Philippe Schommers
Head Of Infrastructure at Gnosis
Fléron, Liège, Belgium
Summary
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Top SchoolPhilippe Schommers is a seasoned infrastructure leader and founder with 12 years of experience building large-scale web and game platforms, currently heading Infrastructure at Gnosis. He founded Apyos and co-founded HelloPixel, shipping Facebook Instant Games and titles that reached millions of daily and hundreds of millions of unique players, demonstrating product-grade engineering under heavy traffic. Philippe pairs hands-on backend and blockchain engineering—contributing to notable open-source projects like Erigon (Ethereum client) and Syncthing—with strategic infrastructure leadership across crypto projects including REN, Helium and Swarm. Based in Liège, Belgium, he combines formal computer science training (Magna Cum Laude) with a knack for portability and cross-platform robustness, evidenced by practical fixes from light-client blockchain configs to Windows path handling.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Computer Science, Magna Cum Laude, Master's degree, Computer Science, Magna Cum Laude at University of LiègeBachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at Université de LiègeBachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at HELMo
French, German, English
Github Skills (16)
windows10
network-configuration10
go10
cross-platform10
windows-xp10
multiplatform10
ethereum10
blockchain10
filesystem9
consensus9
file-management9
synchronization8
testing7
p2p7
configuration-management7
Programming languages (22)
Github contributions (5)
syncthing/syncthing
Mar 2014 - Mar 2014
Open Source Continuous File Synchronization
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:9 commits, 1 comment in 24 days
Contributions summary:Philippe primarily contributed to the core functionality of the Syncthing project, focusing on improving cross-platform compatibility and addressing critical bugs. Their work included updating file path handling for Windows, ensuring the application functions correctly across different operating systems, and fixing issues related to config and data directory configurations. They also improved stability by resolving a division-by-zero error and refining configuration handling, demonstrating a deep understanding of the codebase and commitment to stability.
synchronizationfile-synchronizationp2pcontinuouspeer-to-peer
erigontech/erigon
Nov 2022 - Nov 2022
Ethereum implementation on the efficiency frontier https://docs.erigon.tech
Role in this project:Back-end Developer & Blockchain Engineer
Back-end Developer & Blockchain EngineerContributions:2 commits, 8 PRs, 1 comment in 4 days
Contributions summary:Philippe primarily contributes to the Erigon project, an Ethereum implementation, by adding configurations and making necessary code changes to support the Gnosis and Chiado networks. This involves modifying parameters, genesis blocks, boot nodes, and fork ID tests specific to these chains. Additionally, the user added deposit contract blocks, ensuring support for pruning on these networks, and also fixed a configuration issue within the light client framework.
ethereumsolidityfrontierblockchain
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