Philipp Keck
Software Engineer at Google
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Summary
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Top SchoolPhilipp Keck is a Zurich-based software engineer with 12 years of experience building and hardening front-end systems, currently working at Google. He has deep expertise in React and Material UI, contributing meaningful features and migrations (notably date/time picker improvements and date-fns integration) to widely used open-source projects. Philipp pairs front-end craftsmanship with a strong testing mindset—his contributions to TestFX and RecyclerView adapter tests show a habit of improving reliability across platforms. His background includes international study exchanges (Melbourne, NUS) and a Master’s in Software Engineering from Universität Stuttgart, reflecting both breadth and academic rigor. At Google since 2017, he brings the pragmatism of a long-term contributor who balances shipping user-facing features with maintaining developer-friendly APIs. Not obvious from his title: he transitioned early from consulting and QA-focused roles into scalable front-end engineering, giving him a rare mix of product-facing intuition and testing discipline.
12 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Software Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Software Engineering at Universität StuttgartThe University of MelbourneExchange, Computing, Exchange, Computing at National University of Singapore
English, schweizerdeutsch, German, French
Github Skills (33)
unit-testing10
javascript10
react-components10
ui-components10
testing10
typescript10
javafx10
material-ui10
java10
react-component10
system10
material-design10
javas10
junit10
typescript-types10
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
mui/material-ui-pickers
Jul 2018 - May 2020
Date & Time pickers for Material UI (support from v1 to v4)
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:19 PRs, 77 comments, 9 issues in 1 year 10 months
Contributions summary:Philipp primarily contributed to the front-end components of the date and time pickers. Their work included implementing new features like `mergeDateAndTime` in date utilities and adding a `ViewContainerComponent` prop for customizing the appearance of the component. They also updated the codebase to integrate with the date-fns library, including adapting format strings and migrating to the latest version. These changes improved the functionality, flexibility, and compatibility of the UI components.
date-pickerdate-timereactdatepickertime-picker
recharts/recharts
Feb 2018 - Dec 2021
Redefined chart library built with React and D3
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:5 commits, 5 PRs, 9 comments in 3 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Philipp primarily focused on maintaining and improving React-based components within the Recharts library. They addressed deprecated prop warnings in several components by suggesting replacement strategies and fixed a ReactText type issue. Additionally, they made changes related to time-based scales, indicating familiarity with the underlying charting and data visualization concepts.
chartsreactbuilt-with-reactcharting-librarychart
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