Josef Sauter
Founder Business Technology Consultant & Engineering Lead at B-Sides
Costa Rica
Summary
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Top SchoolJosef Sauter is a founder and engineering leader with 15 years of experience designing and delivering custom software that drives digital transformation across logistics, commerce, agriculture, healthcare, accounting, and finance. As CTO and Co‑Founder of B‑Sides, he leads product and engineering for a modular SaaS platform that automates accounting for SMBs while ensuring scalable, secure architectures and DevOps practices. He combines hands‑on architecture and full‑stack development with a consultative approach that uncovers operational inefficiencies and translates them into measurable business impact. Josef also maintains open‑source contributions in the Ruby ecosystem, improving SAML authentication robustness in widely used libraries. His MBA from INCAE complements his technical background, letting him align product strategy, market positioning, and customer success. Outside tech, he serves on the board of a Costa Rican non‑profit where he helped modernize and digitize operations to increase mission effectiveness.
13 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science at Hochschule Karlsruhe - Technik und WirtschaftMaster of Business Administration (M.B.A.), 3.84, Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), 3.84 at INCAE Business School
Spanish, German, English
Github Skills (5)
devise10
user-authentication10
authentication10
saml10
ruby10
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
apokalipto/devise_saml_authenticatable
Apr 2013 - Feb 2019
Devise SAML 2.0 authentication strategy
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:11 releases, 23 commits, 1 PR in 5 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Josef primarily contributed to the core functionality of the Devise SAML authenticatable gem. They implemented case-insensitive authentication key support, updated the ruby-saml dependency, and released multiple version updates and bug fixes, indicating ongoing maintenance. Additionally, they touched on strategy related files. Their work centers around improving the library's robustness and maintaining its compatibility.
idpauthenticationsaml2strategyidentity-provider
apokalipto/facturacr
Apr 2018 - Jun 2022
Procesos de facturación electrónica de Costa Rica
Contributions:9 releases, 103 commits, 3 PRs in 4 years 3 months
costa-ricapython
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