Felix Rieseberg
Member Of Technical Staff, Manager at Anthropic
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolFelix Rieseberg is a seasoned software leader and hands-on engineer with 13 years of experience building cross-platform desktop and web software from Microsoft to Anthropic. Currently a Member of Technical Staff and manager at Anthropic, he previously led engineering teams at Notion, Stripe, and Slack while also serving as an Electron maintainer who helped shape the framework behind apps like VS Code, Slack, and Figma. He blends deep full‑stack expertise—C++, TypeScript, Node.js, native OS APIs—and an active open‑source footprint, notable for playful, high‑visibility projects like windows95 and macintosh.js that showcase his ability to ship complex emulation and tooling. As an author, trainer and conference organizer, he pairs public teaching with practical engineering and a knack for community building and hiring. Felix’s background in social science and linguistics informs a rare cross-disciplinary view of developer experience and product usability. Based in San Francisco, he focuses on growing healthy maintainer communities and shipping reliable developer-facing infrastructure.
13 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
MSc Social Science of the Internet, MSc Social Science of the Internet at University of OxfordBA German Literature Poetry and Linguistics, BA German Literature Poetry and Linguistics at University of Düsseldorf
English, German
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Github Skills (52)
filesystem10
javascript10
c-language10
npm10
electron10
wp-api10
windows-installer10
testing10
windows10
file-system-access10
css10
typescript10
winapi10
ui-design10
uid10
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
felixrieseberg/windows-build-tools
Jun 2016 - Jun 2021
:package: Install C++ Build Tools for Windows using npm
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:16 releases, 1 review, 257 commits in 5 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Felix primarily worked on the core components of the `windows-build-tools` project, as evidenced by the initial release commits. The commits involved the development of the `src/install` directory, including `index.js`, `launch.js`, and `tailer.js`. The user also added supporting code like `src/utils.js` and modified the `src/download.js` file, demonstrating a focus on creating and integrating the building tools installer.
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felixrieseberg/npm-windows-upgrade
Jun 2015 - Jun 2019
:rocket: Upgrade npm on Windows
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:11 releases, 239 commits, 19 PRs in 4 years
Contributions summary:Felix primarily worked on the `powershell/upgrade-npm.ps1` script, which is central to the project's functionality of upgrading npm on Windows. Their contributions included core logic for self-elevation, x86/x64 environment handling, path manipulation, and ensuring the proper installation and configuration of npm. They also integrated debugging tools and ensured that existing configurations, like .npmrc, were properly handled during the upgrade process. Finally, the user contributed by adding test integrations.
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