Michael Wittig
Co-Founder at widdix GmbH
Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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Top SchoolMichael Wittig is a co-founder and independent software developer with 14 years of hands-on experience architecting and automating AWS-powered systems, including pioneering a full migration of a German banking platform to the cloud. He builds micro-SaaS products on AWS Marketplace and accelerates cloud journeys for startups to enterprises through widdix GmbH. Michael is a published author of Amazon Web Services in Action and contributes actively to open source projects focused on AWS tooling, security, and testing. His engineering work spans infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD, monitoring, and S3 security—demonstrated by contributions to well-known repos like awslabs/git-secrets and extensive CloudFormation templates. Pragmatic and security-minded, he blends developer ergonomics with production-grade operations and a track record of adding robust test coverage and monitoring to critical projects. Based in Stuttgart, he pairs technical depth with entrepreneurial drive, often collaborating with his brother Andreas on long-term product and consulting engagements.
14 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
dropout, Executive Master of Arts of Digital Pioneering, dropout, Executive Master of Arts of Digital Pioneering at Zeppelin Universität, FriedrichshafenBachelor of Science, Business Information Systems, 1,4, Bachelor of Science, Business Information Systems, 1,4 at Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg
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Github Skills (36)
javascript10
rails-i18n10
testing10
bash10
amazon-web-services10
cicd10
automation10
aws-cloudformation10
ember-i18n10
aws10
amazon-s310
i18n-js10
infrastructure-as-code10
nodejs10
automations10
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
widdix/aws-cf-templates
Oct 2015 - Jan 2023
Free Templates for AWS CloudFormation
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:157 releases, 62 reviews, 819 commits in 7 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Michael's commits primarily involve the creation and modification of infrastructure-as-code templates for AWS CloudFormation. They demonstrate experience in configuring AWS resources, specifically related to security, VPCs, ECS clusters, and other AWS services. The contributions include implementing security features, setting up CI/CD pipelines, and deploying various services, indicating a focus on automating infrastructure and deployment processes within the AWS ecosystem.
aws-cloudformationfree-templatesinfrastructurecloudformation-yamlamazon-web-services
michaelwittig/node-i18n-iso-countries
Dec 2013 - Jun 2022
i18n for ISO 3166-1 country codes
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:8 releases, 21 reviews, 170 commits in 8 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Michael primarily focused on developing and enhancing the `node-i18n-iso-countries` repository. Their contributions include refactoring code, implementing new features like the `toAlpha2` function, and adding comprehensive testing for various functionalities. Additionally, the user added support for additional languages and made improvements to existing code.
isoiso-3166-1translationinternationalizationiso-3166
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