Sebastian Golasch
Engineering Manager at Deutsche Telekom
Odenthal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Top SchoolSebastian Golasch is an engineering manager and co-founder of nightlybuild.io with 14 years of experience building full-stack JavaScript and Python systems, now leading teams at Deutsche Telekom. He blends hands-on engineering—ranging from IoT reverse engineering and cloud-to-cloud integrations to backend performance work on open-source projects like a Kodi Netflix plugin—with people leadership and architecture. A long-time JavaScript enthusiast who writes in Python and is learning Rust, he has deep practical experience with wireless IoT protocols and Node.js-based infrastructures. Sebastian has a history of mentoring (former CoderDojo mentor), speaking at conferences, and authoring technical content, signaling strong communication skills beyond pure coding. Based in Odenthal, Germany, he brings a pragmatic, security-aware approach to product and platform problems, often improving reliability and developer experience in legacy and embedded ecosystems.
14 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
FH KoblenzFachabitur Mediendesign, Fachabitur Mediendesign at Dr. Zimmermannsche EDV & WirtschaftsschuleFachinformatiker für Anwendungsentwicklung Informatik, Fachinformatiker für Anwendungsentwicklung Informatik at Carl Benz Schule - BBS Technik Koblenz
English, German
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Github Skills (13)
kodi10
python10
beautifulsoup9
caching9
css6
unit-testing6
npm6
javascript6
google-chrome6
backbonejs6
phantomjs6
testing6
functional-testing6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
asciidisco/plugin.video.netflix
Jan 2017 - Nov 2017
Inputstream based Netflix plugin for Kodi
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:29 releases, 307 commits, 105 PRs in 9 months
Contributions summary:Sebastian primarily worked on the back-end logic of the Kodi Netflix plugin. Their contributions include removing temporary paths from the addon, adding library export functionality for movies and shows, and fixing search and display issues. They also added memory caching and setting-defined SSL verification, updated BeautifulSoup, and moved MSL settings to the settings area. The user's work focused on improving the plugin's core features, library management, and overall performance.
netflixinputstreamnetflix-pluginstreamkodi
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