Frank Meyer
Software Engineer at ZALORA Group
Singapore
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Top SchoolFrank Meyer is a software engineer based in Singapore with 10 years’ experience building backend systems and modernizing legacy applications, primarily using Java, Go, and relational databases. He currently develops production services at ZALORA and has a track record of delivering high-quality, testable code across e-commerce, legal, research, and fintech domains. Frank contributes to open-source Go tooling—improving the popular gorequest HTTP client by expanding data type support and hardening form and URL handling—showing practical attention to interoperability and CI reliability. His background includes full-stack and systems integration work, data modeling with PL/SQL, and domain-driven solutions such as a bitemporal taxonomy manager for scientific research. Known for clean architecture and pragmatic modernization, he blends hands-on implementation with long-term maintainability. He holds an M.Sc. in Computer Science from Universität Rostock.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.Sc.), Informatik, Master of Science (M.Sc.), Informatik at Universität Rostock
German, English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (14)
golang10
json10
http-client10
go10
testing9
html6
twitter6
php6
javascript6
file-upload6
jquery6
parsing6
fileio6
converter6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
parnurzeal/gorequest
Jul 2016 - Aug 2016
GoRequest -- Simplified HTTP client ( inspired by nodejs SuperAgent )
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:23 commits, 6 PRs, 16 comments in 1 month
Contributions summary:Frank primarily contributed to the `gorequest` library by addressing bugs and implementing new features. They focused on expanding the functionality of the HTTP client, particularly around handling different data types in the `Send` method. This included supporting pointer types, adding support for more data types, and fixing issues related to form data handling and URL parameter parsing, making the library more robust and versatile. The user also updated tests to ensure compatibility with continuous integration environments.
golanghelperhttp-clientsimplifiedgo
zalora/beego
Jun 2020 - Jul 2023
beego is an open-source, high-performance web framework for the Go programming language.
Contributions:12 PRs, 6 pushes, 15 branches in 3 years 1 month
golangframeworkwebframeworkperformancebeego
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