Rene Schmidt
Senior Software Entwickler Und Architecture Lead at Arvato Systems
Greater Hamburg Area Germany
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Top SchoolRene Schmidt is a senior software engineer and architecture lead based in the Greater Hamburg Area with over two decades of hands-on experience and 11 years in senior roles, blending front-end (JavaScript/CSS/React) and backend expertise (PHP/Symfony, Ruby on Rails) with strong Linux sysadmin and DevOps skills (Ansible, CI). He specializes in secure authentication and authorization (OIDC, OAuth2) and is often the team member driving automated tests, documentation, and production-grade tooling. His work ranges from greenfield CRM and DRM systems to enterprise SSO and deprovisioning solutions for clients like Mercedes‑Benz, Gruner+Jahr, Smashing Magazine and E.ON. Comfortable across the stack, he also architects integrations (FHIR readiness, Pimcore for pharma) and has built both REST API services in Go and WordPress/Matomo plugins that sit at the intersection of application and operations. Known for raising test coverage to ~95% in projects and introducing static analysis practices, he follows established best practices while preferring pragmatic, auditable solutions.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Business informatics, Business informatics at FernUniversität in Hagen
Github Skills (132)
telegram10
seafile-server10
collaboration10
seafile10
api10
php10
messenger9
authentication9
sms9
webserver9
responsive-design9
vte8
linux8
ruby8
security8
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
Schmidt-DevOps/SdoBitmask
Aug 2017 - Apr 2025
Contributions:1 release, 19 pushes, 4 branches in 7 years 8 months
Schmidt-DevOps/OmniAuth-PingOne
Apr 2020 - Dec 2022
OmniAuth strategy for Ping One
Contributions:37 commits, 8 PRs, 45 pushes in 2 years 8 months
omniauth
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