Adam Schmideg
Retail Business Engineering Manager at EstateX
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolAdam Schmideg is a seasoned technology leader and engineering manager with 16 years of experience building resilient backend systems and leading cross-functional teams across fintech, retail, and web-scale products. Currently Retail Business Engineering Manager at Ahold Delhaize and CTO of EstateX, he combines hands-on contributions to high-profile open-source Ethereum clients (go-ethereum, Erigon) with product and QA sensibilities, improving RPC robustness and LES testing for core blockchain infrastructure. His background spans founding startups, leading infra at Prezi for tens of millions of users, and shepherding decentralized developer communities at Ethereum, giving him a rare blend of operational rigor and ecosystem stewardship. Trained in math, philosophy and psychotherapy, he brings analytical depth and people-focused coaching to complex technical transformations.
16 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
Postgraduate diploma Humanistic Psychotherapy, Postgraduate diploma Humanistic Psychotherapy at London School of Counselling and PsychotherapyDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Accounting and Business/Management, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Accounting and Business/Management at Budapest University of Technology and EconomicsMasters double-degree Math and Philosophy, Masters double-degree Math and Philosophy at Eötvös Loránd University
English, German, Hungarian, toki pona, Dutch
Github Skills (18)
clojure-cli10
testing10
clojure10
rpc10
go10
ethereum10
blockchain10
clojurescript10
git9
markdown-it8
cryptography8
error-handling8
markdown8
devops7
knowledge-management7
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
ethereum/go-ethereum
Dec 2018 - Aug 2020
Go implementation of the Ethereum protocol
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:47 commits, 38 PRs, 30 pushes in 1 year 7 months
Contributions summary:Adam primarily contributed to the `go-ethereum` project by addressing issues related to the RPC and LES functionalities, as well as making changes to internal libraries. Their work involved adding error handling for RPC calls, logging disconnect reasons in the LES server, and fixing import statements within the crypto package. Additionally, the user was involved in implementing and testing the LES priority client API. These changes demonstrate a focus on improving the stability, functionality, and testing of the core Ethereum protocol implementation.
ethereumgoblockchainp2pgeth
erigontech/erigon
Feb 2020 - Aug 2020
Ethereum implementation on the efficiency frontier
Role in this project:Back-end Developer & QA Engineer
Back-end Developer & QA EngineerContributions:6 commits in 5 months
Contributions summary:Adam primarily contributed to the core functionalities of the Erigon Ethereum client. They focused on enhancing the RPC layer by addressing potential errors and improving overall robustness. The user also added a test suite for LES priority client API, indicating a focus on testing and ensuring the proper functioning of critical features within the Erigon system. Further contributions included incorporating improvements to the devp2p test suite.
ethereumblockchain
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