Johannes Schmidt
Staff Software Developer at Benevity
Langford, British Columbia, Canada
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Top SchoolJohannes Schmidt is a Staff Software Developer with 13 years of experience building and leading web and backend engineering efforts, currently driving architecture and code-quality initiatives at Benevity. He combines deep PHP and Drupal/Laravel expertise from years running his own agency and contracting with a track record of owning end-to-end projects, migrations, and third-party integrations. Johannes brings systems-level thinking from earlier work in instrument control and C++ at the Max Planck Institute, which informs his pragmatic design choices and attention to reliable architecture. He has progressed from solo implementer to team lead and staff engineer, mentoring teams while maintaining a hands-on approach to implementation. Based in Langford, BC, he balances legacy platform modernization with thoughtful framework selection to deliver maintainable, testable systems. A physicist by training, he often applies scientific rigor to debugging and performance problems, turning complex requirements into clear, auditable solutions.
13 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Physics & Computer Science, Physics & Computer Science at University of VictoriaMaster of Science (M.Sc.) (German Diplom), Physics, Master of Science (M.Sc.) (German Diplom), Physics at Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg / University of HeidelbergPhysics, Physical Education, Philosophy, Physics, Physical Education, Philosophy at Universität zu Köln / University of Cologne
English, German
Github Skills (17)
php-library6
bootstrap-css5
api5
drupal-theme4
compass4
harvest4
php4
drupal3
bootstrap3
parrot3
css3
omega2
laravel2
sass2
laravel-framework1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
johannez/chargify
Sep 2013 - Nov 2017
Contributions:24 commits, 3 PRs, 5 pushes in 4 years 2 months
php-libraryapiphpinteract
johannez/tendril
Sep 2019 - Oct 2020
Wordpress library and theme based on Timber
Contributions:5 releases, 46 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 1 month
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