Jannik Volkland
IT-Student at sipgate
Hamburg, Germany
Summary
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RockstarJannik Volkland is an IT student and pragmatic software engineer with 11 years of hands-on experience focused on web front-end and cellular network tooling. Based in Kempen, Germany, he transitioned from broadcast engineering to becoming a “web and cell network plumber,” blending media streaming knowledge with user-facing web development. At sipgate he applies practical engineering to real products while contributing to notable open-source projects like Owncast, where he improved UI, social integrations and chat features for self-hosted live streaming. He excels at refactoring legacy components, resolving merge conflicts, and polishing UX details—skills that help move prototypes into reliable production features. Curious and system-minded, he brings a rare combination of broadcast systems insight and front-end craftsmanship to connectivity and streaming challenges.
11 years of coding experience
Github Skills (7)
preact10
javascript10
react10
html9
chat9
css8
streaming-video6
Programming languages (27)
Github contributions (5)
owncast/owncast
Jul 2020 - Feb 2022
Take control over your live stream video by running it yourself. Streaming + chat out of the box.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:14 reviews, 27 commits, 17 PRs in 1 year 7 months
Contributions summary:Jannik primarily contributed to the front-end of the project, enhancing the user interface and user experience. Their work involved modifying existing components and creating new ones, focusing on features related to social media integration and chat functionality. Key changes included refactoring components, adding a Steam social handle, and fixing thumbnail and label display issues. They also made general code improvements and addressed merge conflicts.
rtmplive-video-streamwebrtcstreamvideo
jeyemwey/train-ics-converter
Nov 2021 - Aug 2023
Create calendar events from train schedules. Each leg is its own ical event!
Contributions:27 PRs, 32 pushes, 11 branches in 1 year 9 months
eventscalendarschedulescalendar-eventsleg
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