Stephan Kulla
Senior Software Developer at Serlo Education
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolStephan Kulla is a senior full-stack developer and software architect based in Munich with 11 years of experience building scalable web platforms and leading engineering teams. At Serlo Education he drives the full stack—TypeScript and Rust microservices behind a GraphQL API, Next.js frontends, and Kubernetes/Terraform deployments—while also heading software projects and team leadership. He brings a background in mathematics, physics and education, combining technical rigor with a focus on learning equity and developer ergonomics. An active open-source contributor, Stephan has improved installer reliability for IPFS’s kubo and enhanced accessibility and templating in a Hugo-based no-code site builder, showing attention to both infrastructure robustness and frontend UX. He pairs hands-on coding across backend, DevOps and frontend with experience producing educational video content and training, a blend that makes him effective at translating complex technical work into usable products.
11 years of coding experience
Master of Science - MS, Mathematics, Master of Science - MS, Mathematics at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenMaster of Education - MEd, Mathematics and Physics, Master of Education - MEd, Mathematics and Physics at Technical University of Munich
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Github contributions (5)
HugoBlox/hugo-blox-builder
Sep 2016 - Oct 2016
🚨 GROW YOUR AUDIENCE WITH HUGOBLOX! 🚀 HugoBlox is an easy, fast no-code website builder for researchers, entrepreneurs, data scientists, and developers. Build stunning sites in minutes. 适合研究人员、企业家、数据科学家和开发者的简单快速无代码网站构建器。用拖放功能、可定制模板和内置SEO工具快速创建精美网站！
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:14 commits, 18 PRs, 23 comments in 22 days
Contributions summary:Stephan primarily contributed to the front-end aspects of the Hugo-based website builder. Their work involved improving the UI and accessibility of the website by adding `aria-hidden` attributes, shortening and refactoring code snippets, and updating the codebase to leverage Hugo's functions for relative URLs and efficient conditional statements. Key modifications focused on improving existing website components, including header, footer, and widget implementations, as well as managing social media integration and image handling.
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ipfs/kubo
Sep 2016 - Sep 2016
An IPFS implementation in Go
Role in this project:DevOps Engineer & System Engineer
DevOps Engineer & System EngineerContributions:9 commits, 2 PRs, 16 comments in 4 days
Contributions summary:Stephan primarily focused on improving the installation script (`install.sh`) for the IPFS project. Their contributions involved refactoring the script for brevity, adding error handling, and improving user feedback. Specifically, they addressed potential installation issues by refining the `mv` command and providing clearer error messages, including guidance for using `sudo`. The user also corrected behavior that may lead to errors in cases where the destination directory exists.
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