Fabian Hueske
Staff Software Developer II at The Apache Software Foundation
Berlin, Germany
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Top SchoolFabian Hueske is a Staff Software Developer II based in Berlin with 15 years of experience building and optimizing distributed stream and batch processing systems. A co-founder of data Artisans and a long-time committer and PMC member for Apache Flink, he combines deep research roots (PhD in Data Management) with product-grade engineering at companies like Ververica, Snowflake and now Confluent. He authors and maintains documentation and examples, and contributed both bug fixes and pedagogical exercises across Flink’s Java and Scala ecosystems—helping users understand operator state, timers, and TF-IDF-style analytics. Notably, Fabian bridges academia and industry: he moved Flink from a research project into a production-grade open source platform and co-authored an O’Reilly book on stream processing. His work emphasizes reliable state handling and practical, example-driven learning for developer communities.
15 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Master Computer Science, Master Computer Science at Ulm UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Science - Data Management, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Science - Data Management at Technische Universität BerlinDiploma Computer Science, Diploma Computer Science at University of cooperative education Stuttgart
German, English
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Github Skills (32)
apache-flink10
data-engineering10
java10
scala10
javas10
manage10
data-processing10
stream-processing10
documentation10
website-admin10
hadoop9
data-analytics9
apache-spark9
apache-kafka9
data-serialization8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
streaming-with-flink/examples-scala
Nov 2016 - Jul 2019
Stream Processing with Apache Flink - Scala Examples
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:29 commits, 25 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Fabian primarily contributed to examples related to stream processing with Apache Flink using Scala. They implemented several examples including computing average sensor readings, adding keyed state, and incorporating broadcast state to handle threshold updates. Furthermore, the user worked on examples for operator state and explored side output and timer functionalities to manage late data.
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apache/flink-web
May 2015 - Jun 2020
Apache Flink Website
Role in this project:Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:2 reviews, 108 commits, 33 PRs in 5 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Fabian's contributions primarily involve the addition and modification of documentation. This includes a blog post about how Flink operates on binary data, documentation on contributing code and how to contribute, and general website rebuilds for various blog posts and releases. The user also addressed a broken link, fixed typos, and updated the documentation links, showing a focus on maintaining up-to-date and accessible information.
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