Steffen Tröster
Software Developer at inovex GmbH
Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Top SchoolSteffen Tröster is a seasoned fullstack software developer based in Cologne with 14 years of hands-on experience building mobile and web solutions, and a strong ongoing interest in IoT, augmented reality, and voice assistants. He has a long tenure at inovex spanning student, mobile, and software developer roles, plus a stint at Futurice, reflecting steady growth from prototyping to production-grade systems. Steffen combines academic depth—a master's in computer science and an exchange semester in Tampere—with practical expertise in Android development and testing, evidenced by contributions to an Android LocationManager library focused on rigorous unit testing and logging. Comfortable across front- and back-end concerns, he brings a pragmatic curiosity for new tech and a track record of improving code quality and developer tooling.
14 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master's Degree, Computer Science, Master's Degree, Computer Science at Cologne University of Applied SciencesExchange Semester, Computer Science, Exchange Semester, Computer Science at University of TampereFachhochschulreife und Staatlich geprüfter Informationstechnischer Assistent, Computer Science, Fachhochschulreife und Staatlich geprüfter Informationstechnischer Assistent, Computer Science at Berufskolleg Olsberg des HSK
English, German, Finnish
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (15)
javas10
logging10
android10
java10
testing10
mockito9
html6
css6
javascript6
jquery6
mouseout6
dropdown-menu6
mouseover6
angularjs6
gps4
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
yayaa/LocationManager
May 2020 - May 2020
Simplify getting user's location for Android
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:7 commits, 3 PRs, 5 comments in 3 days
Contributions summary:Steffen primarily contributed to the testing framework of the Android location management library. Their work involved adding and modifying unit tests for the `LogUtils` class, focusing on logging functionality. Specifically, they added a comprehensive set of tests to verify the logging behavior under different conditions and implemented interfaces for custom logging. They also fixed a typo and added annotations to enhance code quality.
geofencingandroid-libraryandroidlocation-pickerlocation
stetro/project-tango-poc
Oct 2015 - Apr 2016
Contributions:172 commits, 4 PRs, 150 pushes in 5 months
berdierealityvontango
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