Summary
Kay Vogelgesang is a Senior System Developer based in Berlin with over 13 years of experience building and operating web and system software, particularly in Java and Python. He co-led development of the XAMPP open-source project and co-authored two technical books, reflecting a long-standing commitment to practical tooling and documentation. His background spans freelance Unix system administration, large-scale web operations at ImmobilienScout24, and current work at Zertificon focusing on system- and web-based configuration tools. He has hands-on expertise in CI/CD ecosystems (Maven, Nexus, TeamCity, YADT), PL/SQL and PostgreSQL, and NoSQL databases like MongoDB. Known for bridging operational reliability and developer productivity, he still codes core tooling for system configuration rather than only managing teams.
13 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Diplom, Diplom at Freie Universität Berlin
German, English