Andreas Gampe
Software Engineer at Facebook
Sunnyvale, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAndreas Gampe is a software engineer with 12 years of experience specializing in low-level Android systems and runtime performance. He has contributed to core Android projects—ART, Bionic, and Dalvik—and currently works on optimizing Facebook’s Android and iOS apps for size and speed. His open-source work on CyanogenMod and AOSP shows deep familiarity with sensor frameworks, linker behavior, DEX handling, and build tooling, including preparing codepaths for OTA updates and improving debugger/stack analysis utilities. Andreas pairs research-level rigor from his PhD work with pragmatic engineering at scale, resolving merge conflicts, fixing subtle compiler and ABI issues, and improving toolchains. Based in Sunnyvale, he brings a history of shipping system-level fixes that quietly enable better app performance and platform stability. A less obvious strength is his proven ability to bridge developer tooling and runtime changes—making low-level improvements that directly benefit everyday app deliverables.
12 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
University of Texas at San AntonioBachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science at Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Github Skills (25)
debugging10
dalvik10
debug10
c-language10
system-programming10
python10
build-system10
makefile10
java10
javas10
performance-optimization10
android10
cprogramming-language10
android-framework10
linux9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
CyanogenMod/android_frameworks_native
Aug 2014 - Sep 2016
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:175 commits in 2 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Andreas's contributions focused on modifying the core system frameworks, native libraries, and build configurations of an Android project. Their work primarily revolved around debugging and fixing various warnings, improving code clarity, and modifying functions related to sensor data processing and performance. The user also worked on refactoring and preparing the codebase to allow for future Over-the-Air (OTA) updates by introducing a new tool and adapting to new changes. These code changes indicate a deep understanding of the Android operating system, including the components related to handling sensor events, graphic buffer producers, and package management.
aosp-mirror/platform_development
Apr 2015 - Apr 2019
Role in this project:Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:94 commits in 4 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Andreas's commits primarily involve merging updates and incorporating changes related to the "Development/scripts" directory, which suggests contributions to build and development tools. These changes include updates to the `gdbclient` script, and the addition of MIPS64 support for stack analysis, indicating involvement in low-level debugging and potentially performance optimization. Further commits added symbol caching and subprocess caching to the stack tool, improving its efficiency.
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