Alex Ott
Principal Specialist Solutions Architect at The Apache Software Foundation
Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolAlex Ott is a Principal Specialist Solutions Architect at Databricks with deep, hands-on expertise spanning big data and analytics, data leak prevention and content filtering, network security, and software architecture. Programming since 1991, he brings rare multi-decade experience across C/C++, Scheme/Lisp/Clojure, Java and systems-level work, and has led development teams and architecture initiatives from startups to enterprise security vendors. He is an active open-source committer (Apache) and contributes backend integrations to notable projects like LAION-AI’s Open-Assistant, where he implemented Discord bot orchestration and database integration. Alex pairs practical engineering with academic rigor—holding engineering training in nuclear physics and pursuing graduate studies—while also completing an MBA that informs his product and customer-facing work. Based in Paderborn, Germany, he combines security-first thinking with scalable data platform design and a demonstrated ability to translate research-grade ideas into production systems. He prefers direct email contact (listed on his site) over LinkedIn connections, reflecting a pragmatic, privacy-conscious approach.
5 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
MBA Economics Marketing Management, MBA Economics Marketing Management at Otto-von-Guericke University MagdeburgPh.D (not finished) Nuclear Physics Plasma Physics Chemistry Mathematics Computing, Ph.D (not finished) Nuclear Physics Plasma Physics Chemistry Mathematics Computing at Tomsk Polytechnic University
English, Russian, German
Github Skills (7)
apim10
api10
python10
discord10
database-design9
machine-learning5
nextjs3
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
LAION-AI/Open-Assistant
Dec 2022 - Feb 2023
OpenAssistant is a chat-based assistant that understands tasks, can interact with third-party systems, and retrieve information dynamically to do so.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:8 reviews, 51 commits, 14 PRs in 1 month
Contributions summary:Alex's commits primarily involve the implementation and refinement of the Open-Assistant Discord bot's core functionalities. They focused on setting up the bot's structure and adding features like hot-reloading plugins, task management using threads and DMs, and message labeling. The user also made significant changes to the bot's configuration and API interaction, suggesting a focus on backend logic and API integration. Furthermore, they integrated the bot with the database.
language-modelpythonpartyassistantchat
AlexanderHott/idle-cat-cafe
Dec 2023 - Dec 2024
The best cat game ever
Contributions:1 release, 2 reviews, 17 PRs in 1 year
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