Lukas Spieß
Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft
Berlin, Germany
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Top SchoolLukas Spieß is a senior software engineer with 12 years of experience building developer tools and platform features across GitHub and Microsoft products. He’s worked on GitHub Issues and special projects, while previously contributing to HockeyApp, Visual Studio App Center and npm—bridging CLI, mobile SDKs, and web registry experiences. Lukas has shipped full-stack features like App Center’s CLI commands, API token management, and sourcemap/debug support, and improved iOS crash reporting and test coverage in prominent open-source repos. Based in Berlin, he combines hands-on engineering with product-focused explorations that drive developer productivity. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic refactors and reliable automation, and he often surfaces improvements that make workflows measurably easier.
12 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science and Media, 1.6, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science and Media, 1.6 at Stuttgart Media University
English, German, French
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (30)
unit-testing10
objective-c10
javascript10
ios10
mstest10
sinon10
apidoc10
testing10
command-line-interface10
typescript10
teste10
testing-library10
api10
typescript-types10
mocking10
Programming languages (24)
Github contributions (5)
bitstadium/HockeySDK-iOS
Mar 2014 - Mar 2019
HockeyApp was retired and the SDKs are deprecated. Please use App Center instead.
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (iOS)
Mobile Developer (iOS)Contributions:10 releases, 516 commits, 102 PRs in 5 years
Contributions summary:Lukas focused on refactoring and improving the crash reporting functionality within the HockeySDK-iOS repository. Their work involved refactoring the `AlertView` delegate, removing an unnecessary property, and adding a public method to handle user input from alert views. The user also added tests for the `handleUserInput` method, improved documentation and added the ability to add descriptions to crash reports.
appcenterhockeyappcrash-reporting
microsoft/appcenter-cli
Oct 2016 - Feb 2018
Command-line Interface (CLI) for Visual Studio App Center
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:45 commits, 17 PRs, 4 pushes in 1 year 4 months
Contributions summary:Lukas primarily contributed to the command-line interface (CLI) for Visual Studio App Center by adding new commands and features. They implemented functionality for managing apps, including creating, deleting, showing, and updating them. The user also added support for API tokens, enabling users to create and manage tokens. Additionally, the user added features like debugging, sourcemap support, and improved the profile configuration.
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