Florian Sloot
Software Engineer at Mill
Berlin, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolFlorian Sloot is a Berlin-based software engineer with 13 years of experience building cloud-native web systems, distributed services, and mobile clients. He has operated at scale at AWS—working on S3 Intelligent Tiering and ML-backed storage placement—and consults on engineering organization, observability and future-proof authorization for enterprise platforms. Equally comfortable in backend, frontend and Android code, he contributes to well-known open-source projects like MediaWiki and openHAB, improving compatibility, security and UX. Florian blends hands-on implementation with pragmatic architectural guidance, and his motto—“fix it because you might be the only one who can”—reflects a bias for ownership and long-lived, maintainable solutions.
13 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Liceu Albert EinsteinAbitur, Abitur at E.M.A. Gymnasium Bergen auf Rügen
German, English, Portuguese, Spanish, French
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (39)
kotlin10
debug10
mediawiki10
javascript10
mobile-development10
testing10
android-sdk10
ui-design10
app-dev10
java10
javas10
uid10
google-cloud-messaging10
php10
front-end-development10
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
openhab/openhab-cloud
Jan 2017 - Mar 2019
Cloud companion for openHAB instances
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:34 commits, 32 PRs, 101 comments in 2 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Florian primarily focused on improving the cloud companion for openHAB instances. Their contributions include fixing configuration issues for MongoDB, enhancing the user interface by handling various openHAB connection states, and securing the application by addressing password complexity and preventing the exposure of account existence during password resets. The user also made code-cleanup changes. Furthermore, the user was involved in refactoring and improving the codebase, including the introduction of a new system module.
instancesopenhabcloudkubernetescompanion
openhab/openhab-android
May 2017 - Feb 2018
openHAB client for Android
Role in this project:Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:37 commits, 45 PRs, 409 comments in 9 months
Contributions summary:Florian primarily focused on developing the Android client for the openHAB project. They implemented dynamic configuration for the Google Cloud Messaging (GCM) sender ID, enabling the app to retrieve this ID from the openHAB cloud instance. Furthermore, they addressed several UI-related issues, including a redesign of the NFC write tag activity and the implementation of radio buttons for selection widgets, streamlining the user experience. The user also addressed various bug fixes, such as resolving a crash related to network connectivity and improving the handling of SVG images within the app.
openhabopenhab-clientandroidsmarthomekotlin
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