Tobias Markus
Summary
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RockstarTobias Markus is a team lead in full-custom design modelling and verification with 15 years of engineering and research experience, currently heading the Modelling & Verification group at Extoll in Mannheim. He combines a PhD in computer science and a foundation in electrical and computer engineering to bridge FPGA/SoC development, full-custom ASIC verification, firmware and toolchain automation. Tobias pairs academic rigor with hands-on systems work, contributing build and performance fixes to notable open-source projects (SuperTuxKart, Kodi), test automation for Mozilla Add-ons, and package/port work for Microsoft's vcpkg. That uncommon mix of silicon-level design knowledge and practical software/toolchain experience gives him a cross-domain perspective from hardware to user-facing applications. He also maintains SuperTux as a hobby project, reflecting a long-term commitment to community-driven software.
16 years of coding experience
Github Skills (47)
debug10
javascript10
c-language10
mson10
package-managers10
lib10
pytest10
selenium10
compilation10
package-management10
selenium310
python10
css10
autocomplete10
cmake10
Programming languages (23)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/vcpkg
Nov 2018 - Oct 2021
C++ Library Manager for Windows, Linux, and MacOS
Role in this project:
Backend Developer & Automation Engineer
Backend Developer & Automation EngineerContributions:1 review, 7 commits, 8 PRs in 2 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Tobias primarily contributed to the package management system's backend, adding and updating ports for various C++ libraries. They added new packages and updated existing ones, demonstrating a strong understanding of the build process, dependencies, and the structure of the vcpkg ecosystem. Their work included the integration of Meson and CMake build systems and the application of patches to facilitate compatibility.
c-plus-plussetuptoolspackage-managermacoscplusplus
xbmc/xbmc
Apr 2014 - Aug 2015
Kodi is an award-winning free and open source home theater/media center software and entertainment hub for digital media. With its beautiful interface and powerful skinning engine, it's available for Android, BSD, Linux, macOS, iOS, tvOS and Windows.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:4 reviews, 53 commits, 75 PRs in 1 year 4 months
Contributions summary:Tobias primarily focused on improving the performance of the Kodi media center software. Their contributions involved refactoring and optimizing code across multiple modules, including Android, core DLL loading, and add-ons. The changes were focused on addressing code quality issues identified by cppcheck, with the goal of improving performance.
pythonentertainmentc-plus-plusiosmultimedia
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