Tobias Kahlert
Scala Developer at JetBrains
Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolTobias Kahlert is a Scala developer with 13 years of experience who specializes in language-aware tooling and compiler-level program analysis, currently contributing to the widely used Scala plugin for IntelliJ at JetBrains. He has practical experience across the stack—from building compilers and NLP pipelines that parse complex, conditional English commands for robots to automating dependency handling in popular open-source tools like VS Code's vsce. A former startup co-founder, Tobias blends product-facing responsibilities (user research, story mapping) with hands-on engineering for AI data pipelines and apps. His academic background in compiler construction and programming paradigms informs a pragmatic curiosity: he enjoys making programs surprise their creators by discovering non-obvious solutions. Based in Germany, he pairs research-grade rigor with a track record of shipping developer tools and extensions used by real communities.
13 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, 1.7, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, 1.7 at Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
English, German
Github Skills (9)
nodejs10
javascript10
npm10
vscode-extension10
testing9
automated-tests8
typescript4
typescripts4
typescript-types4
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/vscode-vsce
Dec 2015 - Feb 2016
VS Code Extension Manager
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Test Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & Test Automation EngineerContributions:11 commits, 5 PRs, 26 comments in 2 months
Contributions summary:Tobias primarily focused on enhancing the extension's dependency management system. They introduced a new function to determine dependencies using npm, replacing a previous implementation. Additionally, the user addressed issues related to devDependencies and updated corresponding tests to ensure the new dependency handling works correctly. The user also identified and addressed issues relating to specific npm versions.
vs-code-extensionvscodevscode-extensionvs-codetypescript
SrTobi/buildx
Nov 2014 - Feb 2017
Contributions:31 commits, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 3 months
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