Csaba Mate
Senior Software Engineering at GÉANT through NIIFI
Budapest, Hungary
Summary
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Top SchoolCsaba Mate is a Senior Software Engineer and seasoned network architect based in Budapest with over 8 years in software-focused roles and a long career in networking dating back to 2005. Currently at GÉANT via NIIFI, he blends deep network engineering expertise with software development—evident from longstanding projects and public resources he maintains (freertr, rare.freertr). His background includes senior network engineering and architecture roles at NIIF, KFKI and T-Systems, and he also taught programming at the University of Szeged, reflecting strong technical mentoring skills. Trained in computer programming at Eötvös Loránd University and University of Szeged, he is particularly experienced in building robust routing and network automation tools that bridge research and production use. Less obvious: he actively curates technical documentation and community resources that support research networking and open routing platforms, underscoring a commitment to open-source infrastructure.
8 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Programming, Computer Programming at University of SzegedComputer Programming, Computer Programming at Eötvös Loránd University
Github Skills (92)
harbor10
polka10
bgp10
polyglot10
mpls10
java10
knife10
aot10
gns310
networking10
pim10
ospf10
javascript9
pbr9
cli9
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
mc36/freeRtr
Nov 2017 - Jan 2023
freeRouter - networking swiss army knife
Contributions:3153 commits, 11 PRs, 20584 pushes in 5 years 3 months
mplsbierevpnpimswiss
rare-freertr/freeRtr
May 2024 - Feb 2025
freeRouter - networking swiss army knife
Contributions:17 pushes in 8 months
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