Alexander Bischof
Product Manager Vehicle MQTT Platform
Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany
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Top SchoolAlexander Bischof is a seasoned Java engineer and product manager with 11 years of experience building high-throughput, reliable backend systems, currently leading the Vehicle MQTT Platform at BMW Group. He architects and extends MQTT connectivity that handles millions of concurrent connections and processes over 15 billion messages per day, balancing extreme reliability with cloud cost optimization. His background spans hands-on software engineering and consulting across automotive and enterprise settings, including long-term roles at SITEOS and codecentric. An active contributor to AssertJ, he has improved test frameworks and assertions, demonstrating a focus on maintainable, well-tested code rather than just feature delivery. With a Master's in Advanced Informatics from TU Chemnitz, he combines deep technical craftsmanship with product-level thinking to operationalize complex distributed systems. Not obvious at first glance, he pairs product ownership with low-level testing improvements, bridging strategic platform decisions and day-to-day developer ergonomics.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Advanced Informatics, Master's degree, Advanced Informatics at TU Chemnitz
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Github Skills (7)
testing10
assertion10
javas10
type-assertion10
java10
tostring6
equals6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
assertj/assertj
Dec 2014 - Jul 2015
AssertJ is a library providing easy to use rich typed assertions
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Test Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & Test Automation EngineerContributions:20 commits, 14 PRs, 44 comments in 7 months
Contributions summary:Alexander primarily focused on refactoring and improving the testing framework within the AssertJ library. Their contributions involved renaming methods, adding new assertions, and refactoring existing test code to improve clarity and maintainability. Specifically, the user updated test assertions to use `shouldHaveThrown` instead of deprecated methods, adding and improving assertions for various data types like Date, Strings and Maps. The user also addressed issues related to primitive arrays and extracting values, indicating a focus on enhancing the library's capabilities and test coverage.
assertionsassertjtestingtyped-assertionstyped
AlexBischof/JumpingSumoProt
Oct 2015 - Feb 2016
Contributions:12 commits, 9 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
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