Robert von Aesch

Desktop Engineering Manager - Proton Drive

Zürich Metropolitan Area

About

I have a passion for all things mobile, with a strong background in both iOS and macOS development. I have special interest in UX and strive to build reliable, beautiful software with a clean and easy to read codebase.

Experience

  • Proton (8 yrs 6 mos)
    • Desktop Engineering Manager
      Jan 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 6 mos

      As an engineering manager at Proton, I am responsible for the Windows & macOS teams working on the Proton Drive encrypted cloud storage apps. I support and lead these development teams in building great privacy-preserving apps for our customers, creating success for the business and helping team members grow their capabilities and careers. More practically, I work alongside the developers in writing, reviewing and testing code, with a focus on unblocking the team, planning alongside product management, improving processes and leading the team in making difficult decisions.

    • Senior macOS App Developer
      Feb 2022 - Dec 2023 · 1 yr 11 mos

    • Technical Product Manager
      Jan 2020 - Jan 2022 · 2 yrs 1 mo

  • Xero (3 yrs)
    • Mobile Build Engineer
      May 2017 - Jan 2018 · 9 mos

      This role covered iOS, Android and .NET teams' build and deployment infrastructure and crossed heavily with DevOps. Key technologies: - Jenkins - TeamCity - AWS - Docker - Swift, Objective-C - Java, Kotlin - C#, .NET (core)

    • Mobile Software Developer
      Feb 2015 - May 2017 · 2 yrs 4 mos

      - Mobile application development - Software testing

  • Sales Representative at Vodafone
    Feb 2009 - Mar 2014 · 5 yrs 2 mos