Raphael Syed
VP, Engineering at Bitly
Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolRaphael Syed is a seasoned engineering leader with 11 years of experience currently serving as VP of Engineering at Bitly, where he has progressed through senior director and principal engineering roles. He focuses on clean, secure architecture, scalable engineering practices, and pragmatic machine learning applications, pairing strategic leadership with hands-on DevOps know-how. Raphael has a strong operational background in containerization and Dockerfile optimization, contributing to popular webdevops projects that streamline nginx and PHP image builds. Based in Cologne, he combines a technical foundation in geodesy and geoinformation with experience leading cross-functional teams at fast-moving companies, often bridging product needs and infrastructure realities. Known for smoothing the path from prototype to production, he brings both systems-level rigor and an eye for developer ergonomics.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Geodesy and Geoinformation, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Geodesy and Geoinformation at The University of Bonn
German, English
Stackoverflow
113reputation
5kreached
5answers
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Github Skills (15)
docker10
nginx10
dockers10
dockerfile10
php9
jinja28
couchdb6
rxvt6
duplicates6
doctrine-orm6
awk6
bash6
symfony6
zsh6
powerline6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
webdevops/Dockerfile
Dec 2021 - Dec 2021
:package: Dockerfiles from WebDevOps for PHP, Apache and Nginx
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:3 reviews, 5 commits, 1 PR in 1 day
Contributions summary:Raphael's primary contributions revolve around modifying Dockerfiles, specifically related to nginx configurations within a Docker environment. They focused on updating nginx base images to use the correct versions and streamlining the installation process. A key part of their work involved modifying Jinja2 templates for Dockerfiles, replacing parameters and removing redundant commands. These changes reflect a focus on maintaining and optimizing Docker image configurations for the project.
nginxdockerfilemailhogwebdevopsdocker-image
syerad/linearb-release
Jul 2022 - Jun 2023
Contributions:2 releases, 2 reviews, 1 PR in 10 months
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