Alexandros Ballas is a Development Manager in DevOps with 11 years of hands-on experience building and operating resilient software platforms at OpenBet. Trained as a Mechanical & Aeronautical Engineer from the University of Patras, he pivoted into software, combining strong systems thinking with practical expertise in Linux, CI/CD and full-stack development. He progressed through roles from support and system administration to senior engineer, lead and now manager, consistently focusing on delivery, reliability and team enablement. An active contributor to the Go-based Fyne GUI toolkit, he has shipped UI improvements and bug fixes that show attention to user-facing details as well as core functionality. Based in Greece, he blends academic rigor with pragmatic engineering, often surfacing subtle UX and sizing issues that improve product polish.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Engineering (MEng), Mechanical & Aeronautical Engineer, Master of Engineering (MEng), Mechanical & Aeronautical Engineer at University of Patras
Cross platform GUI toolkit in Go inspired by Material Design
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Contributions:6 reviews, 9 commits, 4 PRs in 1 year 4 months
Contributions summary:Alexandros primarily contributed to the `widget/richtext.go` file, addressing formatting issues, and implementing new features, including extending base widgets and handling text wrapping. They also fixed a window sizing issue and added tappable functionality to a slider widget. The commits demonstrate a focus on UI element improvements and bug fixes within the Fyne GUI toolkit.
Cross platform GUI in Go inspired by Material Design
Contributions:29 pushes, 5 branches, 6 tags in 1 year 6 months
golanglinuxguigofyne
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Alexandros Ballas - Development Manager In DevOps L5 at OpenBet