Christopher Schleiden
Staff Software Engineer at GitHub
Bellevue, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolChristopher Schleiden is a Staff Software Engineer at GitHub with 11 years of experience building developer-facing systems and products, currently contributing to GitHub Models. Based in Bellevue after growing up in Cologne, he blends backend and frontend expertise—evident from contributions to Microsoft’s Fluent UI where he shipped new components and to GitHub Actions starter-workflows where he automated sync and compatibility for GHES. He has entrepreneurial roots as a cofounder and a history of early Microsoft engagements, giving him a pragmatic, product-oriented engineering lens. An avid climber in the PNW, he pairs technical depth with a taste for complex challenges both on codebases and mountains.
11 years of coding experience
Bachelor's degree, Bachelor's degree at RWTH Aachen University
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Github Skills (31)
github-ci10
javascript10
ui-components10
typescript10
front-end-development10
typescript-types10
fluentui10
typescripts10
githubaction-workflow10
react10
git9
cicd9
automation9
automations9
shell8
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
actions/starter-workflows
Apr 2020 - Jan 2023
Accelerating new GitHub Actions workflows
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:5 reviews, 149 commits, 15 PRs in 2 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Christopher primarily focused on automating and streamlining the workflow synchronization process for GitHub Actions starter workflows, particularly for GitHub Enterprise Server (GHES). They developed a script and workflow to sync starter-workflows, manage icons, and ensure compatibility. The user also managed and maintained the deployment of the workflows, including refactoring and organization of the code for better maintainability. They incorporated changes to make the workflows compatible and added functionalities to filter out unnecessary templates and icon handling.
continuous-testingci-cdcontinuous-integrationworkflowsworkflow
microsoft/fluentui
Dec 2016 - Aug 2018
Fluent UI web represents a collection of utilities, React components, and web components for building web applications.
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:50 commits, 104 PRs, 70 pushes in 1 year 8 months
Contributions summary:Christopher contributed primarily to the development and enhancement of user interface components within the Fluent UI web framework. Their work involved modifying existing components like `PivotItem`, `DetailsList`, and `SearchBox`, implementing features such as adding icons, improving spacing, and adding methods. The contributions also included creating new components like the `Rating` star-rating component and updating existing examples and documentation pages.
web-componentsreact-component-libraryreact-componentsmicrosoftui-components
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