Simon Steinbeiß
Senior Manager at Red Hat
Vöcklabruck, Upper Austria
Summary
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Top SchoolSimon Steinbeiß is a Senior Manager at Red Hat with 15 years of experience leading DevOps, documentation, and engineering teams in safety- and enterprise-focused environments. He progressed from hands-on software configuration and DevOps leadership at TTTech to engineering and senior management roles at Red Hat, combining operational rigor with team-building and product-focused delivery. His background is unusual for a tech leader: a PhD in Philosophy and Religious Studies and academic teaching experience, which informs a methodical, communication-first approach to complex technical problems. Simon also contributes to open-source UI theming work (Numix GTK), demonstrating a practical eye for user-facing polish on Linux desktop components. He is based in Vöcklabruck, Upper Austria, and known for bridging academic rigor with pragmatic engineering and documentation practices.
15 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Philosophy and Religious Studies, Dr., Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Philosophy and Religious Studies, Dr. at Universität Wien
English, French, Italian, Korean, German, Latin
Github Skills (6)
css10
xfce9
ui-design9
gnome6
unity-framework4
unity3d4
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
numixproject/numix-gtk-theme
Jun 2013 - Aug 2015
A modern flat theme with a combination of light and dark elements.
Role in this project:
UI Designer
UI DesignerContributions:21 commits, 5 pushes, 1 tag in 2 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Simon primarily focused on theming and styling aspects within the Numix GTK theme repository. Their contributions centered on modifying and improving the visual appearance of various UI elements across multiple applications and desktop environments, including XFCE panel indicators, Ubuntu sound menus, and file dialogs. The work involved adjusting CSS files to implement hover effects, fix visual glitches, address missing styles, and add new features such as Catfish sidebar styling, thus enhancing the overall user experience within the theme. This involved modifications to GTK2 and GTK3 configurations.
combinationlightelementsgnomeflatpak
xfce-mirror/cdn.xfce.org
Aug 2019 - Dec 2020
Contributions:62 commits in 1 year 4 months
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