Philipp Dolder
Senior Software Engineer at selbstständig
Pully, Vaud, Switzerland
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Top SchoolPhilipp Dolder is a Senior Software Engineer and architect in Pully, Switzerland with 14 years of experience focused on delivering ROI-driven, customer-centered solutions in the .NET ecosystem. He combines hands-on engineering with coaching—helping teams adopt TDD, CI/CD, Clean Code and agile practices while architecting maintainable systems at companies like mms solutions, SIX Group and bbv. An active open-source contributor and founder of multiple projects, Philipp has improved developer ergonomics in widely used tooling such as FakeItEasy by adding fluent extensions and clearer error messages. He pairs pragmatic consultancy with deep technical craft, routinely translating complex requirements into testable, debuggable implementations. Beyond code, he’s known for mentoring engineers and for seeking measurable business impact from technical decisions.
14 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Qualification for University Entrance (Matura) Mathematics & Physics, Qualification for University Entrance (Matura) Mathematics & Physics at Kantonsschule SurseeComputer Science, Computer Science at ETH ZürichDipl. Inf. Ing. FH Computer Science, Dipl. Inf. Ing. FH Computer Science at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts
German, English, French
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Github Skills (14)
net10
asp-net10
dotnet-new10
dotnet10
csharp10
mocking10
dotnet-core10
testing10
bdd6
unit-testing6
mspec6
fakeiteasy6
tdd6
xunit6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
FakeItEasy/FakeItEasy
Mar 2012 - Aug 2014
The easy mocking library for .NET
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:18 commits, 2 comments, 2 issues in 2 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Philipp primarily focused on extending the functionality of the FakeItEasy library by adding new extension methods related to configuring method call behavior. Their work involved implementing `Invokes` and `ReturnsLazily` extensions, allowing for more readable and flexible configurations of fakes. The user's contributions also included improving the error messages related to signature mismatches, ensuring that developers receive clear guidance when using the library. These changes directly enhanced the usability and robustness of the mocking library.
dotnetmockingfake-objectsdotnet-core
philippdolder/NoMorePanicSave2017
Mar 2017 - May 2019
VS extension that automatically saves your solution when leaving the Visual Studio window
Contributions:5 commits, 2 PRs, 6 pushes in 2 years 2 months
visual-studiovs-extension
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