Markus Schwed is a Co-Founder and software engineer with 15 years of experience building product-focused web applications and developer tools from Saarlouis, Germany. As co-founder of CompanyMood and organizer of RUGSaar, he blends hands-on engineering with community building and product ownership. His background spans backend development, QA and product management across startups and agencies, and he’s contributed to notable open-source projects like Travis CI by improving notification workflows and test coverage. Markus enjoys exploring new technologies and shipping practical OSS improvements, and he brings a pragmatic, test-first approach to engineering. Outside work he’s a committed father, which he cites as a continual source of perspective and motivation.
15 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science, Praktische Informatik, Bachelor of Science, Praktische Informatik at HTWdS, Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft des Saarlandes
Free continuous integration platform for GitHub projects.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & QA Engineer
Contributions:14 commits in 4 days
Contributions summary:Markus primarily focused on enhancing the notification functionality within the Travis-CI platform. Their contributions involved modifying email recipient configurations, introducing new tests to accommodate various recipient configurations, and refactoring the `send_notifications?` method to improve readability. They also modified the build process to allow disabling notifications via `.travis.yml` configuration, demonstrating a focus on both feature implementation and thorough testing.
Contributions:2 PRs, 101 pushes, 2 branches in 8 years 10 months
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Markus Schwed - Co-Founder Software Engineer at CompanyMood