Sebastian Schmidt
Software Engineer at Ardenti GmbH
Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolSebastian Schmidt is a Senior Full Stack Software Engineer and founder with 11 years of experience building and leading teams to deliver robust Java-based backend systems and polished React frontends. He combines hands-on development (Spring Boot, Hibernate, PostgreSQL, React) with strategic IT planning and mentoring, having led projects across banking and finance and now steering product and tech direction at Ardenti GmbH. A pragmatic architect, he focuses on quality assurance, integration workflows and long-term technological roadmaps while still contributing to front-end open-source projects—his GitHub contributions include UX and bug fixes to the widely used Material-UI library. Based in Oldenburg, Germany, Sebastian pairs academic grounding in Wirtschaftsinformatik (B.Sc. and M.Sc.) with entrepreneurial drive, balancing delivery-focused engineering and company leadership.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Wirtschaftsinformatik, Bachelor of Science - BS Wirtschaftsinformatik at IBS IT & Business School OldenburgMaster of Science - MS Wirtschaftsinformatik, Master of Science - MS Wirtschaftsinformatik at Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
German, English
Github Skills (11)
system10
material-design10
javascript10
react-components10
system-design10
react10
react-component10
css9
typescript-types5
typescripts5
typescript5
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
mui/material-ui
Feb 2018 - Apr 2018
Material UI: Comprehensive React component library that implements Google's Material Design. Free forever.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:9 commits, 9 PRs, 14 comments in 1 month
Contributions summary:Sebastian primarily contributed to the Material UI React component library by fixing bugs, improving component behavior, and enhancing UI elements. Their work included addressing issues related to the Snackbar component, such as adjusting the auto-hide feature based on window focus. Furthermore, the user made updates to the IconButton component by adding hover effects. They also made documentation and theming improvements.
reactmuimaterialjavascriptmaterial-design
SebastianSchmidt/tabletop
May 2021 - May 2021
Contributions:81 commits, 36 PRs, 54 pushes in 8 days
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