Eike Ziller
Senior Software Engineer at The Qt Company
Berlin Metropolitan Area Germany
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Top SchoolEike Ziller is a Senior Software Engineer based in Berlin with 13 years of professional experience as a core developer of the cross-platform Qt Creator IDE and the broader Qt framework. He brings deep C++ expertise across macOS, Linux and Windows, with a track record of shipping tooling and framework fixes—ranging from macOS deployment (macdeployqt) to MIME detection and Markdown rendering in QLabel. At The Qt Company (and predecessors) he has consistently focused on developer tools, IDE internals and localization, contributing both backend fixes and German translations for Qt Creator. His open-source contributions to high-profile Qt repositories show an emphasis on robust cross-platform behavior, thoughtful refactors and practical bug resolution. Notably, his work touches subtle platform integration areas (rpath, SQL driver plugins, framework paths) that are easy to overlook but critical for reliable deployments. Trained in Technomathematics at TU Berlin, he combines rigorous algorithmic thinking with pragmatic engineering for developer-facing software.
13 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Diplom, Technomathematik, Diplom, Technomathematik at Technische Universität Berlin / TU Berlin
German, English
Github Skills (16)
localize10
macos10
localization10
c-language10
deploying10
cprogramming-language10
qt10
locale10
localized10
build-system9
qt-framework9
markdown-it9
markdown9
uid8
front-end-development8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
qt-creator/qt-creator
Jun 2015 - Jan 2023
A cross-platform Qt IDE
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:2420 commits, 2 PRs, 1 tag in 7 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Eike's commits focus on German translation of the Qt Creator IDE, specifically targeting the Core, ExtensionSystem, Utils, and Welcome modules, as well as the ProjectExplorer and related components. The contributions primarily involve translating UI strings and text elements, ensuring consistent and accurate German localization within the application. This includes adapting code that interacts with core elements like text rendering.
idecross-platformqt5
qt/qttools
Nov 2012 - May 2021
Qt Tools
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:8 commits in 8 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Eike primarily contributed to the `macdeployqt` tool, focusing on fixing deployment issues related to Qt tools for macOS. Their work involved resolving bugs related to SQL driver plugins, rpath settings for executables, and style deployments. They refactored code, streamlined content updates within the QHelpContentModel, and handled framework path options for QDoc.
qmlqt5qt
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