Artem Khromov
Lead Software Engineer at CHECK24 Vergleichsportal GmbH
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
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Top SchoolArtem Khromov is a Lead Software Engineer based in Munich with 14 years of experience building and hardening backend systems, focusing on clean code and robust architecture. He has progressed through senior engineering roles at CHECK24, Deutsche Telekom IT Solutions, and Quantori, bringing production-grade Java and backend expertise to complex enterprise environments. Artem contributes to open-source security and testing projects—working on notable repos like dev-sec/chef-os-hardening and inspec/inspec—where he improved build infrastructure, test automation, and Linux hardening configurations. His hands-on background spans backend feature work (ownCloud apps) to DevOps and security tuning, reflecting a pragmatic blend of development and operational security. Trained in human-computer systems design at ITMO, he pairs user-centered thinking with low-level system hardening to deliver auditable, resilient services. Colleagues rely on him for thoughtful architecture decisions that balance maintainability, security, and testability.
14 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s degree, Human-computer systems design, Master’s degree, Human-computer systems design at Университет ИТМО
Русский, Английский, German
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Github Skills (27)
sysctl10
inspec10
tsql10
testing10
databases10
audit10
linux10
test-framework10
ruby10
security10
chef-client10
automation10
php10
sql10
chef-solo10
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
dev-sec/chef-os-hardening
Oct 2016 - Oct 2019
This chef cookbook provides numerous security-related configurations, providing all-round base protection.
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:9 releases, 2 reviews, 140 commits in 3 years
Contributions summary:Artem primarily focused on maintaining and improving the repository's infrastructure and build processes. Their contributions involved removing and adding dependencies, fixing build issues, and ensuring compatibility with different Chef versions. They also addressed deprecation warnings and updated the codebase to align with best practices, including adjusting security settings. Furthermore, the user addressed automated tests by skipping problematic tests and defining the right platform versions.
cookbookdevopssecuritylinuxprotection
dev-sec/linux-baseline
Mar 2017 - Jul 2019
DevSec Linux Baseline - InSpec Profile
Role in this project:Security Engineer
Security EngineerContributions:24 commits, 22 PRs, 15 pushes in 2 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Artem primarily focused on hardening the Linux baseline by modifying system configurations. They addressed core dump security vulnerabilities by ensuring proper kernel dump settings and dump paths. Additionally, the user adjusted auditd settings for better alignment with common distributions and disabled tests for container environments. They also modified sysctl configurations to disable features that are not needed such as forwarding, redirects and ICMP related features to strengthen the system's security posture.
security-toolsdevsecauditinspecsecurity
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