Ralf Puchert
Staff Engineer at GEMA
Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolRalf Puchert is a Staff Engineer based in Potsdam with over six years of focused experience in backend engineering and technical documentation, currently driving engineering at GEMA. He spent six impactful years at Camunda Services contributing backend features and API versioning for the Camunda Operate application and improving product documentation for Operate and Tasklist—bridging code and user-facing guides. Ralf has a long software career rooted in German industry, including a lengthy development tenure before joining Camunda, and holds a Diplom-Informatiker (FH) from Brandenburg University of Applied Sciences. He excels at stabilizing APIs, integrating security schemes like Swagger, and translating complex operational topics (Elasticsearch, IAM, GraphQL) into clear deployment and user guides. Colleagues rely on him to deliver reliable backend systems while keeping documentation and developer experience aligned.
6 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Diplom-Informatiker (FH), Diplom-Informatiker (FH) at Brandenburg University of Applied Sciences
Github Skills (19)
api-rest10
api-design10
restful-api10
authentication10
user-authentication10
java10
javas10
spring-boot10
rest-api10
openapi10
documentation10
wpgraphql9
wordpress-graphql9
graphql9
elasticsearch8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
camunda/camunda-docs
Sep 2020 - Aug 2022
Camunda 8 Documentation, including all components and features
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:42 reviews, 7 commits, 28 PRs in 1 year 11 months
Contributions summary:Ralf primarily focused on updating and migrating documentation for Camunda's Operate and Tasklist components. Their contributions involved adding user guides, deployment guides, and updating configuration information, particularly regarding Elasticsearch and IAM configuration. The user also made minor editorial adjustments and fixed links to the Tasklist GraphQL API, enhancing the user experience and providing accurate information on Camunda's products. The majority of the commits relate to documenting operate and tasklist documentation.
camundacamunda-platform-8api-documentationdmn
camunda/camunda
Jan 2020 - May 2021
Process Orchestration Framework
Role in this project:Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:208 reviews, 31 commits, 133 PRs in 1 year 4 months
Contributions summary:Ralf primarily contributed to the back-end functionality of the Camunda project. Their commits focused on implementing features and fixing bugs within the Operate application, specifically concerning authentication and versioning of public APIs. Further, they added Swagger security schemes and integrated modifications to the REST endpoint. The code changes touch multiple back-end application areas.
golangdistributedcamundaorchestrationworkflow-engine
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