Sebastian Raff
Quality Manager at Bosch Smart Home
Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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Top SchoolSebastian Raff is a Quality Manager and Cyber Security Officer at Bosch Smart Home with 13 years of experience spanning embedded Linux development, DevOps, and backend engineering. He combines hands-on firmware and systems expertise with leadership in quality and security for consumer smart-home products, having progressed internally from system engineer to software developer to his current management role. An active open-source contributor, he improved documentation and API clarity for the popular zigbee-herdsman Node.js library and localized Node-RED for German users, reflecting a focus on developer experience and internationalization. With academic roots in electronics/photonics and informatics and a background leading IT operations and teams, he brings both deep technical knowledge and pragmatic operational judgment. Notably, his work bridges low-level embedded concerns and higher-level automation/user-facing integrations, making him effective at translating complex technical requirements into reliable, user-oriented products.
13 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Informatics, Informatics at University of StuttgartElectronics Photonics, Electronics Photonics at Aalen University
Github Skills (15)
html10
i18n-js10
typescript10
nodejs10
jsdoc10
localization10
typescripts10
node-red10
ember-i18n10
rails-i18n10
typescript-types10
documentation10
api-design9
zigbee8
javascript5
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
Koenkk/zigbee-herdsman
Sep 2019 - Sep 2020
A Node.js Zigbee library
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:16 commits, 22 PRs, 28 comments in 1 year
Contributions summary:Sebastian's contributions primarily revolve around adding comprehensive documentation to the Zigbee-herdsman library, which is a Node.js Zigbee library. They integrated JSDoc for generating documentation, which is evident from the commits focused on adding documentation skeletons for classes, methods, and events within the project. The user updated the API documentation, fixed typos, and added missing parameters, enhancing code readability and maintainability through detailed documentation. Furthermore, the user refactored and added the `binds` property in Endpoint class.
node-rednode-jsgoogle-homezigbeenodered
node-red/node-red
May 2019 - Aug 2020
Low-code programming for event-driven applications
Role in this project:Localization / Internationalization Specialist
Localization / Internationalization SpecialistContributions:16 commits, 3 PRs, 3 comments in 1 year 3 months
Contributions summary:Sebastian's contributions focused on translating the Node-RED interface into German. The commits involve modifying HTML files within the `node-red` repository's node modules to provide German translations for various UI elements and help text. This includes translating descriptions, labels, and other user-facing strings across different Node-RED node types. The changes reflect a strong emphasis on adapting the software for a German-speaking audience.
event-sourcingnode-redjavascriptlow-codecqrs
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