Florian Beetz
Senior Software Engineer at Scalable Capital
Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolFlorian Beetz is a Senior Software Engineer based in Nuremberg with 11 years of professional experience building full-stack Java systems and resilient backend services. Currently at Scalable Capital, he progressed from software engineer to senior engineer, bringing pragmatic product-focused engineering to fintech. His open-source contributions to the widely used JabRef project show attention to frontend UX bugs and Java compatibility issues, reflecting both UI sensitivity and legacy-JVM modernization skills. He combines academic rigor from a Master’s in International Software Systems Science with hands-on roles across startups, research, and enterprise banking—giving him a balanced view of performance, maintainability, and user needs. A less obvious strength is his history as a teaching assistant, which informs clear communication and mentoring within engineering teams.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Exchange Semester, Exchange Semester at Nanzan UniversityMaster of Science - MS International Software Systems Science, Master of Science - MS International Software Systems Science at Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg
German, English, Japanese
Github Skills (8)
javas10
debug10
javafx10
front-end-development10
java10
ref9
bibtex9
latex8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
JabRef/jabref
Mar 2018 - Feb 2019
Graphical Java application for managing BibTeX and BibLaTeX (.bib) databases
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:31 commits, 10 PRs, 10 pushes in 10 months
Contributions summary:Florian contributed to the JabRef project by fixing bugs related to the graphical user interface (GUI), specifically addressing issues with entry preview preferences and the URL column. Their work involved modifying Java code, indicating a focus on frontend development. Additionally, the user addressed compatibility issues with Java 9 by removing dependencies and attempting to make the application runnable with the newer Java version, suggesting backend involvement.
reference-manageracademic-publicationsjavafxlatexjavafx-desktop-apps
florian-beetz/jabref
Mar 2018 - Oct 2018
Graphical Java application for managing BibTeX and BibLaTeX (.bib) databases
Contributions:23 pushes, 14 branches, 3 comments in 7 months
java-applicationcommonsjsinteropbibswing
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