Sebastian Hungerecker
Static Analysis Scientist
Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolSebastian Hungerecker is a Static Analysis Scientist based in Lübeck, Germany with six years of industry experience building and hardening code-quality tools. He has progressed from academic research at Universität zu Lübeck to applied roles at RIPS Technologies and SonarSource, where he now focuses on reducing false positives/negatives and expanding security checks in Java static analysis. His open-source contributions to SonarSource's widely used sonar-java analyzer include new rules, regex parser enhancements, clearer diagnostics, and support for Java 15 and JUnit 5 edge cases. Practical expertise across backend development and security engineering allows him to translate formal analysis into pragmatic, production-ready tooling that improves developer workflows.
6 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor, Computer Science, Bachelor, Computer Science at Universität zu Lübeck
German, English
Github Skills (8)
javas10
static-analysis10
regex10
java10
security10
software-quality9
junit9
debug9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (4)
SonarSource/sonar-java
Apr 2020 - Jul 2021
:coffee: SonarSource Static Analyzer for Java Code Quality and Security
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Security Engineer
Back-end Developer & Security EngineerContributions:4 releases, 168 reviews, 97 commits in 1 year 3 months
Contributions summary:Sebastian contributed to the SonarSource Java static analyzer, focusing on improving the quality and security of Java code. The user addressed false positives and negatives in existing rules, specifically related to JUnit 5 and various assertion methods. Furthermore, the user implemented new rules and features for the regex parser, improved error messages, and enhanced security checks for clear-text protocols, and Java 15 features.
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sepp2k/jit-calc
Jun 2023 - Jun 2023
Small toy project to test how much benefit a JIT compiler brings to a small calculator
Contributions:2 PRs in 1 day
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