Sven Koschnicke
Senior Fullstack Developer at commercetools
Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
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Top SchoolSven Koschnicke is a Senior Fullstack Developer based in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, with 16 years of experience building web applications across frontend, backend and DevOps. He currently contributes to commercetools and has a long history at Frontastic and GFXpro, bringing deep practical knowledge of production systems and team delivery. Sven pairs hands-on coding with operational rigor—evidenced by his open-source work improving startup robustness and signal handling for the IBController Java automation tool. He focuses on shipping reliable, maintainable software and helping teams level up their engineering practices. With an MSc in Computer Science from Kiel University, he blends formal training with pragmatic solutions for complex deployment and integration challenges.
16 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science Internet Science & Technology, Bachelor of Science Internet Science & Technology at Fachhochschule KielMaster of Science Informatik, Master of Science Informatik at Kiel University
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Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
ib-controller/ib-controller
Feb 2016 - Jul 2017
Automation of Interactive Brokers TWS. You can download the latest release here: https://github.com/ib-controller/ib-controller/releases/latest
Role in this project:
Backend & DevOps Engineer
Backend & DevOps EngineerContributions:10 commits, 5 PRs, 20 comments in 1 year 5 months
Contributions summary:Sven focused on improving the startup and overall robustness of the IBController application. This involved modifying the startup scripts, specifically the Bash scripts (IBController.sh, DisplayBannerAndLaunch.sh) to ensure correct Java executable location, especially when system Java is involved. The user also improved signal forwarding to the Java process for better process control, along with resolving merge conflicts and preventing certain path outputs.
fixprotocolpythoncontrollerinteractive-brokersautomation
SKoschnicke/haskell-shop-kata
Aug 2011 - May 2012
Contributions:13 commits in 8 months
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