Calvin Alkan
Founder at Snicco
Spain
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Top SchoolCalvin Alkan is a founder and software engineer based in Spain with five years of experience building security-focused web tools, currently leading Snicco to deliver server-integrated application security for WordPress. He combines hands-on backend development and test automation expertise—demonstrated by meaningful contributions to the widely used Codeception PHP testing framework—so he understands both product engineering and robust test architectures. Trained originally in mechanical engineering at Ruhr-Universität Bochum, he brings a practical, systems-minded approach to software design and reliability. Calvin’s background in low-level testing and startup productization gives him a rare blend of engineering rigor and entrepreneurial drive.
5 years of coding experience
Ausbildung, Mechanical engineering, Ausbildung, Mechanical engineering at Ruhr-Universität Bochum
German, Spanish, English, Turkish
Github Skills (11)
unit-testing10
codeception10
php10
unit-test10
test-automation10
testing10
symfony9
symfony-ux9
command-line-interface8
acceptance-testing7
phpunit6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
Codeception/Codeception
Apr 2022 - Aug 2022
Full-stack testing PHP framework
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Test Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & Test Automation EngineerContributions:5 reviews, 8 commits, 6 PRs in 3 months
Contributions summary:Calvin primarily focused on improving the Codeception framework's core functionality, specifically in the area of running tests with multiple applications and runtime configurations. They addressed issues related to running suites individually and by wildcards in multi-application setups, which improved flexibility. Furthermore, they updated the code to propagate parameters to included test suites. These modifications indicate a deep understanding of the framework's internal testing architecture.
acceptance-testingend-to-endtestingphpbdd
snicco/snicco
Apr 2021 - Dec 2022
Taking the pain out of enterprise WordPress development
Contributions:1 release, 16 reviews, 1736 commits in 1 year 7 months
wordpresswordpress-developmententerprise
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