Benjamin Asbach
Remote Java Expert at Freelance
Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany
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Top SchoolBenjamin Asbach is a Remote Java Expert with 12 years of experience delivering robust back-end systems, DevOps solutions, and security-focused test automation. Based in Frankfurt, he has a strong consulting and freelance background, including leadership and management roles at EXXETA AG and hands-on engagements since 2016 with impl.it and ongoing freelance work. He contributed to the well-known Apache NetBeans project, improving secure URL retrieval and SSL/TLS handling with integration tests and refactors—an indicator of his attention to secure, production-grade code. Benjamin blends Java/Java EE expertise with practical DevOps and bug-hunting skills, often tackling tricky certificate and connection scenarios that many engineers avoid. Colleagues value him for shipping reliable, well-tested changes and for making legacy codebases more maintainable through thoughtful refactoring. Trained in Informatics at Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen, he pairs formal education with a pragmatic, security-minded engineering approach.
12 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Informatics, Bachelor of Science - BS, Informatics at Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen
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Github Skills (19)
ssl10
tls1210
testing10
tls1310
java10
javas10
junit10
netbeans9
xml9
code-editor8
ide8
netbeans-platform7
javaee7
maven6
okhttp6
Programming languages (24)
Github contributions (5)
apache/netbeans
Oct 2018 - Oct 2021
Apache NetBeans
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Test Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & Test Automation EngineerContributions:64 reviews, 7 commits, 20 PRs in 3 years
Contributions summary:Benjamin primarily focused on enhancing the security and robustness of the NetBeans IDE's XML retriever module. This involved implementing and testing secure URL retrieval functionalities, specifically addressing scenarios with various certificate types (valid, wildcard, expired, self-signed) and client certificates. The user added integration tests to validate the expected behaviors, ensuring the correct handling of SSL/TLS connections. They also refactored the code, incorporating interfaces and the addition of system certificates, and refactored code by removing unused imports.
netbeansnetbeans-platformidecode-editorjava
asbachb/netbeans
Oct 2018 - Aug 2025
Apache Netbeans (Incubating)
Contributions:86 pushes, 23 branches in 6 years 11 months
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