Matthias Adler
Software Engineer at Zalando SE
Berlin, Germany
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RockstarMatthias Adler is a seasoned software engineer based in Berlin with 15 years of experience building production-grade web and backend systems across startups and large tech companies. Since 2018 he has been contributing to Zalando’s engineering efforts, after roles at Fanmiles, Customer Alliance, and several fintech and travel startups where he honed pragmatic, product-focused development practices. A self-described software craftsman and open-source enthusiast, he combines hands-on coding with a strong sense for maintainable architecture and developer experience. His career shows a pattern of joining fast-moving teams to stabilize and scale services, often at the intersection of customer-facing features and backend reliability. Comfortable across the stack, Matthias brings both depth from long-term platform work and curiosity from frequent exposure to new domains. Colleagues would note his steady, craftsmanship-oriented approach and willingness to contribute to shared code and tooling beyond his immediate tasks.
15 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
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Github Skills (158)
parser10
postgresql10
python10
high-availability10
operator10
middleware10
body-parser10
subresource-integrity10
postgres-operator10
golang10
directive10
kubernetes10
data-infrastructure10
xml-parser10
patroni10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
macedigital/express-xml-bodyparser
Nov 2013 - Apr 2018
Simple XML body parser connect/express middleware
Contributions:4 releases, 67 commits, 5 PRs in 4 years 5 months
simple-xmlxmljavascriptexpressxml-parser
macedigital/dockerfiles
Jul 2014 - Feb 2017
Contributions:82 commits, 51 pushes, 5 branches in 2 years 7 months
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