Philipp Kief
Software Engineer
Germany, United States
Summary
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RockstarPhilipp Kief is a Software Engineer with 11 years of experience based in Germany and a strong affinity for TypeScript, JavaScript, and Node.js. He contributes across the stack, known for implementing backend APIs while improving UI/UX in open-source projects such as the popular vscode-material-icon-theme. Comfortable bridging developer tooling and user-facing concerns, he delivers pragmatic solutions that enhance both functionality and developer experience. Energetic about clean code and tooling, Philipp brings sustained open-source involvement as evidence of his craft and community orientation.
11 years of coding experience
Stackoverflow
8,433reputation
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62answers
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html
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angular
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angular-material
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css
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Github Skills (26)
javascript10
css10
typescript10
typescript-types10
html10
angular-material10
typescripts10
angular10
angular-routing9
user-interface9
human-interface9
apidoc9
graphical-user-interface9
api9
user-experience9
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
material-extensions/vscode-material-icon-theme
Sep 2016 - Jan 2023
Material Design icons for VS Code
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & UI/UX Developer
Back-end Developer & UI/UX DeveloperContributions:40 releases, 987 reviews, 1484 commits in 6 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Philipp implemented new API support, suggesting backend work related to the Material Design icons extension. They also modified UI-related files (e.g. `src/helpers/index.ts` and `src/commands/angular.ts`), indicating contributions towards functionality and user-experience. The user's work focused on both aspects of the software project, as well as related files with translation.
marketplacematerial-iconsvscodevscode-extensionvscode-icons
PKief/angular-material-starter
Sep 2017 - Oct 2019
Angular Material Starter
Contributions:20 reviews, 3 commits, 34 PRs in 2 years 1 month
angular-material2materialangular-climaterial-designangular
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