Markus Schwed
Co-Founder Software Engineer at CompanyMood
Saarlouis, Saarland, Germany
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Top SchoolMarkus 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
German, English
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Github Skills (16)
testing10
minitest10
e-mail10
rspec10
ruby-rails10
rails10
travis-ci10
unit-test10
ruby10
build-automation8
cicd8
rake6
csv6
logging6
mongoid6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
travis-ci/travis-ci
May 2011 - May 2011
Free continuous integration platform for GitHub projects.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & QA Engineer
Back-end Developer & QA EngineerContributions: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.
continuous-integration
CompanyMood/user_engage-ruby
Jan 2018 - Jan 2022
Ruby bindings for the User.com API
Contributions:70 commits, 22 PRs, 84 pushes in 3 years 11 months
ruby
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