# Vincent Pradeilles

> Vincent Pradeilles is a French iOS engineer and Swift educator based in Lyon, France. By day he is a Founding Solutions Engineer at Photoroom, the AI-powered photo editing app. By night (and weekends) he runs swiftwithvincent.com — a blog, newsletter, and YouTube channel that distills complex Swift patterns into bite-sized, practical tips. With 26,000+ Twitter followers, ~1,000-starred open source repos, and talks at FrenchKit, dotSwift, try! Swift Tokyo, NSSpain, and iOS Conf SG, he is one of the most recognized French voices in the global Swift community.

- **Role:** Founding Solutions Engineer at Photoroom
- **Organizations:** Photoroom, Swift with Vincent, RxSwift Community, WWDC by Sundell & Friends
- **Nationality:** French
- **Education:** Engineering Degree, Institut National des Sciences Appliquees de Lyon (INSA Lyon)
- **Known for:** 26,000+ Twitter/X followers in the Swift community, swift-tips GitHub repo with ~1,000 stars (archived, 57 curated tips), KeyPathKit open-source library with 432+ stars

## Career timeline

- **2011** — Started iOS development
- **2016** — Joined Worldline / equensWorldline as Lead iOS Developer, building apps for major French banks
- **2018** — Began speaking at international Swift conferences (FrenchKit, NSSpain)
- **2019** — Keynote-style talks at dotSwift, iOS Conf SG, Swift Heroes, Swiftable, Appdevcon
- **2020** — Launched YouTube channel during pandemic lockdown; continued dotSwift and iOS Conf SG talks
- **2021** — Published on WWDC by Sundell & Friends; spoke at ADDC on async/await
- **2022** — Joined Photoroom as Founding Solutions Engineer; FrenchKit Swift Quiz talk
- **2023** — Spoke at Swift Connection on arbitrary binary code in iOS apps
- **2025** — Speaker at try! Swift Tokyo; active newsletter and blog on Swift 6.1/6.2

## Achievements

- 26,000+ Twitter/X followers in the Swift community
- swift-tips GitHub repo with ~1,000 stars (archived, 57 curated tips)
- KeyPathKit open-source library with 432+ stars
- Speaker at 10+ international Swift conferences including FrenchKit, dotSwift, NSSpain, iOS Conf SG, try! Swift Tokyo
- GitHub Arctic Code Vault Contributor
- Founding Solutions Engineer at Photoroom (AI photo editing app)
- Weekly Swift newsletter with free training course for subscribers
- YouTube channel with Swift tutorials, iOS interview prep content
- Contributed to WWDC by Sundell & Friends publication
- Member of RxSwift Community open source organization

## Latest updates

- **2025-02** — Spoke at try! Swift Tokyo 2025 representing Photoroom
- **2025-12** — Active blog posts on Swift 6.1, 6.2, AI-powered Xcode features, and SwiftUI updates
- **2025-00** — Competed in Ultra Tour du Beaufortain 114 km trail race in the French Alps
- **2024-00** — Continued weekly Swift newsletter and YouTube tutorial production at swiftwithvincent.com

## Links

- Website: https://www.swiftwithvincent.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vincentpradeilles/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/v_pradeilles
- GitHub: https://github.com/vincent-pradeilles
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/VincentPradeilles

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Last updated: 2026-04-24