Freiric Barral
Lead Software Engineer at Cerner Corporation
Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany
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Top SchoolFreiric Barral is a Lead Software Engineer based in Wiesbaden, Germany with 11 years of experience building Java/JEE systems, SAP NetWeaver integrations, and Hibernate-backed applications. At Cerner he leads development of critical healthcare software for coding workflows and patient administration, translating complex clinical requirements into reliable, auditable systems. His background spans web, embedded, Eclipse, and model-driven development from earlier roles and a research foundation in proof-assistant tooling. He contributes to open-source projects such as the Gitit wiki, where he implemented GitHub OAuth2 authentication and CSRF protections, reflecting a practical security mindset. Holding doctoral-level training in computer science from Toulouse and LMU, he combines rigorous academic insight with hands-on engineering leadership. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic architect who focuses on maintainability and secure integrations in regulated domains.
12 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Ludwig Maximilian University of MunichDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science at Université Paul Sabatier (Toulouse III)
French, German, English
Github Skills (7)
authentication10
user-authentication10
github-api10
oauth10
haskell10
configuration-management9
network-security8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
jgm/gitit
Jul 2014 - Mar 2020
A wiki using HAppS, pandoc, and git
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:17 commits, 3 PRs, 5 comments in 5 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Freiric primarily focused on implementing and enhancing GitHub authentication features for the Gitit wiki application. They added the ability to log in via GitHub, including the necessary OAuth2 configuration and callback handling. Their contributions involved modifying existing configuration files to support GitHub authentication parameters and setting up the associated server-side logic for user verification and session management. Additionally, the user implemented security enhancements, such as state validation to mitigate cross-site request forgery attacks.
pandoc
freiric/gitit-service
Jul 2019 - Dec 2024
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 6 months
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