Tobias Blum
Teamleitung Frontend Entwicklung at servereye
Saarland, Germany
Summary
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RockstarTobias Blum is a seasoned frontend engineering leader based in Saarland, Germany, with a decade of professional experience driving web and cloud-native projects. Currently heading Frontend Development at servereye after serving as Senior Frontend Developer and Software Architect, he combines hands-on coding with architecture and team leadership. His background spans long-term web development roles and Microsoft 365 architecture, giving him a strong blend of enterprise integration and modern frontend practices. Tobias also contributes to embedded IoT open-source work—authoring core infrastructure for an ESP8266-based multi-client lighting project with Home Assistant and MQTT integrations—showing a knack for full-stack problem solving beyond the browser. He’s known for turning complex requirements into maintainable systems and mentoring teams to ship reliable, user-focused interfaces. Colleagues describe him as pragmatic, technically curious, and effective at aligning engineering decisions with product needs.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
German, English, French
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Github Skills (10)
mqtt10
home-assistant10
arduino10
mqttnet10
esp826610
websocket9
rest-api8
api-rest8
restful-api8
api-design8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
toblum/McLighting
May 2016 - Oct 2020
The ESP8266 based multi-client lighting gadget
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:1 release, 156 commits, 26 PRs in 4 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Tobias's initial contribution involved setting up the core project structure with Arduino and a client. Subsequent commits focused on integrating the WS2812FX library for LED effects, including implementing various modes and speed control. They also worked on adding Home Assistant integration and MQTT features, including dynamic topic names and state saving mechanisms. The user's work demonstrates a strong focus on the core functionality and control of the LED strip via different communication protocols.
animationwebsocketsdmx512siriesp8266
toblum/esp_p10_tetris_clock
Jan 2018 - Aug 2022
Contributions:15 commits, 24 pushes, 2 branches in 4 years 7 months
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