Experience
Experience
Open-source and academic engineering work, in the order I'd point to it. The technical detail sits in the linked case studies.
2025
Open-source software development
VideoLAN
GSoC Contributor · Google Summer of Code 2025
Contributed to VLC 4.0 inside its existing C++ and Qt/QML architecture, working on media-library functionality and desktop interface behaviour.
- Developed functionality for the Artist Albums view in VLC's media library.
- Implemented album-related search and media-library navigation behaviour.
- Investigated and implemented performance-related improvements.
- Worked through VideoLAN's open-source code-review process.
C++ · Qt · QML · VLC Media Library · Git
May 5 – July 27, 2026
Academic internship under faculty supervision
Hybrid Home Control
Academic Research and Development Intern
Worked on an IoT home-automation system spanning ESP32 devices, Matter integration, Python backend services and Home Assistant.
- Device communication and Matter integration with ESP-IDF.
- Python services integrated with IoT communication infrastructure, alongside Home Assistant and containerized services.
- JWT authentication, password hashing and rate limiting in the backend.
ESP32 · ESP-IDF · Matter · Python · Home Assistant · MQTT · Mosquitto · Docker