Steffen Eiden
Advisory Software Engineer at IBM
Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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Top SchoolSteffen Eiden is an advisory software engineer based in Stuttgart with five years of professional experience focused on Linux on IBM Z virtualization and confidential computing. At IBM he has progressed from software engineer to maintainer of s390-tools, combining low-level systems work with practical product stewardship. He is an active open-source contributor, notably enhancing the rust-openssl bindings to expose deeper OpenSSL functionality such as PKey security bits and X509 verification parameters. With a Master’s in Computer Science from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and hands-on roles dating back to academic tutoring and consulting, he blends rigorous academic grounding with production-focused systems engineering. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic problem-solver who prefers improving tooling and interoperability over flashy features.
4 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Naturwissenschaftliche Informatik, Master of Science - MS Naturwissenschaftliche Informatik at Johannes Gutenberg University MainzSemester Abroad, Semester Abroad at Dalarna University
German, English
Github Skills (11)
c1710
binding10
rust10
sysfs10
c1110
linux-kernel10
s390x10
openssl10
cryptography10
ioctl9
x5099
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
sfackler/rust-openssl
Dec 2022 - Dec 2022
OpenSSL bindings for Rust
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:10 reviews, 7 commits, 8 PRs in 2 days
Contributions summary:Steffen primarily contributed to the `rust-openssl` project by adding functionality and fixing bugs related to the OpenSSL bindings for Rust. Their work involved implementing features such as retrieving security bits for PKey objects, and adding bindings for X509_VERIFY_PARAM functions. The user also added a binding for X509_NAME_add_entry and X509_load_crl_file. These changes enhance the project's capabilities and provide more complete access to the underlying OpenSSL functionality.
rustopenssl-bindingsopenssl
steffen-eiden/rust-openssl
Dec 2022 - Mar 2023
OpenSSL bindings for Rust
Contributions:29 pushes, 11 branches in 3 months
rustopenssl-bindingsopenssl
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