Miklós Kiss
Software Engineer at Roadie
Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark
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Top SchoolMiklós Kiss is a pragmatic full-stack software engineer with six years of experience building developer-facing tools and web applications, currently at Roadie in Copenhagen. He combines strong JavaScript and Python skills with Vue and React on the front end, SQL-backed services, and practical familiarity with Go from cloud and tooling work. At Roadie and in Backstage open-source he improved API documentation and user settings UX, adding a protobuf-backed gRPC API widget that boosts developer experience. His background includes cloud migration and GKE work at Emarsys, where he contributed to Skaffold and other OSS projects to fill pipeline gaps. Trained as an architect at Budapest University of Technology and Economics, he brings a structured, design-oriented approach to systems and UX alike. Colleagues rely on him for robust full-stack solutions that bridge frontend polish and backend reliability.
6 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Architecture, Bachelor's degree, Architecture at Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Github Skills (19)
apidoc10
typescript10
user-interface10
backstage10
api10
typescript-types10
typescripts10
protobuffer10
protobuf10
react10
grpc10
testing9
back-end-development9
develop9
web-developer9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
RoadieHQ/roadie-backstage-plugins
Jan 2022 - Jan 2023
All Backstage plugins created by Roadie.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:420 reviews, 370 commits, 310 PRs in 1 year
Contributions summary:Miklós contributed to the codebase by adding support for system, domain, and resource kind validation, indicating a focus on improving the catalog entity validation process. They also migrated existing components to utilize `TestApiProvider` for testing, improving testing infrastructure and potentially code quality. Additionally, the user made code changes to incorporate features like permission management within the backend. These changes collectively suggest a focus on frontend and backend code and testing.
backstagebackstage-pluginpluginroadie
backstage/backstage
Jan 2022 - Jan 2023
Backstage is an open framework for building developer portals
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:57 reviews, 139 commits, 35 PRs in 1 year
Contributions summary:Miklós contributed significantly to the Backstage project by implementing and refining gRPC API documentation and user settings components. They added a dedicated gRPC API widget with protobuf support, enhanced it with explicit type definitions, and integrated it into the API definition card. Additionally, the user created the UserSettingsIdentityCard and related components to provide user identity information within the user settings interface. These contributions enhance Backstage's ability to document APIs and provide a better developer experience.
portalsinfrastructureopen-platformdxbackstage
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