Sven Pfleiderer
Staff Software Engineer at Entire
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSven Pfleiderer is a Staff Software Engineer with 16 years of experience building distributed systems and developer tools, currently based in Seattle. He combines hands-on full‑stack work in TypeScript/Node.js and C# (.NET Core) with a strong background in Ruby and mobile/DevOps integrations from his HockeyApp and App Center work. Sven has shipped mission‑critical features like organizations, diagnostics and CodePush at Microsoft and improved developer workflows through CLI and Azure Pipelines contributions. An active open‑source contributor, he’s enhanced notable projects such as microsoft/appcenter-cli and jekyll-import, tackling both user-facing UX and backend import robustness. He mentors engineers and interviews candidates, blending technical depth with a collaborative, product-focused mindset. Colleagues rely on him to simplify complex problems and debug thorny production issues efficiently.
16 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.Sc.) Computer Science and Media, Master of Science (M.Sc.) Computer Science and Media at Stuttgart Media University
German, French, English
Github Skills (24)
mysql10
typescript10
java10
ruby10
javas10
azure-blob-storage10
jekyll10
android10
typescript-types10
azure-pipelines10
nodejs10
typescripts10
cli10
testing9
xmpp9
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/appcenter-cli
Mar 2019 - Nov 2019
Command-line Interface (CLI) for Visual Studio App Center
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:31 commits, 10 PRs, 4 pushes in 8 months
Contributions summary:Sven contributed significantly to the command-line interface (CLI) for Visual Studio App Center. Their work included adding tests for existing commands, such as the releases show command, and implementing new commands, like the skeleton for adding release destinations. They also enhanced the command-line tool by incorporating support for adding testers and for options such as --silent and --mandatory, making it more functional and user-friendly.
visual-studioapp-centercentercommand-line-interfacevisual-studio-app-center
yaxim-org/yaxim
Aug 2009 - Jul 2010
yaxim - a lean XMPP/Jabber client for Android
Role in this project:Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:118 commits in 11 months
Contributions summary:Sven primarily contributed to the development of the Yaxim Android application, focusing on improving the user interface and functionality of the application. Their contributions included refactoring the rename group dialog to prevent invalid input and adding a new about dialog. Further improvements involved modifying string resources and optimizing the startup process of the XMPP service, indicating a focus on improving user experience and application stability. This work demonstrates a hands-on approach to refining and enhancing core features of the application.
xmppjabber-clientandroidkotlinlean
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