Roland Bock
Software Engineering Manager at Google
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Summary
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RockstarRoland Bock is a seasoned software engineering manager based in Munich with 12 years of formal experience and a two-decade trajectory leading development teams and founding technical ventures. Currently at Google, he combines hands-on systems and backend expertise with people leadership honed through principal and head-of-development roles across fintech and search-focused companies. His open-source work on sqlpp11 reflects deep C++ type-safe SQL templating knowledge, including adding date/time support and maintaining compatibility with older compilers. Roland is comfortable moving between architecture, low-level refactoring and product delivery, and brings a pragmatic focus on maintainability and cross-compiler robustness that often goes unnoticed in leadership profiles.
13 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
English, German
Github Skills (7)
c-language10
lib10
cprogramming-language10
sql10
template-metaprogramming10
software-design9
build-system7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
rbock/sqlpp11
Aug 2013 - Aug 2022
A type safe SQL template library for C++
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:65 reviews, 1065 commits, 174 PRs in 9 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Roland primarily contributed to the implementation and modification of features in the sqlpp11 library. These contributions involved modifications to insert, update, and select clauses, enhancements to the handling of value types, and general improvements to the operators and return types used within the library. The work involved refactoring existing code, adding new features such as support for new data types like date and time, and adjusting code for compatibility with older compilers.
cppsqltypesafe
rbock/sqlpp11-connector-sqlite3
Sep 2013 - Dec 2021
A C++ wrapper for sqlite3 meant to be used in combination with sqlpp11.
Contributions:4 reviews, 217 commits, 34 PRs in 8 years 4 months
cppsqlite
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