Martin Kleinschrodt is a seasoned software leader and full-stack engineer with 14 years of experience, currently heading Research and Development at Pentacode.app after serving as CTO. He combines hands-on expertise across JavaScript, Python, Java, C#, Go and more with a strong API-first, TDD and agile practice to deliver fast, polished web applications. Martin has founded and run MaKleSoft, led engineering and product efforts at multiple startups, and contributed backend features to the open-source Padloc password manager and front-end image orientation improvements to Croppie. Comfortable at both strategic and implementation levels, he bridges UX-aware front-end design with robust server-side architectures. Based in Munich and trained in physics at TUM, he brings analytical rigor and a hacker’s curiosity to complex product and security challenges.
14 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science, Physics, Bachelor of Science, Physics at Technical University of Munich
A modern, open source password manager for individuals and teams.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:63 releases, 439 reviews, 3009 commits in 9 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Martin's contributions primarily focused on implementing features and functionality within the Padloc project's core components. They added and modified server-side code, including email verification mechanisms, legacy account migration processes, and the general multi-factor authentication flow. These changes involved modifying the core server logic and the API definitions. Additionally, the user implemented enhancements related to provisioning and management.
Contributions:7 commits, 3 PRs, 4 comments in 13 days
Contributions summary:Martin's contributions primarily focused on enhancing the functionality of the Croppie JavaScript image cropper. They implemented features related to image orientation handling, allowing for custom orientation adjustments during the image binding process. This involved modifications to the core JavaScript code and the demo files. Furthermore, the user updated the documentation to include the new custom orientation options and functionalities.
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Martin Kleinschrodt - Head Of Research And Development at Pentacode.app