Philipp Süß
Senior Software Engineer II at Sentry
Freinberg, Upper Austria
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Top SchoolPhilipp Süß is a pragmatic senior mobile engineer with 11 years of experience who currently helps build the next generation of application monitoring for mobile apps at Sentry. He combines deep hands-on expertise in Android, Kotlin, Swift and Objective-C with backend experience in Java/Python and a strong focus on TDD, CI/CD and static analysis. As a former Android Tech Lead he improved development workflows, architecture and test automation for medical-class software, and he continues to shape SDKs used broadly—contributing notable fixes and features to popular open-source projects like getsentry/sentry-cocoa and sentry-java. A frequent conference speaker since 2018, Philipp pairs technical craft with candid communication and an appetite for tough conversations that drive team growth. Outside work he reads widely on software, psychology and management, which informs his systematic yet human-centered approach to engineering.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.Sc.), Softwareentwicklung, Master of Science (M.Sc.), Softwareentwicklung at Fachhochschule Technikum Wien
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Github Skills (43)
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Programming languages (20)
Github contributions (5)
getsentry/sentry-cocoa
Apr 2020 - Jan 2023
The official Sentry SDK for iOS, tvOS, macOS, watchOS.
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (iOS)
Mobile Developer (iOS)Contributions:66 releases, 2689 reviews, 1010 commits in 2 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Philipp made significant contributions to the Sentry SDK for iOS. They focused on implementing rate-limiting features for non-cached envelope items, addressing issues to prevent crashes, and adding support for user feedback. Furthermore, the user improved code documentation, addressed build failures, and enhanced the SDK's testing infrastructure to ensure code quality and reliability.
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getsentry/sentry-java
Apr 2020 - Jan 2023
A Sentry SDK for Java, Android and other JVM languages.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 release, 239 reviews, 28 commits in 2 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Philipp contributed to the Sentry Java SDK by implementing new features, fixing bugs, and improving the codebase. Their work included adding support for attachments, which involved modifying the `SentryEnvelopeItem` and `SentryClient` classes. They also addressed code quality issues, such as removing method references in the `SentryEnvelopeItem` and making `Attachment` immutable, improving the overall stability and maintainability of the SDK. The user's contributions also included adding tests for improved code coverage and fixing documentation.
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