Andreas Kniep
Staff Software Engineer at Google
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolAndreas Kniep is a Staff Software Engineer with 12 years of experience building scalable infrastructure and distributed systems, now focused on Google Cloud Security Operations and data platform services. He has led core backend teams at Google (Firebase Installations, FCM) and delivered production telemetry and automation at SpaceX, bridging reliability engineering with high-throughput data indexing. Previously a founder and CTO multiple times in Europe, he scaled products handling hundreds of millions of data points and ran full-stack platforms from LAMP to Hadoop. Andreas contributes to widely used open-source projects such as the Firebase Android SDK, where he improved stability and exception handling in the Installations module. Based in San Francisco, he combines hands-on coding, technical leadership, and an operator’s mindset—plus an unusual competitive streak evidenced by deep runs in major poker tournaments. He holds a Diplom in Computer Science from TU Berlin and a long track record of turning complex systems into dependable services.
12 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Diplom Computer Science, Diplom Computer Science at Technische Universität BerlinA-Level (Abitur) Mathematics, A-Level (Abitur) Mathematics at Gymnasium Pullach
German, English, Spanish
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (21)
java10
javas10
exception-handling10
android10
firebase10
debug9
json9
datetime9
debugging9
ruby9
php9
timezone9
equality9
activerecord9
operator6
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
firebase/firebase-android-sdk
Jan 2020 - Jun 2020
Firebase Android SDK
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:19 reviews, 11 commits, 18 PRs in 5 months
Contributions summary:Andreas primarily contributed to the Firebase Android SDK, focusing on the Firebase Installations module. Their work involved fixing bugs, addressing critical issues related to exception handling, and improving the stability of the SDK. Furthermore, the user made minor adjustments, such as adding missing semicolons and reverting a previous change related to preconditions checks. These contributions highlight the user's focus on maintaining and enhancing the reliability of the Android SDK.
firebase-remote-configfirebase-databasefirebase-firestorefirebase-functionsdatabase-as-a-service
andirayo/fhourstones88_scripts
Jan 2016 - Oct 2016
Contributions:15 pushes, 1 branch in 9 months
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