Moritz Kneilmann
Ausbildung Zum Zimmerer at Zimmerei Sascha Nitsche
Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Summary
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SeniorMoritz Kneilmann is a Full Stack Cloud and Web Engineer with 11 years of experience building well-integrated software and infrastructure across JavaScript frameworks, Node.js, AWS, Kubernetes, and Terraform. He balances hands-on implementation—from plain JavaScript, Vue and React UIs to backend and infra automation—with architecture and long-term operability in mind. As a freelance cloud consultant and former Director of Cloud Solutions at Demodern, he has led delivery and tooling efforts for creative and enterprise projects. His open-source contributions include improving Atom's Linux installer and desktop integration, highlighting a knack for build/release automation and tangible UX improvements. Now based in Cologne, he pairs practical, production-focused engineering with an uncommon interest in traditional craft, currently training as a carpenter focused on restoration and historic buildings. This blend of cloud-native expertise and attention to material craft informs a pragmatic, systems-thinking approach to problem solving.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
English, German
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (18)
atom-editor10
editors10
javascript10
electron10
linux10
editor10
scripting9
automation9
automations9
shell6
vue6
shebang6
jquery6
regex6
gawk6
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
atom/atom
Aug 2017 - Jan 2018
:atom: The hackable text editor
Role in this project:
Automation Engineer / Build & Release Engineer
Automation Engineer / Build & Release EngineerContributions:8 commits, 3 PRs, 24 comments in 4 months
Contributions summary:Moritz primarily focused on enhancing the installation process for the Atom text editor on Linux systems. Their commits modified the installation script to incorporate dev channel builds and streamline the desktop integration, including adding xdg desktop files and icon handling. Furthermore, they implemented icon caching and updated the installation script to ensure icons load immediately. This suggests a focus on automating and improving the build and release process, as well as improving the user experience.
text-editoratomeditorjavascriptelectron
derhannesb/astronaut
Nov 2016 - Oct 2018
Contributions:2 releases, 70 commits, 51 pushes in 1 year 11 months
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