Martin Bens
Principle Software Engineer at Shopware
Bayreuth, Bavaria, Germany
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Top SchoolMartin Bens is a Principal Software Engineer with nine years of experience specializing in web development, currently driving engineering at Shopware after roles at BlueBrixx and Marktplatz Mittelstand. Trained as a chemist (MSc) he brings an analytical, model-driven approach from academia and Fraunhofer projects to pragmatic software design and optimization tasks. He has built ERP and production-data solutions, contributed to digitalization assessment tools using mathematical optimization, and reliably bridges infrastructure, CMS work, and application development. Known for creative problem-solving and fast learning, he is regionally rooted in Bayreuth/Nürnberg through sustained student representation and volunteer work—an indicator of long-term collaboration and stakeholder empathy.
10 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Science - BS Chemie, Bachelor of Science - BS Chemie at Technische Universität DresdenMaster Chemie, Master Chemie at University of Bayreuth
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Github Skills (156)
api-platform10
portainer10
interpreter10
online-store10
experience-manager10
docker-container10
prestashop10
dockerfile10
hypermedia10
docker-compose10
bundle10
magento10
php-framework10
docker-swarm10
symfony-bundle10
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
it-bens/container-registry-sync-action
Feb 2025 - May 2025
GitHub Action that synchronizes images between registries
Contributions:14 releases, 43 PRs, 89 pushes in 2 months
docker
fsbcg-ubt/docker-bookdown
Sep 2022 - Jun 2026
Docker Image to render Bookdown projects.
Contributions:17 releases, 12 PRs, 58 pushes in 3 years 8 months
renderdocker-imagedockerbookdown
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