Ulrich Eckhardt
DevOps Engineer at Qt Group
Hamburg, Germany
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RockstarUlrich Eckhardt is a DevOps engineer and backend developer with 11 years of experience building CI/CD pipelines, test automation, and production-grade tooling across companies from startups to enterprise teams in Hamburg, Germany. He blends hands-on PHP backend work with DevOps practices—Jenkins pipeline development, CloudFormation on AWS, GitLab CI, and Bazel integration—bringing both developer and operational perspectives to delivery. Ulrich is an active open-source contributor, improving testing frameworks like JenkinsPipelineUnit and enhancing the PHP static analyzer Psalm by extending FFI support and test coverage, reflecting a focus on robustness and reproducible tooling. He has repeatedly improved testability and reproducibility in projects (e.g., sorting violations and baseline reports in CodeNarc), showing attention to reliable developer workflows. Beyond coding, he has shaped agile team processes and participated in recruiting, indicating aptitude for team-building and delivery practices. Comfortable working freelance or in-house, he favors practical infrastructure improvements that make complex systems easier to test and operate.
11 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
German, English
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Github Skills (44)
unit-testing10
type-inference10
static-analysis10
groovy10
testing10
php10
code-analysis10
ffi10
pipe10
pipeline10
jenkins10
jenkins-ci10
data-pipeline10
build-pipelines10
taint9
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
jenkinsci/JenkinsPipelineUnit
Feb 2022 - Mar 2022
Framework for unit testing Jenkins pipelines
Role in this project:
Backend & DevOps Engineer
Backend & DevOps EngineerContributions:5 reviews, 10 commits, 8 PRs in 1 month
Contributions summary:Ulrich primarily focused on enhancing the testing capabilities of the Jenkins Pipeline Unit framework. Their contributions included refactoring existing test code, improving the mocking of shell commands (`sh` and `bat`), and extending the testing framework to handle `bat` command mocking. The user also implemented pattern matching for script invocations, adding flexibility to the unit testing process. These changes improved the framework's robustness and added support for more complex testing scenarios.
jenkinstestingunitpipelines-as-codepipelines
CodeNarc/CodeNarc
Mar 2022 - Apr 2022
CodeNarc source
Role in this project:Back-end Developer & Test Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & Test Automation EngineerContributions:2 reviews, 21 commits, 6 PRs in 1 month
Contributions summary:Ulrich implemented a command-line interface (CLI) feature for CodeNarc, enabling baseline usage and enhancing its integration capabilities. They also refactored code, removing unused fields, and corrected paths and directory counts within the test suites. Furthermore, the user made modifications to the BaselineXmlReportWriter, ensuring the report is reproducible, and sorted violations for reliable baseline generation. These contributions demonstrate a focus on improving CodeNarc's functionality and testability.
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