Peter Friese
Staff Developer Advocate
Hamburg, Germany
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Top SchoolPeter Friese is a Staff Developer Advocate at Google with 22 years of software engineering experience, specializing in Firebase and Apple platforms. He combines hands-on mobile and back-end development with developer relations—writing blog posts, producing videos, speaking at conferences, and crafting sample apps and SDK contributions to help developers ship better iOS apps. His background spans software architecture, model-driven development, and cross-platform mobile work at companies like Zühlke, itemis and Lufthansa Systems, reflecting deep expertise in both JVM/Eclipse ecosystems and modern Swift tooling. An active open-source contributor, he has improved projects from FindBugs to the Firebase iOS SDK (including Combine support and Sign in with Apple flows), showing a knack for pragmatic API enhancements. Based in Hamburg, he balances technical depth with communication skills and an unusual side-career as a musician, which informs his collaborative and creative approach to developer advocacy.
22 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
Dipl. Wirtschaftsinformatiker (FH) Computer Sciences, Dipl. Wirtschaftsinformatiker (FH) Computer Sciences at Fachhochschule Nordakademie Elmshorn
Stackoverflow
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ios
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Github Skills (38)
objective-c10
google-cloud-firestore10
firebase-authentication10
ios10
static-analysis10
mobile-development10
eclipse-plugin10
findbugs10
user-authentication10
authentication10
google-sign-in10
java10
mobile-application10
javas10
code-analysis10
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
firebase/firebase-ios-sdk
Jan 2021 - Sep 2022
Firebase SDK for Apple App Development
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:200 reviews, 46 commits, 68 PRs in 1 year 8 months
Contributions summary:Peter primarily contributed to adding Combine support for the Firebase iOS SDK. Their work involved creating publishers for authentication and ID token changes, implementing Future-based methods for common authentication tasks, and adding Combine support for Cloud Functions. They also made changes to the FirebaseMLModelDownloader, fixing imports and adding a sample app. Furthermore, the user addressed issues in the Firebase Combine libraries and integrated Swift components.
firebase-databasefirebase-functionsdatabase-as-a-serviceremote-configios
firebase/quickstart-ios
Aug 2019 - Mar 2025
Firebase Quickstart Samples for iOS
Role in this project:Mobile Developer (iOS)
Mobile Developer (iOS)Contributions:24 reviews, 7 PRs, 23 pushes in 5 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Peter primarily contributed to the iOS Firebase Quickstart Samples repository by implementing features related to user authentication and the integration of Google Sign-In and Sign-in with Apple (SiwA). Their work included updating authentication flows, such as incorporating the new `appleCredential` API for setting user's full name and revoking SiwA tokens. Additionally, the user addressed code style issues and updated the Imagen UI.
firestorefirebaseremote-configfirebase-storageios
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