Alexander Kiel
Senior Software Engineer at University of Leipzig
Leipzig, Saxony, Germany
Summary
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SeniorAlexander Kiel is a senior software engineer based in Leipzig with 14+ years of experience specializing in medical informatics and academic medical IT. He designs and implements biobank LIMS and large research databases, pairing practical system-building with in-house architecture consulting at the University of Leipzig. His work spans nationwide and European cancer and biobank projects, including contributions to the open-source FHIR server Blaze, reflecting deep expertise in FHIR and healthcare data exchange. Alexander favors database technology and functional programming, bringing a pragmatic, research-aware approach to interoperable healthcare systems. Colleagues rely on him to turn complex clinical study requirements into auditable, production-ready software that supports long-term research infrastructure.
14 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
German, English
Github Skills (200)
human-computer-interaction10
datomic10
form-validation10
dockerfile10
hl710
storage-engine10
health-informatics10
ring10
cql10
hl7-fhir10
database10
cli10
key-value-store10
java10
go10
Programming languages (25)
Github contributions (5)
alexanderkiel/async-error
Jul 2015 - Jul 2018
A Clojure(Script) library which provides core.async error handling utilities.
Contributions:22 commits, 3 PRs, 16 pushes in 3 years
error-handling
alexanderkiel/spec-coerce
Jun 2018 - Oct 2019
Coercion for Clojure Spec
Contributions:1 release, 27 commits, 3 PRs in 1 year 3 months
clojure-spec
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