Manuel Hitz

Archilogic

Zürich, Switzerland

Software engineer

1. Development of a browser-based editor for interior spaces:

   • refreshing the whole UI by introducing an updated design system
   • swapping out the data layer, and improving drawing on the 2D canvas
   JavaScript, CSS, HTML, Vue, Tailwind, TypeScript, linear algebra, trigonometry

Bestmile

Lausanne, Switzerland

Software engineer

1. Implementation of a suite of web applications:

   • Dashboard, allowing users to supervise operations in realtime. Some key features: watch vehicles move on a map, with their planned route to serve upcoming pickups and drop-offs; manage rides and bookings; visualize pickup and drop-off locations over time; pre-position a fleet’s vehicles according to historical data; plan your fleet’s time allocation
   • Administration, for the management of anything that is not related to live operations: users with fine-grained permissions, vehicles, operational locations, routing contexts, etc.
   • Booking Portal, allowing third parties to create bookings
   • Dev Tools, for development and demos, to manage simulated fleets and demand
   • Account, handling SSO to all other applications
   • Stop signage, displaying next departures on e.g. a bus stop

   Creation of private NPM packages to share CSS styles, map styles, React components and a JavaScript SDK for hundreds of Bestmile API endpoints.

   JavaScript, CSS, HTML, WebSocket, React, Tailwind, Flow, Mapbox, Docz

   Development of a proxy backend for the Android and iOS Traveler Apps.

   JavaScript, NodeJS, Firebase

   Maintenance and development in existing backend micro-services.

   JavaScript, NodeJS, PostgresSQL, Express, Koa, Sequelize

Doodle

Zürich, Switzerland

Software engineer

1. Implementation of a mobile web version of doodle.com.

   Design and implementation of a common state of the art REST API for the mobile apps and the website.

   Implementation of the redesign of doodle.com as a fully responsive website.

   And much more…

   JavaScript, CSS, HTML, Backbone.js, MongoDB, JSF, Java, Google Ad tech

krick cyclomessagerie

Genève, Switzerland

Bike messenger

1. 1 year sabbatical to pursue a longtime dream.

SecuTix

Genève, Switzerland

Software engineer

1. Development of a responsive online ticketshop.

   JavaScript, CSS, HTML, Sass

   Involved in the GUI design, architecture and development of the SecuTix 360º ticketing solution, used among others at the time by the Opéra National de Paris, the Compagnie des Alpes and the Consortium Stade de France.

   Management of 4 developers.

   HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Ext2.x, JSP

   Development of the SecuTix ticketing solution, used by several national and international event providers, fairs and music festivals.

   Involved in the design and implementation of an easily customizable online ticket shop.

   HTML, PHP, CSS, JavaScript

ELCA

Genève, Switzerland

Software engineer

1. Development of ELCA’s Cont’n’Shop 5 Content Management System.

   Crafting the website of the Paléo Festival Nyon for 2 consecutive years.

   Various small tasks like participation in offer drafting, or maintenance of several websites.

   HTML, PHP, CSS, JavaScript, Java, JSP

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL)

Lausanne, Switzerland

Master degree in Computer Science

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, USA

Exchange student at the School of Computer Science

Autonomous car driving in a virtual city

EPFL, Lausanne

Development of a Virtual Reality environment for learning to drive a car through a city with traffic signals and pedestrians.

C++, OpenGL, Python, 3D Studio Max

Building Virtual Worlds

ETC & Carnegie Mellon University, USA

Teams of 4 students accomplish 5 interdisciplinary projects to explore the possibilities and push the limits of Virtual Reality by creating immersive 3 dimensional worlds.

Java, Python, 3D Studio Max