Michael Heß
Senior Manager, Software Engineering at Red Hat
Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Summary
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Rockstar🎓
Top SchoolMichael Heß is a seasoned software engineering leader with over 25 years in the industry and more than a decade of hands-on experience in software architecture and object-oriented development. Currently Senior Manager at Red Hat, he has led delivery of cloud-native security services and managed cross-functional teams across SaaS and Secure Service Edge domains. Known for analytic thinking, clear communication and an empathic, growth-oriented management style, he focuses on coaching engineers to reach their full potential while upholding authenticity, respect and technical competence. He contributes to open-source projects like the popular evcc solar charging project, improving charger integrations and smart-charging reliability—an example of his practical backend expertise. Based in Paderborn, Germany, he blends infrastructure- and application-layer cloud familiarity with a pragmatic, people-first approach to shipping robust systems.
12 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Fachinformatiker IHK, Softwareentwicklung, Fachinformatiker IHK, Softwareentwicklung at B.I.B. Paderborn
German, English
Github Skills (7)
golang10
apim10
go10
api10
ocpp9
mqtt8
mqttnet8
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
evcc-io/evcc
Jan 2023 - Mar 2025
solar charging ☀️🚘
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:188 reviews, 86 PRs, 831 comments in 2 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Michael focused on enhancing the functionality of the Easee charger integration within the EVCC project. Their contributions involved addressing API-related issues, including handling potential errors and asynchronous responses to ensure reliable operation. They updated API endpoints and internal observation IDs. Further, the user implemented improvements related to smart charging by addressing errors and ensuring correct behavior, as well as adjusting enabling logic and pause/resume commands.
golangwallboxocpptankensunspec
GrimmiMeloni/evcc
Apr 2023 - Mar 2025
Sonne tanken ☀️🚘
Contributions:11 PRs, 577 pushes, 168 branches in 1 year 10 months
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