Michael Kohler
Software Engineer at Interledger Foundation
Berlin, Germany
Summary
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RockstarMichael Kohler is a seasoned software engineering manager with 17 years of experience leading full-stack teams and shipping customer-facing products from embedded devices to fintech at Klarna. Currently Engineering Competence Lead for Card Management Experience, he blends hands-on development (Node.js, Django, Python, C#) with people leadership and release/quality ownership. His background spans IoT and middleware for consumer hardware, banking platform migrations, and building developer tooling and CI pipelines, reflecting a strong operational focus. An active Mozilla volunteer and contributor, he has contributed significant localization work to Mozilla’s Common Voice and content/templating updates to mozilla.org, highlighting a commitment to multilingual open-source initiatives. Based in Berlin, he’s known for mentoring engineers, improving automated testing and metrics, and translating complex product requirements into reliable, observable systems.
17 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Spanish, French, English, German
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Github Skills (23)
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django10
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html-template10
python-templates10
code-templates10
apptemplates10
autoupdate10
localization10
update-site10
updater10
live-update10
cpp-templates10
mozilla10
translation9
Programming languages (22)
Github contributions (5)
common-voice/common-voice
Jan 2019 - Jan 2022
Common Voice is part of Mozilla's initiative to help teach machines how real people speak.
Role in this project:
Localization / Internationalization Specialist
Localization / Internationalization SpecialistContributions:38 reviews, 105 commits, 148 PRs in 3 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Michael primarily contributes to the localization efforts within the Common Voice project. The commits demonstrate extensive modifications to language files, specifically `web/locales/en/messages.ftl` and language-specific files like `web/locales/de/messages.ftl`. The contributions include adding new languages, updating existing translations, and integrating the Sentence Collector export, indicating a focus on expanding language support and maintaining the project's multilingual capabilities.
internet-freedommachinesinitiativeopen-datavoice
mozilla/bedrock
Oct 2015 - Nov 2022
Making mozilla.org awesome, one pebble at a time
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:17 commits, 15 PRs, 8 comments in 7 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Michael primarily contributed to the `bedrock` repository by updating the Mozilla Reps Council information, including member lists and descriptions, as well as updating website content. The user made changes to Django templates, specifically within the `mozorg` application, indicating a focus on maintaining and updating the website's content and structure. These contributions demonstrate a familiarity with the Django framework and HTML/CSS/JavaScript technologies used for website front-end development.
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