Christian Adell
Staff Network Developer at CoreWeave
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Summary
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Top SchoolChristian Adell is a Staff Network Developer and principal engineer with two decades of experience designing and automating large-scale networks and cloud systems from Barcelona. He blends deep protocol-level networking expertise (BGP, multicast, LLDP) with pragmatic cloud and Python-driven automation, having contributed notable fixes and features to open-source projects like NAPALM and Nautobot. Christian has led architecture and engineering teams at Network to Code and CoreWeave and taught network design and DevOps practices to university students and professionals, demonstrating a strong propensity for mentorship. His background includes broadcast-grade network design for high-throughput video workflows, reflecting an unusual combination of media systems and network reliability. He holds advanced degrees in telecommunications and a PhD focus in telematics engineering, pairing academic rigor with production-focused delivery. Outside of work he authors books and stays active in the community through open-source contributions that improve real-world network tooling.
10 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D. Telematics Engineering, Ph.D. Telematics Engineering at UPC - Universitat Politècnica de CatalunyaSMPTE OnlineMGTI. Master in Information Technology Management, MGTI. Master in Information Technology Management at La Salle BCNUOC (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya)
English, French, Spanish, Catalan
Github Skills (15)
network-automation10
api-rest10
rest-api10
python10
networking10
api-design10
restful-api10
django10
wpgraphql9
webhooks9
wordpress-graphql9
graphql9
ip6
dc6
git4
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
napalm-automation/napalm
Nov 2016 - Sep 2021
Network Automation and Programmability Abstraction Layer with Multivendor support
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:2 reviews, 11 commits, 5 PRs in 4 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Christian primarily contributed to enhancing the network automation library NAPALM. They added functionality to the `ping` function by incorporating a `source_interface` argument across various network operating system drivers, including JunOS, EOS, IOS, and NXOS. Additionally, the user refined the logic for retrieving LLDP neighbor data, ensuring the selection of the correct values and handling edge cases, enhancing the library's accuracy. Several commits also focused on code consistency by enforcing string coding for values and improving data handling within the JunOS driver.
netmikoprogrammabilitypythonnetwork-automationnetbox
nautobot/nautobot
May 2021 - Nov 2022
Network Source of Truth & Network Automation Platform
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:15 reviews, 9 commits, 11 PRs in 1 year 7 months
Contributions summary:Christian primarily contributed to the backend of the Nautobot platform, focusing on enhancements to existing features and fixing identified issues. Their work included adding webhooks to custom fields and integrating GraphQL features. They also addressed bug fixes related to object changes and made improvements to the codebase by extending `ObjectChange` attributes, including context detail and object representation. The user also worked on removing exceptions related to device information.
netmikopythonnetwork-automationtruthsot
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