Aleix Pol
Senior Software Engineer at KDE
Berlin, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolAleix Pol is a senior software engineer with 19 years of experience rooted in free and open-source software, long-term KDE development, and language/compiler design. Based in Berlin, he combines deep systems and Qt/Qt Quick expertise with full-stack contributions to core projects like Qt Base, xdg-desktop-portal, SDDM and KDE Connect—often improving backend robustness and cross-desktop integration. As KDE e.V. President and a maintainer of components such as KDevelop and KAlgebra, he pairs hands-on engineering with community leadership and mentorship. He has shipped mobile UI refinements for Okular, backend integrations for PackageKit and Flatpak-related portals, and practical features like global shortcuts and a Virtual Monitor plugin. Aleix’s work shows a rare blend of language/compiler thinking and pragmatic UI/UX fixes, and he’s active in building developer tools and educational software for future generations.
19 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Master, Computer Science, Master, Computer Science at EFREIAula Escola EuropeaAulaUPC Universitat Politècnica de CatalunyaEscola Frederic Mistral - Tècnic Eulàlia
English, Catalan, Spanish, French
Github Skills (30)
c-language10
mobile-development10
qt10
back-end-development10
configuration-management10
flatpak10
c1110
ui-design10
dbus10
c1710
front-end-development10
qml10
backend10
cprogramming-language10
wayland10
Programming languages (24)
Github contributions (5)
KDE/kdeconnect-kde
Oct 2013 - Oct 2022
Multi-platform app that allows your devices to communicate
Role in this project:
Back-end & UI Developer
Back-end & UI DeveloperContributions:416 commits in 9 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Aleix's commits focus on refactoring and improving the KDE Connect application. They've added new features, specifically the implementation of the Virtual Monitor plugin, which allows other devices to be used as external displays. Further contributions included various bug fixes and UI improvements to the menu structure. They also improved the SMS handling, with some work on the KCM configuration.
app-platformwindowscommunicatelinuxandroid
sddm/sddm
Nov 2017 - Jan 2023
QML based X11 and Wayland display manager
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:83 reviews, 103 commits, 77 PRs in 5 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Aleix made several contributions to the SDDM project, focusing on back-end functionality. Their work included setting a default input method, fixing warnings related to string manipulation, and implementing support for environment variables in the greeter. Additionally, the user refactored code to use Qt 5.15 APIs and addressed issues related to session management and authentication. These changes indicate a focus on improving stability, functionality, and compatibility of the display manager.
qmlwaylanddisplay-managerx11linux
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