Márton Balassi
Engineering Manager at The Apache Software Foundation
Linz, Upper Austria
Summary
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Top SchoolMárton Balassi is an engineering manager and Apache Flink PMC member with 12 years of experience building low-latency, distributed streaming systems and leading cross-functional teams. Currently at Apple, he combines hands-on backend contributions to core Flink components with leadership experience scaling teams and integrating streaming products at Cloudera. His open-source work includes substantive code and tooling for Apache Flink and its Kubernetes Operator, plus technical writing that keeps the Flink project documentation and website current. He brings a rare blend of deep protocol- and runtime-level expertise (e.g., custom invokable/source/sink implementations) and production-focused DevOps automation. Based in Linz, Austria, Márton pairs academic roots in computer science with real-world product deliveries, from research labs to enterprise distributions. Colleagues know him for turning complex stream-processing research into stable, maintainable production systems.
12 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Applied Economics, Bachelor's degree, Applied Economics at Budapest University of Technology and EconomicsMaster's Degree, Computer Science, Master's Degree, Computer Science at Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem
English, German, Hungarian
Github Skills (31)
markdown10
kubernetes10
github-ci10
docker10
apache-flink10
back-end-development10
flink-sql10
automatic-updates10
dockers10
java10
javas10
autoupdate10
manage10
markdown-it10
helm10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
apache/flink-web
Jun 2015 - Jan 2023
Apache Flink Website
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:10 reviews, 13 commits, 10 PRs in 7 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Márton primarily contributed to the Apache Flink website repository. Their commits focused on updating blog posts and content. They modified existing documentation, updated links, and rebuilt the website to reflect the latest content changes, including announcements about new Flink Kubernetes Operator releases.
apache-flinkscalajavabig-dataflink
apache/flink-kubernetes-operator
Feb 2022 - Jan 2023
Apache Flink Kubernetes Operator
Role in this project:DevOps & Automation Engineer
DevOps & Automation EngineerContributions:120 reviews, 58 commits, 112 PRs in 11 months
Contributions summary:Márton primarily contributed to setting up and improving the documentation build process, integrating GitHub Actions for automated documentation generation, and configuring the documentation site. They also enhanced the end-to-end (e2e) tests by extending the test matrix and improving the stability of status checks. Additionally, the user was involved in renaming the Docker image and Helm chart to align with the project's structure.
apache-flinkkubernetes-operatorflinkbig-datajava
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