Christian Eland
São Paulo, Brazil
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Top SchoolChristian Eland is a senior software engineer and pragmatic technical leader with 16+ years of experience designing secure, scalable systems across healthtech, e-commerce, and enterprise IAM. He combines deep Identity & Access Management expertise—helping Gluu scale identity for millions and contributing to open-source oxAuth—with hands-on engineering discipline that produced a year with zero support tickets on a critical IAM product. Equally comfortable architecting HIPAA-compliant healthcare platforms (98% test coverage, clean architecture) and building high-throughput e-commerce operations, he blends security, compliance, and operational excellence. Christian also brings entrepreneurial instincts from founding Super Gadgets and a music label, which inform his product-minded approach to engineering and growth. Based in São Paulo, he mentors teams, drives technical strategy, and delivers production-ready systems that reduce operational friction while meeting strict regulatory requirements.
6 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Social Sciences, Social Sciences at Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São PauloSystems Analysis and Software Development Bachelor Information Technology, Systems Analysis and Software Development Bachelor Information Technology at Anhanguera Educacional
English, German, Spanish
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Github Skills (31)
visual-studio-code10
conventional-commits10
authorizations10
python10
sendmail10
send-email10
authentication10
user-authentication10
smtp10
smtps10
mailsender10
e-mail10
smtpd10
authorization10
emailjs10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
GluuFederation/oxAuth
Apr 2020 - May 2021
OAuth 2.0 server and client; OpenID Connect Provider (OP) & UMA Authorization Server (AS)
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 review, 57 commits, 15 PRs in 1 year
Contributions summary:Christian primarily contributed to the implementation of a "forgot password" feature within the `oxauth` project, focusing on server-side logic. Their work involved creating a Python script that integrates with the Gluu authentication service to send password reset tokens via email. The user addressed issues related to SMTP configuration, user email validation, and token handling. This demonstrates a focus on back-end development, particularly related to user authentication and authorization flows.
openid-clientopenid-connect-clientsso-loginumaoauth2
commitizen-tools/commitizen
Oct 2020 - Oct 2020
Create committing rules for projects :rocket: auto bump versions :arrow_up: and auto changelog generation :open_file_folder:
Role in this project:Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:1 review, 6 commits, 1 PR in 1 day
Contributions summary:Christian primarily contributed to bug fixes and refactoring within the `commitizen-tools/commitizen` repository, focusing on the `bump` and `init` commands. They addressed issues related to version bumping and configuration initialization, including fixing a git fatal error. Additionally, the user improved code quality by addressing type errors and fixing formatting inconsistencies within the project.
changelogbumpversionpythonsemvercommitizen
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