Jonas Franz is a Senior Developer based in Darmstadt, Germany with 11 years of professional experience and a background in computer science from Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences. He blends hands-on backend engineering—evidenced by notable contributions to the popular open-source Gitea project, including issue/notification improvements and FIDO U2F integration—with mobile and cross-platform development work using Flutter. As founder of Jonas Franz Software and a senior hire across several German tech firms, he balances entrepreneurship with delivering production-grade features and security-focused fixes. Jonas frequently moves between lead and individual-contributor roles, showing an ability to both design systems and implement pragmatic optimizations. His profile suggests a developer comfortable with code-level vulnerability fixes and authentication integrations, not just feature work.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science Informatik, Bachelor of Science Informatik at Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences
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Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:55 commits, 116 PRs, 50 pushes in 2 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Jonas primarily contributed to the back-end functionalities of the Gitea project, focusing on enhancements to the issue tracking and notification systems. They implemented features such as adding attachments, handling comment replies, and integrating FIDO U2F authentication. Furthermore, they worked on optimizing existing code, including time tracking features and addressing potential vulnerabilities. Their work often involved modifications to the models, routers, and API endpoints within the repository.
Contributions:2 PRs, 349 pushes, 100 branches in 3 years
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