Michael Kusber is a Senior Software Developer based in Potsdam with six years of professional experience and a strong background in IT-Systems Engineering (B.Sc. and M.Sc. from Hasso Plattner Institut). At SAP since 2014, he progressed from intern and innovation-center developer to senior roles, shipping backend systems and security-focused improvements. He contributes to high-profile open-source projects such as the Corona-Warn-App server, where he implemented backend logging, CSP headers and stricter actuator route protections. Practical, security-minded, and detail-oriented, he blends enterprise-scale delivery with hands-on contributions to public health infrastructure.
6 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), IT-Systems Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), IT-Systems Engineering at Hasso Plattner Institut
Backend implementation for the Apple/Google exposure notification API.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:25 commits, 40 PRs, 89 pushes in 2 months
Contributions summary:Michael's contributions primarily focused on the back-end implementation of the CWA server. They made changes related to logging, adjusting log levels, and ensuring proper severity logging. The user also worked on security configurations by adding CSP headers and restricting actuator routes. Additionally, they updated regular expressions used for validation and configuration within the server.
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