Tobias Metzke-bernstein
Senior Software Engineer at camunda
Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany
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Top SchoolTobias Metzke-bernstein is a Senior Software Engineer based in Potsdam, Germany, with 15 years of experience building and improving Java/Spring-based backend systems. He is an active contributor to Camunda’s open-source ecosystem, adding features and bug fixes across core BPM Spring Boot starters and the Camunda BPM platform, and has sharpened developer experience by enabling custom context paths and immutable event dispatching. Tobias pairs hands-on engineering with clear technical writing—he’s also contributed to Camunda documentation, organizing connector guides and SDK updates that help integrators ship reliable workflows. Trained at Hasso Plattner Institute and EFREI with advanced degrees in IT systems engineering and information systems architecture, he blends rigorous academic foundations with practical production delivery. Not obvious from titles alone: he focuses on the intersection of framework-level APIs and developer ergonomics, improving both runtime behavior and the docs that make those features usable.
15 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), IT Systems Engineering, 1.6, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), IT Systems Engineering, 1.6 at Hasso Plattner InstituteMaster of Science (M.Sc.), Architecture of Information Systems, Master of Science (M.Sc.), Architecture of Information Systems at EFREI - Ecole Française d'Electronique et d'Informatique
German, English, French
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Github Skills (15)
connectors10
markdown10
javas10
eventing10
camunda10
markdown-it10
spring10
springframework10
java10
documentation10
spring-boot10
technical-writing10
web-application9
rest-api8
test-automation8
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
camunda/camunda-bpm-platform
Jan 2019 - Jan 2023
C7 CE enters EOL in October 2025. Please check out C8 https://github.com/camunda/camunda – Flexible framework for workflow and decision automation with BPMN and DMN. Integration with Quarkus, Spring, Spring Boot, CDI.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:564 reviews, 370 commits, 473 PRs in 4 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Tobias primarily worked on enhancing the Camunda BPM platform, focusing on improvements and bug fixes within the Spring framework, and the Java client. Their contributions involved adding functionality to allow custom names for auto-deployments, and adjusting license headers. Additionally, they added a method for deleting single historic variables instances and implemented various improvements in the API.
flexible-frameworkcamundacamunda-bpm-platformdmnspring
camunda/camunda-docs
Aug 2022 - Dec 2022
Camunda 8 Documentation, including all components and features
Role in this project:Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:315 reviews, 13 commits, 50 PRs in 3 months
Contributions summary:Tobias primarily contributed to the documentation of Camunda Connectors within the `camunda-docs` repository. Their commits focused on organizing and updating documentation related to connectors, including integration frameworks, out-of-the-box connectors, and custom-built connectors. They updated sidebars, introduced new content sections, and incorporated updates related to Connector SDK versions. The user's work aimed to improve the clarity and comprehensiveness of the documentation.
camundacamunda-platform-8api-documentationdmn
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