Markus Kitsinger
Build Engineer at Renaissance Computing Institute
Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area United States
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Top SchoolMarkus Kitsinger is a build engineer with 12 years of hands-on experience building and automating reliable software delivery pipelines and backend test suites. He currently helps run builds and CI at the Renaissance Computing Institute while also developing cross-platform applications and libraries (C++, .NET, Java) at NuSpatial, blending systems engineering with application work. A pragmatic tinkerer who admits to liking systemd, Markus contributes to notable open-source projects like iRODS, where he expanded test coverage and interactive command testing to harden a widely used data management platform. He brings a practical mix of continuous delivery, Debian package maintenance, server administration, and UI/desktop integration experience, plus a background in Revit add-ins and computer vision. Known for turning brittle workflows into reproducible pipelines, he combines deep technical curiosity with steady operational discipline.
12 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science at Mississippi State University
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Github Skills (15)
automated-tests10
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
python10
data-management10
test-automation10
rule-engine8
debian-jessie6
nuget6
linux6
asp-net-core6
lintian6
tfs6
discord-net6
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Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
irods/irods
Oct 2020 - Oct 2022
Open Source Data Management Software
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Test Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & Test Automation EngineerContributions:297 reviews, 245 commits, 169 PRs in 2 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Markus's primary contributions involved adding and modifying test suites to verify the functionality of the iRODS data management software. Their work included creating new test cases for features like metadata error handling, the accuracy of resource IDs, and the behavior of the `imeta` command. They also introduced new check types to command output verification. Furthermore, the user implemented a test suite for interactive `imeta` commands and addressed a lengthy path issue.
policydata-sourcedata-managementradc-plus-plus
SwooshyCueb/irods_rule_engine_plugin_python
Nov 2020 - Apr 2025
Contributions:118 pushes, 43 branches in 4 years 5 months
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