Sverre Rabbelier
Senior Software Engineer at Google
Kirkland, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSverre Rabbelier is an Engineering Manager at Google with 18 years of experience building web apps, backends, and command-line tools across Python, Java, C/C++, and Go. He combines hands-on systems programming and mock-less testing practices with leadership that scales teams and shipping velocity. A long-time contributor to Git for Windows and related transport-helper work, he has improved core VCS transport and release pipelines—experience that surfaces deep familiarity with version control internals and DevOps. Previously a senior engineer and tech lead on Melange and other open-source projects, he has a track record of designing resilient software and mentoring developers. Based in Kirkland, WA, he holds an MS in Computer Science from Delft and often bridges low-level engineering with product-facing reliability improvements.
18 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor, Computer Science, Bachelor, Computer Science at Delft University of Technology
English, Dutch, German, French
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Github Skills (14)
c1710
git10
c1110
testing10
build-automation9
devops9
django-forms6
github6
svn6
python6
google-app-engine6
gql6
ruby6
django6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
msysgit/git
Aug 2010 - Jul 2011
msysGit-based Git for Windows 1.x is now superseded by Git for Windows 2.x
Role in this project:
Backend Developer & DevOps Engineer
Backend Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:243 commits in 11 months
Contributions summary:Sverre's commits focus on enhancing the backend infrastructure and improving testing procedures for the Git for Windows project. Their work involves adding features to transport helpers and modifying the build and release processes. Furthermore, their contributions include improving the remote helper functionality and fixing bugs related to branch and ref updates.
git-for-windowswindows2-x
git-for-windows/git
Aug 2010 - Jul 2011
A fork of Git containing Windows-specific patches.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:39 commits in 11 months
Contributions summary:Sverre's contributions primarily focus on the `transport-helper` component within the Git for Windows fork. They introduced and refined functionality by adding trailing arguments and checking the helper status after import/export operations. Additionally, the user addressed issues related to the correct update of references during `fast-export` runs, impacting basec remote helpers. These changes suggest a focus on improving transport mechanisms and related testing.
version-controlwindowsgit-hookslibgit2patches
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