Till Schneidereit
Advisory Committee Representative
Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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Top SchoolTill Schneidereit is a seasoned software engineer and open-source leader with 18 years of experience, currently serving on the W3C Advisory Committee and as a TSC Director and co-founder of the Bytecode Alliance. He combines deep expertise in WebAssembly, WASI, Wasmtime, Cranelift, and Rust with hands-on DevOps and build automation work—having built cross-platform CI/CD pipelines and Windows installers for the flagship Wasmtime runtime. His background spans browser engine and web standards work (Servo, Streams spec, WebAssemblyStudio), reflecting a rare mix of low-level runtime, tooling, and front-end experience. Till has led engineering teams at Mozilla, Fastly, Fermyon, and Akamai, guiding both research-driven projects and production-grade delivery. Notably, he influences standards and ecosystem direction through roles in Ecma TC39 and the Bytecode Alliance while still contributing practical infrastructure improvements. Based in Heidelberg, he brings a pragmatic blend of systems-level craftsmanship and community governance to ambitious web-platform initiatives.
18 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
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build-time10
webbrowser10
javascript10
windows-installer10
testing10
rendering10
css10
typescript10
buildx10
ui-design10
webengine10
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cicd10
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Programming languages (22)
Github contributions (5)
bytecodealliance/wasmtime
May 2019 - Aug 2021
A lightweight WebAssembly runtime that is fast, secure, and standards-compliant
Role in this project:
DevOps & Automation Engineer
DevOps & Automation EngineerContributions:112 releases, 33 reviews, 30 commits in 2 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Till primarily focused on infrastructure and build automation tasks within the Wasmtime project. They established CI/CD pipelines using Azure Pipelines, enabling automated builds, testing, and releases for multiple platforms. Furthermore, the user contributed to the creation of a Windows installer, demonstrating expertise in packaging and deployment processes. Their work also involved updating build configurations and dependencies, highlighting a focus on build systems and cross-platform support.
securejitcraneliftrustruntime
wasdk/WebAssemblyStudio
Feb 2018 - Oct 2018
Learn, Teach, Work and Play in the WebAssembly Studio
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:43 commits, 41 PRs, 25 pushes in 8 months
Contributions summary:Till primarily focused on enhancing the user interface and functionality of the WebAssembly Studio. They refactored the codebase to utilize async/await and externalize template content. Furthermore, the user implemented features to support template files with external content, including modifications to build processes and project loading mechanisms. They also worked on integrating and improving Arc website templates and the associated build and preview processes.
teachwasmwebassemblyemscripten
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