Leon Windheuser
Software Engineer at Databricks
Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolLeon Windheuser is a software engineer with roughly a decade of experience focused on databases and distributed data systems, currently at Databricks after interning there. He combines strong academic training from TUM (MS in Data Engineering and Analytics) with hands-on industry internships at Google, Datadog, and Celonis, and has taught and researched at TUM. Leon contributes to notable open-source Android media tooling (Jetpack Media3 / ExoPlayer), where he implemented color-adjustment features and refactored test infrastructure—an indicator of both systems thinking and attention to UX details. Based in Germany, he blends backend and data engineering instincts with mobile development experience, making him adept at bridging low-level data pipelines and consumer-facing features.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Semester Abroad Computer Science, Semester Abroad Computer Science at Université des AntillesMaster of Science - MS Data Engineering and Analytics, Master of Science - MS Data Engineering and Analytics at Technical University of Munich
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (14)
javas10
android10
java10
exoplayer9
grpc-web6
bayesian-network6
jakartaee6
dropwizard6
deep-learning6
database-design6
envoyproxy6
architecture6
database6
grpc6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
androidx/media
Jul 2022 - Sep 2022
Jetpack Media3 support libraries for media use cases, including ExoPlayer, an extensible media player for Android
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:33 commits in 1 month
Contributions summary:Leon primarily contributed to the Android Jetpack Media3 support libraries. Their work involved refactoring and renaming test files within the transformer library. They also added a slider option for contrast in the demo app, implementing color filter options. Furthermore, the user migrated assets and implemented color adjustment features using the RGBA matrix and HSL color space.
jetpack-media3casesplayerexoplayeruse-cases
HHRClemson/Flood-stAge-predIction-thRough-Deep-Neural-Networks
Apr 2021 - Oct 2021
Contributions:87 commits, 3 pushes in 5 months
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