow) out of the way.
German, English
London (+01:00)
Joined November 2020
EXPERTISE
10 years experience | 2 endorsements
I've built desktop (macOS) and mobile (iOS) apps for over 10 years. Projects include pro media apps, consumer media apps, frameworks. My ...
I've built desktop (macOS) and mobile (iOS) apps for over 10 years. Projects include pro media apps, consumer media apps, frameworks. My role in those projects ranged from Software Engineer to team management where I supported the team to make important technical decisions and design architectures.
More recently, I've built cloud-based micro-services using the Google Cloud platform and Firebase.
10 years experience | 6 endorsements
I've built desktop (macOS) and mobile (iOS) apps for over 10 years. I was a Software Engineer and Software Engineering Manager at Apple f...
I've built desktop (macOS) and mobile (iOS) apps for over 10 years. I was a Software Engineer and Software Engineering Manager at Apple from 2015 to 2020. Projects I've worked on include pro media apps, consumer media apps, and (system) frameworks. My role in those projects ranged from Software Engineer to team management where I supported the team to make important technical decisions and design architectures.
4 years experience | 5 endorsements
Designed, architected, and build apps that use multiple Apple and third-party frameworks
Designed, architected, and build apps that use multiple Apple and third-party frameworks
10 years experience
2 years experience | 1 endorsement
Built micro-services and apps that leverage the full potential of GCP:
- Google Cloud Functions
- Google Cloud Run
- Google ESP
- Google ...
Built micro-services and apps that leverage the full potential of GCP:
- Google Cloud Functions
- Google Cloud Run
- Google ESP
- Google IAM
- Firebase Auth
- Firebase Firestore
- Firebase Functions
- Firebase Remote Config
- Firebase Analytics
- Firebase Crashlytics
- Firebase Storage
- Firebase Hosting
- Firebase Dynamic Links
2 years experience | 1 endorsement
I believe that building a motivated, cohesive, and diverse team is the most important foundation for your success.
As a Software Engine...
I believe that building a motivated, cohesive, and diverse team is the most important foundation for your success.
As a Software Engineering Manager at Apple, I was leading and growing a team of highly-skilled Software Engineers.
As a Co-Founder of my own startup, I've been building the core team from day one.
REVIEWS FROM CLIENTS
(9 reviews)
Vikas Dilwania
May 2021
Nicely explained the resolution about the confusion that I was having about firestore and fixed my cloud function issues as well. Thanks
Sabina Sebastian
March 2021
Benedikt is responsive and very helpful. He takes the time to listen to problems and assists with creating meaningful solutions. A pleasure to work with.
c0nman
January 2021
Very helpful
Christine Sinn
December 2020
In just two sessions, Benedikt helped me get the first version of my app ready for launch. He was very knowledgeable about how to fix warnings in my iOS app due to recent iOS updates. He also helped me get started with Git, GitHub, and other software to commit and version control my projects. Would definitely recommend him as a mentor again!
Jay Dans
December 2020
Another great session with Benedikt! Very patient when solving bugs and issues with Firebase.
Jay Dans
December 2020
Benedikt was very patient throughout the whole debugging process. He took the time to understand my requirements well and was very patient with explaining what his thought process was. Will definitely work with him again in the future and recommend anyone with an iOS / Firebase project to contact him!
Christine Sinn
December 2020
Benedikt was a very knowledgeable and helpful mentor. He immediately was able to troubleshoot my issue, and along the way he taught me new tips for making my life as a developer easier. He was also very knowledgeable on Firebase Authentication for my app and was able to provide pointers for my app's future versions. I would definitely recommend him and work with him in the future.
Amir Sepehrom
November 2020
Excellent Code Review - Much better than my other cases even better than the cases in which I paid a lot more
SOCIAL PRESENCE
BHRShellScriptLibrary
This is a library for shell scripts that can be used within SimpleSSH.
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WWDC2014-Scholarship-Application
App I've built to submit for a WWDC 2014 scholarship
Objective-C
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EMPLOYMENTS
CEO & Co-Founder
vestico Ltd.
2020-05-01-Present
Co-founded startup that works with eCommerce fashion retailers to reduce returns.
My work is manyfold as CEO, but I also act as CTO and b...
Co-founded startup that works with eCommerce fashion retailers to reduce returns.
My work is manyfold as CEO, but I also act as CTO and bootstrapped the MVP.
Firebase
React
Google Cloud Platform
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Firebase
React
Google Cloud Platform
Swift
iOS
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Software Engineering Manager
Apple Inc
2018-10-01-2020-01-01
Lead the team that created the Intelligence features in Apple Photos apps on iOS, tvOS, macOS, and watchOS:
- Curated Library
- Memories...
Lead the team that created the Intelligence features in Apple Photos apps on iOS, tvOS, macOS, and watchOS:
- Curated Library
- Memories
- For You
- Search
Machine Learning
Team Building
iOS
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Machine Learning
Team Building
iOS
macOS
Software architects
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Software Engineer
Apple Inc
2015-04-01-2018-10-01
I've worked on multiple projects in the Photos Media Mining team.
Built the backend and AI that powers Photos Memories, Photos Search, Ph...
I've worked on multiple projects in the Photos Media Mining team.
Built the backend and AI that powers Photos Memories, Photos Search, Photos For You, and Photos Library. My work included collaborating with teams across multiple organizations within Apple such as Computer Vision, Maps, Siri, Core Data, Calendar.
The backend was running in a power- and performance-constrained environment where writing efficient code was paramount to success of the features we built.
Machine Learning
Computer Vision
Systems Programming
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Machine Learning
Computer Vision
Systems Programming
Objective-C
Swift
tvOS
iOS
Performance Optimization
macOS
AI (artificial intelligence)
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