Lydia Schiff
Software Engineer (L5) at Snap Inc.
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolLydia Schiff is a seasoned software engineer and tech lead with over a decade of experience delivering high-performance mobile and real-time media systems. She currently leads Android-focused delivery on Snap's Monetization team, shaping cross-platform ad rendering and performance for small and mid-size businesses. Previously at Discord, she stood up Android-native audio/video performance as the go-to Android expert, designing the video rendering library used by 100+ million users. Prior to that at VSCO, she built the real-time photo and video processing stack and led color-grading and editing pipelines across Android devices. Her early work in high-performance computing at UW–Madison and a mathematics degree underpin a rigorous, performance-first approach to engineering across platforms from mobile to GPU-accelerated workloads. Based in Oakland, California, she combines hands-on development with leadership in cross-functional teams to turn ambitious media and monetization features into reliable, scalable experiences.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Participant, Oregon Programming Languages Summer School, Participant, Oregon Programming Languages Summer School at University of OregonCertificate, Mathematics, Certificate, Mathematics at University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Github Skills (12)
android-studio10
android-gradle-plugin10
android9
mixpanel9
analytics-tracking9
renderscript8
sdk8
parallel-processing7
opengl-es6
aar6
parallel5
analytics4
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
lydia-schiff/hella-renderscript
Feb 2020 - Dec 2020
Hella-parallel processing with RenderScript on Android
Contributions:29 commits, 16 PRs, 34 pushes in 10 months
hellaparallelandroidparallel-processingrenderscript
lydia-schiff/hella-polyglot
Sep 2015 - Oct 2017
Contributions:24 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 1 month
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