Jakub Zakrzewski
Software Engineer at Scheer PAS (Scheer PAS Schweiz AG)
Basel, Basel-City, Switzerland
Summary
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RockstarJakub Zakrzewski is a C++ software engineer with 12 years of professional experience, based in Basel, Switzerland, who builds executable UML runtimes and enterprise modules while comfortably working across GNU/Linux environments. He brings practical full-stack skills—C++, Node.js, Java, JavaScript, and occasional Python—plus relational database design and SQL experience. Jakub contributes to high-profile open-source projects like curl, improving CMake builds, cross-platform compatibility and test suites, which reflects strong cross-platform build and DevOps know-how. Outside work he experiments with electronics (Arduino), hinting at hardware-adjacent prototyping skills that complement his systems-level mindset.
12 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (16)
c1710
webclient10
build-system10
cross-platform10
cmake10
c1110
curl10
multiplatform10
clientside10
transfer9
gssapi9
data-transfer9
file-transfer9
openssl8
testing7
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
curl/curl
Jul 2014 - Dec 2022
A command line tool and library for transferring data with URL syntax, supporting DICT, FILE, FTP, FTPS, GOPHER, GOPHERS, HTTP, HTTPS, IMAP, IMAPS, LDAP, LDAPS, MQTT, POP3, POP3S, RTMP, RTMPS, RTSP, SCP, SFTP, SMB, SMBS, SMTP, SMTPS, TELNET, TFTP, WS and WSS. libcurl offers a myriad of powerful features
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & DevOps Engineer
Back-end Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:37 reviews, 34 commits, 14 PRs in 8 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Jakub primarily contributed to the build and configuration of the curl library, with a focus on improving the CMake build system. They addressed issues related to symbol visibility, header inclusion order, and dependency management, and also introduced features like GSSAPI integration. Their contributions also expanded Windows compatibility, including OpenLDAP, OpenSSL, and LibSSH2 support, indicating a strong understanding of cross-platform build processes. Additionally, the user worked on the test suite to make sure correct URL encoding.
rtmppop3dictscptelnet
e2ebridge/node-sapnwrfc
Mar 2016 - Sep 2019
Contributions:52 commits, 20 pushes, 6 branches in 3 years 6 months
node-jsjavascriptsdkrfcsap
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